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Weekly Pic WLFI/Chad Evans Weather Blog A snapshot of the Lafayette area map indicating the wind chill temperatures as of Monday morning. It could be the coldest day in at least 20 years in central Indiana as the frigid readings came on top of nearly 10 inches of snow in what is becoming one of the worst storms in a long while. Point is, Purdue remains a very average — to put it kindly — team defensively, struggling in particular to contain penetration without fouling. At Minnesota, it allowed too much space to Gopher shooters coming off screens. "I think it's fool's gold something in non-conference," Coach Matt Painter said at Minnesota, of where his team is defensively. "You're not (always) playing the same style, and everybody's a good player when you get into the Big Ten. "(Sunday) was a little bit of a disappointment, because when guys make tough shots when you're draped all over them, you just have to shake their hand. But they had too many open ones. It wasn't a good day for us defending the "(Sunday) was a disappointment in that if you make tough shots when you're draped all over them, you just shake their hand, but I thought they had too many open ones. It wasn't a good day for us defending the perimeter." tle in transition, an important element to its scoring repertoire this season and an indictment on some level of lack of defensive influence. Speaking of influence, Purdue at Minnesota was again subject to the A.J. Hammons' career-long inconsistencies. After grabbing 12 reCoach Matt Painter following the loss at Minnesota bounds at West Virginia and 16 perimeter." It's nothing new, considering that Purdue wasn't particularly strong a defensive team last season — or the season before that — either, but an on-going problem. Among Big Ten teams, only Penn State has allowed more points this season than the 71.3 opponents are averaging against the Boilermakers. Among high-major (or equivalent) programs, Purdue's fouled more than just about anyone this season; prior to the Minnesota game, 292 whistles had gone against it through 14 games. Xavier (300) and Seton Hall (302) stand out as the only major-conference teams in all of college basketball that had been called for more. At Minnesota, Purdue managed 79 points, but got very lit- ... all the fun ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the services GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 24, EXPRESS 15 • 2