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The Purdue Report with Jake Dunn (2.60.3) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome back to the Central Indian Sports Report, Boiler Maker fans for this week's Purdue Report with Jake Dunn.
• 0:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: On Saturday, Jake and I reacted to a disappointing Purdue loss to Minnesota and on Friday, we will preview.
• 0:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Saturday's game at Northwestern, but tonight, Jake, it's just going to be all about basketball because I believe that's both of our first love.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If football was a little better, maybe we'd spend a little more time on football, but I think everybody including our listeners is a little more excited for after basketball season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Basketballs, my first love Purdue basketball.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I cared about way before I cared about Purdue football.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: To me, when it comes to Purdue, it's always been about basketball going back to 1980.
• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: It goes that far back for me, Jake, and I don't know.
• 0:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: If I've ever been more excited about a basketball season than I am right now, I probably was a 1988 to be honest with you.
• 1:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: But since then, two years ago, I knew a national championship was a possibility.
• 1:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: But this team not only do I think it's a possibility.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think this team's going to be fun to watch.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I would agree that a couple years ago.
• 1:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: people who thought it was certainly a possibility to go to the final four in the national championship game and the ability to win the national championship.
• 1:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I think this year it's kind of the expectation that it's for Purdue to go to the final four, if they've broken that glass ceiling, they've gotten that monkey off their back now.
• 1:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I think the expectation is for at the very least for Purdue to get to the final four and certainly to advance the national championship game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, super excited for the for the yeah,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: for the season and it's going to go by fast so I can enjoy it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Enjoy it while less.
• 2:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it begins on Friday and I know Jake it's a game that doesn't matter in the standings but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's a kind of game that can set expectations.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You know that it's not going to be a game that if the games on the line they're probably going to do anything different.
• 2:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're probably going to just
• 2:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're more likely to accept the defeat in a game like this, but I think what we just want to see is the team that we know can compete with anybody.
• 2:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm really interested to see kind of the depth of Purdue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And just really see how good they are.
• 2:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: So we've heard kind of a lot of season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How deep this team is and how good, some of these pieces that would be coming off the bench are.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Um, so just excited to see that with our own eyes and, uh, to see that against a different team in a really good team, uh, in Kentucky.
• 2:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think the good news reading about Kentucky's team is that they have about 12 guys too that they all think should be competing for playing time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So you're going to see a lot of different guys with them too.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I think you're going to see a lot of interesting matchups and
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you're right.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Brainsmith, sweatshirt lawyer, you got Kaufman Rint.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We know we're gonna get three of the best players in the country doing it at what they do.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But you're right, it's the rest of those guys.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's gonna be very curious to see what we get from those guys.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Is there a player or two in particular your most curious about?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think I'm really excited to see a full season of Daniel Jacobson.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: uh, a pretty uh, not forgotten about, but pretty like underrated piece of produce team last year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, it gets her, you know, a minute into the second game of the year, uh, so, you know, and he would've solved, uh, maybe not all the problems, but definitely would've helped, you know, with rebounding and, uh, and defense, especially in the pain.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's something that pretty really struggled with last year or so.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think they,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: may not have made that much of a difference, but I think it would have been always really good experience for this year's team.
• 4:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you had played last year and saved healthy, but I'd say him and then definitely just definitely hold on for removal definitely would have made a difference.
• 4:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know what kind of difference it would have made.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But having Jacobs in all year went from having a position
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he was a newcomer, don't get me wrong.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But where you're pretty solid to that position kind of being a weakness.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So it would have made a big difference.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we'd played all year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, what I meant was, and like the end result of the season, like, you know, they may, they may solve loss to Houston.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Right, so you're 16.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you could solve it in a higher field.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Could be, yeah, could be.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But obviously still did, still did pretty well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: only 15 other teams that that really did better, right?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's really eight teams that that only did better than per new.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Right.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And some of those teams lost the two time national player the year the year before.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Dan Jacobson got to red shirt got to get get just stronger and really make sure he's healthy before he gets back out there this season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's up to 250,000 pounds, so he's put on a good amount of good weight and to put on a good muscle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, so I didn't see him play.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'd say the other guy, you know, Jikari Harris, I think everybody's kind of focusing on CJ Cox, in terms of a breakout player, but Jikari Harris seems like he's really transformed his body as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And it can be a pretty integral piece, especially on defense, but I think he's stepped up as often to the game as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: uh... most excited about don't you i'm doing wrong so excited about off-the-cloth and over my as well but i think jacabson and jacara Harris or the two did that that i'm uh... most excited for you know we're mayor this is a little number one for me all the things that we've heard about him the highlights that we've seen it'll be nice to see how he fits in
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And you did mention it's such it was such a position of need such an area of need with rebounding.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So Oscar cloth going to be interesting to see what he can do as well, but Oscar and owner going to be cool the one I'm interested in is Jack Binter because he's from Brownstone.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I know that well and guys not expected to be a contributor this year if he is that means he's really good.
