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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Our post-game Takeaways and Wrap Video from Purdue's 74-70 overtime loss to Michigan at the Big Ten Tournament.
TAKEAWAYS
• If this is a team at risk of falling prey to its demons from its past two NCAA Tournament failures, then this is either the worst thing that could have happened or the best thing.
Friday's setback was not the product of pressure. Purdue was, in effect, playing for very little. Better put: Its season did not end because it lost to Michigan.
If the Boilermakers did indeed melt down in Louisville and Denver because of that dynamic, then it did not apply today.