Still though, Virginia when they lost, lost by 20, and were never even in the game against UMBC. And they weren’t just a Number One seed, they were the overall Number One Seed.
No disagreement there: In fact, many observers thought Purdue should be a #2 seed, and I agreed, after watching Penn State nearly knock them off in their Conference Championship, and get clonked by Indiana several days prior.
Zach Edey is very, very good, but, really top teams take advantage of presses, not struggle to survive them. Purdue needs a guard like, oh, maybe that kid Nowell from K-State.