BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Facts are facts, even when you don’t want to hear it. But it’s true — so painfully true for Hoosier Nation — that Purdue is simply a much better team than Indiana is right now.

That doesn’t mean Purdue will blow them out every time play this season, but that’s certainly what happened in the first meeting on Tuesday night at Assembly Hall. For many, many reasons, the No. 2-ranked Boilermakers had their way with the Hoosiers, cruising to an 87-66 win.

They led by 22 at halftime, and even though Indiana cut the lead to nine a few times in the second half, the Boilers still won by 21, and led by 24 in the closing minute.

Back in 1934, the Boilermakers trounced Indiana 47-13. Everett Dean was Indiana’s coach back then, and he was a really good one. But it was probably a good thing social media didn’t exist that night. People read about it the next morning in a thing called a newspaper, in their local cafe or barber shop.

It’s doubtful that anyone called for his firing that night, mostly because it was in the still the Great Depression. Having enough coins in your pocket for your next meal was far more important than the coach’s employment future, especially when folks were making 30 cents an hour.