WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue basketball closed nonconference play with a better concept of its identity and a still-emerging confidence in whether or not that identity can win the Big Ten again.
Beating Toledo 83-64 Sunday night provided a positive final note after back-to-back losses to Texas A&M and Auburn. The variance and talent level of the nonconference opponents exposed weak spots and affirmed strengths.
Three overreactions to that Toledo win as we look toward Thursday’s resumption of Big Ten play at Minnesota…