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THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #60 Michigan (11-8, 5-3) vs #5 Purdue (19-1, 8-1) WHERE Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 9:00 PM THE LINE Kenpom: PU -3 Torvik: PU-6 TELEVISION FS1 THE OVERVIEW It's hard to win on the road in college basketball. Leave aside Purdue's loss at home to Rutgers for a moment and let's discuss their travels in the Big Ten thus far. Nebraska took them to overtime (W, 65-62). They needed a triple with 10 seconds left, followed by Ohio State's worst offensive possession of the season, to win 71-69 in Columbus. Purdue then found themselves the team down a score with 10 left versus MSU. The difference, of course, is Michigan State has nobody taller than 6'9". Purdue just got the ball to Zach Edey. It helped that all three of those opponents airballed threes at the buzzer, but in general having an Edey has been the trick. From spots 1-4 the Boilermakers aren't all that different from the rest of the vast mediocre middle of the Big Ten. At spot