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It���s not what Painter is used to more effort of his players, no matsee from a program that played ter what they���re giving. in the last six NCAA Tournaments, Today, he sounds like he���s just but it���s his reality now. asking for some. Painter will always demand ���We���ve had one of the best The following are our thoughts now, in the third week of February. Kyle Charters: ���Well, that was a rough week with the men���s team losing two and the women dropping its second straight at home. What���s happened to Sharon Versyp���s Boilers? Only a couple weeks ago they were fighting for a chance to be a game up in the conference standings. Now, they���ll need to get the ship righted if they want to avoid playing on the first day of the Big Ten Tournament.��� Stacy Clardie: ���A crucial three weeks of the Darrell Hazell Era began early Monday morning. Hazell and his new staff will learn a lot about the group they inherited during the team���s 6 a.m. workouts. The drills are expected to be more intense and designed to push players to their limits to see what kind of character reveals itself through adversity. Don���t be surprised if not everyone makes it.��� Alan Karpick: ���I can���t think of anything better for Coach Matt Painter���s team than eight days of practice time before facing Northwestern on Sunday. Losing the last three outings by an average of over 20 points is something Purdue hasn���t done in conference play since the first year of the Eisenhower administration. And that, the last time I checked, is a long time ago.��� Brian Neubert: ���There were going to be bumps in the road this season, but I don���t anyone could have foreseen Purdue being batted around this badly by the Big Ten���s upper-half teams. But that���s the Boilermakers��� reality now. Far better days should be ahead, but only if Purdue draws some long-run benefits from what���s transpiring right now and learns from the mess this season���s become in the past few weeks.��� basketball cultures in the country,��� Painter said, ���because of our leadership and our guys��� work ethic. We���ve got to get it back.��� Can that happen in time to save this season? That���s debatable. While struggling, Purdue���s shown very little sign of being able to figure it out on the fly. At this point, Purdue���s only path to the NCAA Tournament would be via a colossally improbable Big Ten Tournament championship. But if it can close well ��� though the regular season finishes with three straight games against top-25-type teams ��� the NIT or College Basketball Invitational might be possibilities. Painter said Purdue would accept a postseason berth wherever it can get one. But if there���s ever a onegame-at-a-time circumstance, this is it. j ���We had one of the best basketball cultures in the country, because of our leaderships and our guys��� work ethic. We have to get that TWEET OF THE WEEK back.��� ���I Can honestly say nobody in the B1G worked as hard as the #Boilermakers today. #Concourse #6AMs #NearDeathExperience #LotsOfPuke��� Offensive lineman Jason King (@Jason72King) on Monday morning following Purdue���s first 6 a.m. workout of the offseason. Coach Matt Painter after Purdue���s loss at Indiana on Saturday. A Fee-Based Investment Advisor located in the Purdue Research Park 25+ Years of Investment Management Experience 1241 Cumberland Ave, Suite B West Lafayette, IN 47906 Phone: 765-497-0197 www.bankerinvestmentgroup.com Bill Banker, President Purdue University Alumni 85��� Purdue Baseball Alumni 81���-85��� GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 22��� ������ 2