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Purdue basketball’s season ended one win shy of the grand prize with a roster built on continuity and togetherness.
A lot will change in that regard next season.
Lance Jones is the only player from this Boilermaker 17-man roster out of eligibility.
So technically, Purdue could bring everyone else back and take another run at a national championship.
Six freshmen are signed for next season, which means Purdue needs six scholarship openings. Division I programs are permitted 13 scholarship players and as it stands, even if all the seniors leave, Purdue is still oversigned.
How does Purdue make that happen?
Which Purdue basketball players are transferring?
Yes, Zach Edey has a year of eligibility and could come back and attempt to win an unprecedented third straight National Player of the Year.
He’s not going to.
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Purdue coaches and Edey have known all along this was a last-ride deal. Edey will get selected in the upcoming NBA draft. Speculate how his game fits at that level, but we’ll let a front office and coaching staff determine that. His last game at Purdue was Monday night.
Ethan Morton and Mason Gillis are in the transfer portal, per reports. This was expected.
Both former Purdue starters have their COVID year available.
Even if Morton and Gillis wanted to come back, it’s probably time for both to move on.
Carson Barrett and Chase Martin came to Purdue as walk-ons.
Purdue Boilermakers guard Myles Colvin (5) and Purdue Boilermakers forward Caleb Furst (1) high-five during the NCAA men’s basketball game against the Penn State Nittany Lions, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.
Purdue returning starters
If Trey Kaufman-Renn didn’t leave after last season, he’s not going anywhere. A guy that talented being redshirted and then lightly used a year ago had enough basketball reasons to look for a new home.
Instead, he went to work, changed positions, and started 39…
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Publish date : 2024-04-10 21:27:56
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