Its quite a sad day in West Lafayette after the men's basketball team lost to Duke in a 60-76 score.In what was supposed to be a good game, with tickets selling in the hundreds of dollars, the Boilers maybe had a few Duke-jitters.  As loud and pumped that Mackey Arena and The Paint Crew were before the game, many wonder what went wrong. Well, I'll tell you:

1. Purdue had silly turnovers early

2. Purdue wasn't making the 'gimme' shots 

3. Everything Duke threw up went in... Sometimes with nothing but net, and sometimes rolling around the rim for minutes.

While many feel like the refs made selective calls, we still can't blame anyone but ourselves for the stupid mistakes made that ultimately cost us the game, although I question Matt Painter's coaching.  Usually one of the most active coaches, he was noticeably quiet, still, and calm, in what made fans wonder what he was thinking.

The next game for the men is Saturday, 8pm vs. Arkansas- Pine Bluff. Hopefully we can make a comeback and get a win after two straight losses.