• 6:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm excited to see if it's into this team as well.
• 6:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: We've talked about before, but in playing the four was I thought that, you know, I didn't really think you did a whole lot of playing time and especially this year, but the staff is really impressed with them.
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: You used to do all this body as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm a shooting perspective, but I think also, I pretty really good pass, sir.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It really has a really high basketball IQ.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, I think he has a lot to bring, but golf and ran it is out or probably even play some of the three spot as well.
• 7:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Excited for hand-to-hand.
• 7:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Jake, I think we all knew this was coming, but it's officially official for the first time in program history.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Purdue is number one to start the season in the AP poll.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Purdue got 35 of the 51 first place votes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Houston second Florida, the Raining National Champion third.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Kentucky is ninth.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I know we're expecting a Jake, but pretty cool.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it is really cool.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that officially marks the fourth time in five years that Purdue has reached the number one spot in the eight people.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It makes it 59 consecutive weeks ranked, which is a third, longest active streak in the country.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that there's only handful of teams that, you know, in the past,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, five years have accomplished that, you know, four time and five years being ranked number one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, and the schools in that group are, you know, pretty good school.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, um, you're counting in Saga, do you guys in there, so there's some really good schools that are in there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Schools that would be considered blue buds, so it's nice to see that, you know, preo is as being able to sustain and success.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, it kind of has its name in there with some of these really historic programs.
• 8:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Some other teams that Purdue plays this year are ranked.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Michigan is ranked seventh.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Kentucky ninth, as I mentioned, Texas Tech is tenth.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: UCLA is 12th.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Alabama is ranked 15th.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Illinois is 17th.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Auburn is 20th.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Michigan State is 22nd.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Wisconsin is 24th and everyone will be
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  [SPEAKER_01]: the Purdue 1485 IU one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'd be interested to know who that one voter was to that included IU in there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So one more time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This is for our, this is for Grant Shows and my Council.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: 1485, the one.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I hope that registered with our IU guys, Jake.
• 9:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Some other big 10 teams that are receiving votes, Oregon received 98 votes, Ohio State with 23 USC with 10, Washington with seven, and Iowa with six.
• 9:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: The good amount of big 10 teams here receiving, you know, ranked or overseeing votes.
• 9:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: And this, this pre-season AP poll.
• 10:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: So should be a really good year for the conference and should produce to definitely be dialed to, but the time marks comes around.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'll be shocked if Oregon's not in the top 15 by the end of the year.
• 10:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: Same here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they've got a lot to do.
• 10:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Cotton knew it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He has a lot to do with it in college basketball.
• 10:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I know the thing to do is to go out and get all the top talented guys as you can.
• 10:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: The continuity is key and man Matt Painter is really got this thing going.
• 10:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We hear the, you know, we hear the, the mantra every year that, you know, guards and seniors, you know, when you games and, and mark, you know, produce death, the best guard in the country.
• 10:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, has three of the best seniors in the country as well.
• 10:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Certainly the expectation of these talk about earlier is to, to make national championship game and, and ultimately, when it,
• 11:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: The road to the 2026 national championship begins on Friday and we're up a ring and not a better place to kick it out for the win.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's the type of team that you love to cheer for.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And you said the players want to do it for Matt Painter.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm sure that's true.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They want to do it for themselves and their families.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But they also want to do it for the best fans in college basketball.
• 11:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: Bill Jank, thank you so much, can't wait.
• 11:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Let's talk about it real soon.
• 11:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, sounds good.
• 11:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: Don't forget everybody, Jake and I will be back on Friday to preview the Purdue North Western.
• 11:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: Where Purdue is going to snap their 12 game conference losing streak.
• 11:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Of course, I said that last week and a week before so.
• 11:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, thank you, I'd be right this time.
• 12:01
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• 12:15
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• 12:20
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• 12:25
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• 12:41
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