Breakdown: Purdue's loss to Michigan

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Saturday, following the Boilermakers' 71-63 loss in Mackey Arena to Michigan, a game in which the final score was cleaned up late after the visitors led by 15 with three-and-a-half minutes left, the tone of that conversation may have changed. Needless to say, for a team that's spent some time now with one foot out of the field, one foot in, this was a highly damaging loss, as most projections figured winning out at home over the final three games in West Lafayette was a non-negotiable element to Purdue's path to the Big Dance. Purdue got off to a shaky start at both ends of the floor and Michigan weathered the danger zone visiting coaches have worried about when bringing their teams into Mackey Arena, those first 10 minutes or so.

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