Purdue basketball: What you need to know about Boilermakers ahead of 2024-25 season

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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