Purdue has stolen the Big Z nickname
- Thread starter Smashcat
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His nickname should be the Big Zilch. He should have to own losing to a 16 seed.
It won't work; people can pronounce Zach.
I’m not sure I’ve ever been LESS intimidated by a #1 or #2 team than I am Purdue.
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He’s not the big Z! He’s the big forehead.
There’s only one way to settle this.
A showdown in March to see who is the true Big Z.
A showdown in March to see who is the true Big Z.
If we played them today, Edey would get Oscar-like rebounds against us. Not saying we wouldn't win, but he would have his way with us on the inside.
Hopefully, that will change by the time we play them in the Final Four.
Hope we're the two in their bracket. I think we win by double figures.
Purdue is like the Linus of college basketball.
Zach Edey is one of the laziest big men I've seen in some time. He's like watching NBA Jam in slow motion.
He's probably not lazy; that's the way guys that big are supposed to run.
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Purdue using it for Edey now is kind of silly, but let’s not pretend “Big Z” is some kind of amazingly unique nickname that Kentucky or Ivisic have an exclusive claim to. In fact, it almost seems to be American sports fans’ go to for tall European players whose names start with that letter since Zydrunas Illgauskas in the NBA and Zdeno Chara in the NHL were both commonly referred to by that moniker during their careers.
I just googled "Big Z". The only reference to Edey in the search results was an article about Purdue's claim that the name belonged to them. 
I thought the same. He won't ever be able to keep up and down the court with our bigs. No freaking way. Dude is SLOW SLOW SLOW, and it forces the entire Purdue offense to lag into their offensive sets because they have to wait for him every time to get down the court.
It's going to be hilarious when we look around in late March/early April, and can't find Kansas or Purdue in the Final Four.
Or Arizona, and hopefully no UCONN or Puke.
But the best part of this year so far (aside from our team's performance) is that finally, FINALLY Gonzaga is nowhere to be seen. So glad they seem to be off the butt kissing media radars.
