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  [SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to the Purdue Report with Jake Dunn.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Only on the Central Indian Sports Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back, Boiler Maker Fan, to the Central Indian Sports Report for
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This week's Purdue Report with Jake Dunn, probably our last one that's going to be consistent for a while, I think.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to do Purdue reports whenever there's news that talk about Jake going forward, but this is the last one consistently until we get back to football season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here to evaluate the 2025-26 basketball season and kind of look ahead to next year as well
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 7th place in the Big 10 Big 10 tournament champions, Elite A audio evaluates the season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, it wasn't exactly the season that I think most pretty thin to, and imagine, not the season that the Purdue players imagined, you know, for themselves, see that they said themselves with Big Nader season that, you know, that kind of the expectation was to hear the final forward
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  [SPEAKER_01]: that that would not happen.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I personally, I still feel this as a success.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, would have wished when a couple of those games at home that were doing the blues and maybe have a better seat or a better draw than typically term enough to happen.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Certainly have a more of a shot at the regular season big tint title if that happens.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But I still think it's a success.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There's only
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  [SPEAKER_01]: seven other teams that had an equal or better success in the previous year.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But it's like, you know, that to be no teams, but I said, it's not how the, not how this season went.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think, uh, kind of going into, you know, the, you know, what kind of broke the
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  [SPEAKER_01]: tough this year as it is every year throughout the season just wasn't good enough.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Thinking back to the Texas Tech game in the Bahamas, Purdue at Play Tech's Tech at a full strength with all their stars and the way Purdue played defense that day, it was the best team in the country.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There were a few other times that looked like that too, but the
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  [SPEAKER_01]: kind of the advantages and the front court that had come in in the season, we thought, prettier in my house, the OSHA class, Daniel Jacobson, and obviously three coffin rents for this were kind of doled with protection bounding was it was an issue whenever you went small, but Vince is really the story of the season year, if Purdue was rebounding the ball really well, then the defense could afford to be not as good, but sometimes when
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  [SPEAKER_01]: just you've caused even more problems on defense.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So looking ahead, certainly still a bright future, even maybe not exactly next year, but the year after that, I think it's still still a bright future for this team.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think next year, they can't compete for it to be another top four seed, and that gets into the winter.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I do want to talk about that in just a minute.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's reflect a little bit more on this season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In particular, the four seniors really, the three main ones that they lose.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Definitely one of the top three trios of my life at Purdue, and you could make an argument that they're the best, but I think the three different trios in my lifetime, I put them all about even
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I want to say that the disappointing thing to me is, particularly what I'm thinking of 2019, but other season, lots of seasons last year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It starts off a little rough and throughout the season, Matt Painter kind of puts the pieces to the puzzle together and they get better and better.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And they're the most competitive they are at the end of the year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we saw some of that toward the end of the year, but they were never, I don't feel like, ever got to the point where they were a contender on Arizona's way.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Arizona looked really good in that game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, the law serves even worse when after being up seven and a half time, Purdue can just ran into a bus all year, kind of reminded me a little bit of the UConn game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Purdue just kind of looked over match there in the second half.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And they certainly looked at the best team in the country.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Arizona did.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So sucks that the
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And the second half Arizona, you know, opened up a on a 16 to three run and kind of completely controlled, you know, the game from that point on 48 to 26, you know, that was the scoring in the second half.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Perumus 16 of its first 22 shots and the second half and was over six from three and start the half.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So Arizona completely exerted its will on the Purdue in the second half.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, it did.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: 40 points in the paint for the game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They were 20, 22 from the free throw line, 10 offensive rebounds, which translated the team's second chance points.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And Jayden Bradley, he really kind of ignited that run here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So Arizona just pretty much overwhelmed Purdue didn't help the Purdue is found trouble.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Turn it off and run picked up 2,000, the first eight minutes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That source Purdue to play Dino Jacobsen, not so close together, something that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and it would have been done up to that point for four minutes in the entire season, produce best liemps, or never really fully available because of foul trouble.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought that duo, Dean of Jacobson, an Oscar club, actually kind of worked pretty well for the most part together.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We saw offensively, I was kind of surprised how well it worked, thought Dean of Jacobson stepped up quite a bit in that game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There was those,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And really just depth of scoring oxygen is like anybody on that team could go out and get you a bucket.