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PURDUE BASKETBALL RECRUITING
Obviously following this week's loss of Dravyn Gibbs-Lawhorn, Purdue's down a commitment.
I know everyone wants to know who Purdue recruits now, but there is no answer to that question that we can give you, because we are not away of any other guards Purdue has recruited.
Part of the sting of this is the timing, because had this happened earlier, Purdue would have moved on Markus Burton and maybe landed him. He's since been offered by and committed to Notre Dame.
Now, there's no next guy that we are aware of, and we strongly doubt there Is anyone.
That means a foray in the portal again come spring.
What we can tell you with certainty is if Purdue recruits anyone this fall, or In the spring, that player will be a a point guard.
The faint silver lining here — faint — is that while Gibbs-Lawhorn is a good player and Purdue certainly needs scoring, he Is not a point guard. He is a scorer first and foremost and when his Indy Heat team played without Jeremy Fears this summer, DGL didn't play great in a lead ball-handler role. He was much better all spring and summer playing alongside Fears.
Purdue's current point guard situation is well known. It has only one of them, and needs another badly.
Purdue has dabbled with big men for 2023, but only because one particular In-state big man happened to be ranked No. 1 In the country. That Is not a dire need.
A ball-handler is.
My guess is Purdue will look around this fall for somebody who might be going post-grad, or who might have slipped through the cracks. If there's no one worth recruiting, it will be a must in the spring to add a transfer or a freshman freed from a letter of intent following a coaching change (which would not count as their one transfer). (BN)
PURDUE FOOTBALL RECRUITING
Obviously following this week's loss of Rickie Collins, Purdue's down a commitment.
This will almost certainly be a portal deal come spring, Purdue looking for a transfer to add to its quarterback mix with the promise of a chance to compete with Brady Allen and Mike Alaimo for the starting job. (BN)
PURDUE FOOTBALL RECRUITING
Still waiting on a decision from four-star D-tackle Kendrick Gilbert, who's deliberating between Purdue and Kentucky after recent visits to both places.
No idea when he'll decide or how this will turn out, but with the season starting in a little more than two weeks, it would seem like a safe bet something would come down before Cathedral opens the season at Lafayette Jeff Aug. 19.
There have been some reports from the Kentucky end of this that Purdue has felt UK leads or has led. Not sure where that's coming from and we have no reason to think that's true. (BN)
PURDUE BASKETBALL
The agenda for tomorrow's Board of Trustees meeting in Fort Wayne includes an item regarding Matt Painter's contract. We do not know what it is at this point, but don't believe it's anything big in terms of news.
Painter's contract converted a few years back to a rollover structure that basically makes extensions unnecessary, so this would seem like a compensation issue, i.e. a raise, out in front of the new football media rights deal money coming in. This is a compensation committee item, so there you go. (BN)
