We take a look at how every men’s basketball team in the Big Ten has started the season before Ohio State begins league play Thursday against Rutgers.
The Boilermakers lost four of their top-five scorers from last year’s team, with Jaden Ivey, Trevion Williams, Sasha Stefanovic and Eric Hunter all departing from the program. But with 7-foot-4 Edey now leading the way as a junior, Purdue has rocketed up the rankings as of late behind an 8-0 record to start the year. Painter and company were unranked in the preseason but now stand as the No. 4 team nation after recent blowout wins over then-No. 6 Gonzaga and then-No.
Edey put up 31 points and 22 boards in Purdue’s first league game of the year – a 29-point shellacking of Minnesota – and the third-year big man will be a nightmare matchup for the entire conference once again this season. Edey is the fourth-leading scorer in the nation, and Purdue has the No. 1 offense in the country,
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