No one would say that Kelsey Barlow is Purdue's best basketball player; probably not even in the top 5 from this year's team. Yet it is in my opinion that the suspension of Kelsey is one factor in us losing to VCU; other than VCU being a great team that is beating everyone this year. Whenever a team is formed everyone bonds, and there is a certain chemistry between all of the players. Even though Kelsey was prone to turning the ball over, he was a great defender. With the news of his suspension, at this point in the season, everyone was shocked. I feel that during the VCU game the team was just showing signs of the outside "drama" affecting their performance.
I feel that if anyone in the Faithful Hodgepodge was no longer a member of our group, or replaced with someone we would not be the same group that we are now. We have bonded and all understand one another and work well together. If we were to lose anyone from our group we'd have the same result as the Purdue vs VCU game: utter breakdown.
-Jason Miller
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