I apologize if this has been posted already, but has everyone read this article below? It's about Big 10 basketball in general and how strong the conference will be this year, in comparison with football, but about midway down the page he breaks into his Purdue theory:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/michael_rosenberg/10/26/Big-Ten-hoops/index.html

Haha! Unfortunately I can't say I disagree with the guy, as bad as it sounds.