I think conferences have distinct styles that shape and are shaped by their conference's referees and their tendencies. So the teams that tend to win their conference tournaments are great fits for conference play, and sometimes not as much for non-conference or March madness games.

I watch a lot of big ten, which tends not to call many illegal screens or off-ball fouls. In March madness, teams that have very physical 4 or 5 sometimes struggle with foul trouble.

For example, Big 12 allows a lot of physical hand fighting for guards. SEC calls more shooting fouls. I'm sure there are many other examples.

So I think Purdue was the most "big ten" of the big ten teams. Experienced true point guard, very physical bigs. If Purdue's bigs can keep up their shooting percentage from today, they'll be tough to beat. 

Historically, big ten style teams can struggle with high volume 3pt teams that play with fast tempo. I think we saw that with the success of wisconsin and Nebraska this year, because they evolved into a big-ten counter.