Category Archives: Purdue Basketball

Nojel Eastern decides it might be time to pursue his NBA dreams elsewhere
May 12, 2020

College athletes get four seasons to compete, and Purdue Basketball player Nojel Eastern appears eager to use his fourth somewhere else.  I don’t get it. When I saw the release announcing Eastern is entering the portal, I tried to make sense of it somehow, someway.  College athletes often feel the grass is greener somewhere else, […]

Matt Haarms transferring from Purdue won’t hurt the program or player
April 7, 2020

Matt Haarms is moving on. Haarms became famous more for his hair and celebrations than his productivity during his three seasons playing for Purdue, and fans will probably miss those two meaningless attributes. Purdue announced yesterday that Haarms has entered the transfer portal as a grad eligible player and so the hair, celebrations, and 7’3″ […]

Indiana beats Purdue in semi’s as Gene Keady makes peace between Archie and Painter
March 14, 2020

A simple basketball game became a showcase for the wisdom and old-school parenting from an 83-year-old mentor 15 years removed from coaching his final game. “I just wanted to get those two guys focused on their kids.  We can’t have Big 10 coaches squaring off like Ali and Frazier in front of 18,000 people.  Someone had to […]