1.) Purdue is 0-1 after a 70-65 loss to Bucknell on Friday.
That was the first “Red Line Upset” of the season, followed minutes later by
George Mason upsetting Virginia. Bucknell and George Mason play each other
Tuesday. What does this mean? I’m not entirely sure, other than Purdue is gonna
be hacked off today.
2.) Hofstra has never played Purdue. The Dutchmen are 1-2
all-time against current Big 10 teams, of which there are actually 12, but the
name Big 12 was already taken. The only current Big 10 team the Dutchmen have
played while it was a member of the Big 10 is Penn State, which edged Hofstra
74-71 in the Holiday Classic championship game Dec. 27, 2000.
3.) This game is part of the Wounded Warrior Classic, which
is put on by the Gazelle Group, which of course puts on The Worst Thing Ever,
the CBI. Hofstra traveled to Purdue after playing at Monmouth on Friday night
even though Villanova is also a host team and even though JAY WRIGHT’S team has
an obvious connection to Hofstra. Why did the Gazelle Group send the Dutchmen
halfway across the country when they could have just put them on a two-hour bus
ride? It’s the Gazelle Group. Don’t ask.
4.) The Dutchmen lost a season opener for the 34th time on Friday. The Dutchmen have bounced back with a win in their second game 18 times, including the last three times (2007, 2008 and 2009). Hofstra has not opened a season 0-2 since it lost its first three games in 2006.
5.) Jimmy Hall became the third Hofstra player this century
to open his collegiate career with a double-double. He’ll try to become the
first to have a double-double in his first TWO games. Kenny Adeleke and Halil
Kanacevic fell just short: Adeleke had 25 points and nine assists against Kent
State in 2001 while Kanacevic had eight points and nine rebounds against Yale
in 2009.
6.) Mo Cassara wasted no time changing up the lineup as he
penciled in Shaq Stokes, Jimmy Hall and Moussa Kone in place of Kentrell
Washington, Jordan Allen and Stephen Nwaukoni. Incredibly, that means the
Dutchmen have had more players start a game this year (eight, duh) than in
either of Cassara’s first two seasons (seven each).
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