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Low expectations are perfect for Ryan
Purdue did too much last season in the same event, losing by 16 to the Blue Devils at Mackey Arena. "They were tougher than us ... Duke has games like that all the time, whereas we made it a big deal. That's the way their games are all the time. They enjoy coming into opposing players' gyms. It showed that Mackey Arena is not guaranteeing us a victory. Going into Wisconsin is going to be tough since it's a tough venue, but they [the Blue Devils] thrive on that and pulling out wins." Painter said it was made even more painful that a Purdue win could have shifted the ACC-Big Ten Challenge toward the Big Ten. Full Article at ESPNThey were tougher than us ... Duke has games like that all the time, whereas we made it a big deal. That's the way their games are all the time. They enjoy coming into opposing players' gyms. It showed that Mackey Arena is not guaranteeing us a victory. Going into Wisconsin is going to be tough since it's a tough venue, but they [the Blue Devils] thrive on that and pulling out wins.
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Low expectations are perfect for Ryan
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We've got two experienced guards this year and we're eager to prove people wrong ... We like the challenge that the Big Ten is loaded and we're predicted ninth. That's bulletin-board material. We'll win the games we're not supposed to.
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That's OK. I won't change the way I coach. What it does is, when I get home my wife will remind me all the time that we're not going to be very good this year. I don't like my wife saying that. It sends me off to the Kohl Center with an attitude of 'we'll show them.
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There's going to be a log jam somewhere in there, but you don't want four or five teams at 7-11 and/or 8-10 ... If you want to do what the Big East did last year, we've got to have a great nonconference.
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That's a game that will be a grow-up game for us ... Whatever happens in that game will send a message throughout our team. Purdue was delivered a message by Duke. That Duke game will tell us what we have learned from Maui, from Oakland from Fort Wayne (in the opener).
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Everyone thought we had this slow, methodical offense that can't come back and yet we came back and beat Florida State
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The players we have in this program and the coach we have allows everything to be continuous ... Each player learns from the next. I learned from Mike Flowers, one of the best defenders under coach Ryan. We keep building on each other.
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