CHICAGO– Oscar Cluff dunked it like it was the Nerf hoop in the family basement. Then he had a good hang.
As the Boilermaker big man used the rim like a pull-up bar for an extra second, the Purdue lead had ballooned to 20 and Husker faithful were ready for those 50 mph winds outside the United Center to blow this game out of memory.
Blow away those first-half turnovers and second-chance allowances on the boards by next Thursday, please. Blow those away and make Husker history by winning that first NCAA Tournament game. Do that and this 74-58 loss to Purdue is but a passing memory that might be chalked up to a team that is just a bad matchup for Nebraska…