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I couldn't necessarily say the same thing about Purdue in this game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Those are the disappointing things to me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In real fast, I mentioned the best trio's in my lifetime, Troy Lewis, Todd Mitchell, Everett Stevens, for sure, probably number one, and then you have Robbie Hummel,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Joanne Johnson, each one more, that probably would be number one if not for Hummel's injuries.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And this one, you only remember the last two, how would you compare the two?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This group of seniors, the Brainsmith, Futurler, Trick often read.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They have a program best, 117 wins, and NCAA tournament wins, two big 10 regular season titles, two big 10 tournament titles, two lead eights in a file for.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so they probably kind of a little bit of success there from that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't want to have a residency bias play a big part in this, but I do think this is, in my lifetime, the best group of college players that I've seen come to Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Robbie Humble played a little bit of time in B.A.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He's fun more, had a pretty good career in the N.B.A.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and Joanne Johnson is still playing overseas.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Professionally, those guys may have had a better overall basketball career, but in terms of time at Purdue, outside of Tracoth and Ren, his injury to start the season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If that would have not happened, I think these three would have been
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  [SPEAKER_01]: had the record fight the most minutes played together in program history which brings me to the future where I have that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I'd put them slightly ahead of the baby boilers of the late 2000s.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think the baby boilers if Hummel doesn't get hurt, I believe we're talking about them completely different.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, Jake, let's look ahead to 26, 27, and I really like the core of Cox Harris, Jake Gibson, Meyer, and Binter.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think we're going to find out a lot about Antoine West and Raleigh Birchus.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then, of course, you have Caden Pierce headed this way before we talk about the freshman.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I was trying to think earlier and what the starting five would be for next year.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I certainly don't think per day King appears to come here and sit on the bench, though I imagine he's pretty much a pencil diventa as a starter, obviously things can change I guess, but I think we're my or probably a starter, Danon Jacobs and probably a starter, King appears probably a starter, and then you got to pick two of CJ Cox to carry Harris and Jack
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's a really competitive summer.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And this is the first time since Edie's junior year really, that much playing time has been up for grabs.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I guess technically Peru is still waiting on it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's rulings in the core if Austria class can come back for another year, because he played in junior college.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So if that's, I guess, now all things kind of a mess.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think you're talking about a whole different story because him is the big man with that group,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And then obviously you have Rally Burgers, too.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We didn't write obviously red shirt and so wouldn't write, I need to talk about them, but he factors in the picture, I think.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I've watched what I've seen.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, for sure.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He provides some really good minutes, I guess two years ago, but if Oscar Cluff can't come back, I imagine Peru would go into the portal and maybe not go on and get a starter, but go on and get a solid big guy
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  [SPEAKER_01]: kind of show that that hold us for class, we'll be leaving.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There could be some freshmen who could take that role as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Really good big man coming to West Lafayette.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm excited to see kind of how he developed through the program here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It seems like he's pretty well-rounded.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, he's a good insight.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I was also good outside too.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I outside the perimeter.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's excited to see what he can bring in the table.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: but really good freshman class here and if they all stick together and I'm not sure how long overmiral we'll stick in college, have some updates professionally to go play if you want, but if or my are turned into a four-year player, kind of his senior season would align kind of with because I've seen a Jake soon would be a red shirt at that point and you got guys like Antoine West, probably Burgess and guys like that would be all you know junior
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it'd be the 20, 20, 20, 20, 29 season maybe.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If this kind of core sticks together, could be looking at another really good team, especially this freshman class coming in, it's one of the best classes that Purdue's had in a while.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And obviously, it ranked himself me and everything.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If anything, Matt Painter is better at recruiting guys who aren't highly rated, but
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If they can pan out as expected, certainly could be at the top of the Big 10 and a contender for the National Championship here again in a few years.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Any concern about losing anyone in the portal?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Not really anything can happen.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure people have probably been trying to reach out to
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  [SPEAKER_01]: guys like over my ording of Jacob's hand or I have to even Jack Benner probably.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He certainly shown some some flashes here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This season, I would be pretty surprised if anybody left.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This group seems pretty connected, they seem to enjoy their role.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So there's a bunch of playing time up for grabs here with these three seniors gone.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it'd be kind of a silly decision.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jake Dunn, thank you so much for all you've done this year, and we look forward to talking between you throughout the off season when there's stuff to talk about.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, thank you for up.
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