Purdue basketball has the monkey off its back. Fresh off a trip to the national championship game, the Boilermakers are the favorites once again to win the Big Ten, marking just the third outright three-peat in conference history.
Their season tips off Monday night against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Mackey Arena. Here’s what you need to know ahead of the season opener:
Purdue basketball season prediction, schedule analysis
Purdue could play four preseason top 25 teams in nonconference games and a handful more in pursuit of Big Ten history. Nathan Baird takes a crack at how the Boilermakers will fare this season, and if a Big Ten three-peat is in the cards.
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Meet Purdue basketball 2024-25 roster
Nathan Baird breaks down the scholarship members of the Purdue men’s basketball 2024-25 roster, player-by-player assessing their roles for the upcoming season.
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Purdue Boilermakers basketball 2024-25 roster
Number
Name
Pos.
Year
Height
Hometown
0
C.J. Cox
G
Fr.
6-3
Lexington, Mass.
1
Caleb Furst
F
Sr.
6-10
Fort Wayne, Ind.
2
Fletcher Loyer
G
Jr.
6-5
Fort Wayne, Ind.
3
Braden Smith
G
Jr.
6-0
Westfield
4
Trey Kaufman-Renn
F
Jr.
6-9
Sellersburg, Ind.
5
Myles Colvin
G
So.
6-5
Indianapolis, Ind.
6
Aaron Fine
G
Fr.
6-2
Noblesville, Ind.
7
Sam King
F
Jr.
6-9
Columbus, Ind.
9
Jack Lusk
G
So.
6-4
Elkhorn, Neb.
11
Brian Waddell
F
Jr.
6-7
Carmel, Ind.
12
Daniel Jacobsen
C
Fr.
7-4
Chicago, Ill.
14
Jack Benter
G
Fr.
6-5
Brownstown, Ind.
20
Josh Furst
F
So.
6-6
Fort Wayne, Ind.
23
Camden Heide
F
So.
6-7
Wayzata, Minn.
24
Gicarri Harris
G
Fr.
6-3
Atlanta, Ga.
32
Jace Rayl
G
So.
5-11
Kokomo, Ind.
34
Raleigh Burgess
F
Fr.
6-11
Cincinnati, Ohio
44
Will Berg
C
So.
7-2
Stockholm, Sweden
Purdue basketball best-, worst-case scenario
This Purdue team opens the season with a mindset unique to the past 40 years of program history. Nathan Baird provides the best- and worst-case scenarios for the Boilermakers.
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Publish date : 2024-11-03 17:38:00
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