Meanwhile, in Evanston ...

 Twice in eight days now. 

And so, in West Lafayette, the question among hysterics is this: "Is it time to panic now?"

And also: "Oh, great, here we go. It's late February and time for the Boilers to fade like a cheap Polaroid again."

And also: "I KNEW Painter never shoulda started two freshmen in the backcourt. That's just ASKING for it!"

What the Blob says is this: Calm down, Alice.

Yes, after two-thirds of a season looking invincible, the Purdue Boilermakers have lost two of their last three and exposed their Achilles heel: They're susceptible to pressure D. They kicked the ball away seven times in the first eight minutes and 16 times all told in the loss at Indiana a week ago Saturday. And against a damn good Northwestern team in Evanston yesterday?

Sixteen more turnovers, as the Wildcats copied the Beat Purdue blueprint: They brought backcourt pressure and doubled 7-foot-4 Zach Edey as hard as the law allowed.

The result was five turnovers combined by the freshman guards, Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer. And six by Edey -- who also had five against Indiana.

In other words, the two freshman guards don't seem to be the main issue with Purdue's propensity to turn over the ball. It seems to be teams doubling Edey and forcing him to handle the ball in traffic, 

He's still going to get his points and rebounds, and did Sunday, going for 24 points and eight boards. But Purdue blew an eight-point lead in the last 3:36 and was outscored 17-3 in the last four minutes as the Boilers didn't make a field goal after Edey's jumper with 3:55 to play.

In that same span, the Boilers turned it over five times -- twice by Smith, twice by Edey and once by Loyer.

Here's the thing, though: I’m guessing Matt Painter was probably paying attention to all that.

I’m guessing, in fact, that he's going to find a counter or two to what teams are doing to Purdue now. This is because he's one of the best coaches in the country, and that's what the best coaches do. It's a game of adjustments, after all. You adjust to us; we adjust to your adjustment.

So, no, it's not time to panic yet. Let's see what happens in Maryland this week. Let's see what sort of adjustments Painter makes. Let's see if those adjustments work.

Let's see.