Wow. I don’t have cable, so I didn’t see the game. I did see the score with about 7 minutes left in the first half and FDU was hanging real close to Purdue. My thought at the time was Purdue wasn’t up for the game and didn’t take things seriously. Hubris.
“Sir Charles” (Barkley) thought FDU had a good shot. Purdue showed real weakness against pressure, late in the season, and FDU is a very quick, very fast team that applied pressure well