Purdue and IL are both very good teams. Tonight, Purdue's guards were fantastic. Cockburn was facing hard doubles all night. Purdue just got the best of them. Agree with @g8wayg8r that it was an extraordinarily physical game. Big 10 bruising hoops, but also with guards who can fly and shoot. Purdue should be in the hunt and IL, if they got a good draw, could go deep in the tourney.
You got that right about the Purdue guards. They make shots and create them in and outside the 3-line. Rough on D if the officials let them play that way. I see no weakness.