The Purdue Grand Prix was the highlight of the weekend on campus.

The candidates for the 4th top seed look to be UNC, Tennessee, Marquette, Arizona, and Kansas with the others being likely 2's.

Which of those 5 do you think Purdue matches up best with? Which would you most want to avoid?

I realize we've beaten 3 of the 5 already this season. That said, I think Edey gives us an even bigger advantage when the opposition hasn't played against him before so I think I'd rather see UNC or Kansas in our bracket than any of the three we already beat. Between those 2, I'd prefer Kansas as we know Hunter Dickinson and can deal with him and their guards are less dynamic than RJ Davis.

Of the other 3, I think I'd least like to see Tennessee in our bracket. They have the players to make it hard on us in the paint and on the boards and it took a 27-point effort from Loyer to beat them in Maui if I remember correctly. Not sure I'd bank on us getting that in a rematch. Knecht seems to be getting better as the season has gone on as well. If we see them again, I'd prefer it not be until later.

Four-star CB Jaylan Morgan is set to take an official visit to Purdue from June 21-23, he tells Boiler Upload.

Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi State are among the others in the running for the talented Volunteer State defender.

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2025 three-star offensive lineman Kevin Peay tells Boiler Upload that he is planning to take an official visit to Purdue in June.

No date locked in yet, but expect it to be set in the next few days.

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at 8pm on BTN. Bring on the ivy! We're talking
baseball. Cold beer here! Boilers, lets get some runs!

Purdue lands former Mississippi State punter Keelan Crimmins out of the transfer portal.

Americans' "magic number" savings goal for retirement has increased by over 50% since 2020

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/americans-think-they-need-1point46-million-to-retire-what-experts-say.html#:~:text=Americans%20think%20they%20need%20almost,focus%20on%20another%20number%20instead&text=Americans'%20%22magic%20number%22%20savings,having%20a%20high%20savings%20rate.

Can this dipshit get any worse than he already is?

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NBC to fire reporter less than a week and one appearance. Wow!

The Old Gold Show wraps up the season and talks all about the experience in Phoenix.

Brief update on a top 2025 inside linebacker target. Three-star Charles White will announce his decision next week, but has ruled Purdue out. That also wipes out his official visit to West Lafayette in late June.

Kevin Kane will maintain his focus on Grant Beerman, followed by Denim Cook in the 2025 class.

Gotta say, pretty freaking impressive.

The WDC Uni-party is taking care of the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) by passing a $95 Billion Boondoggle for overseas military funding.

Of course the unspoken deal is our corrupt politicians & their main interest in passing this is getting the kickbacks from overseas interests & from the MIC.....so they can get re-elected, and come back to screw the American people some more.
And so it continues.

Look, no problem with guys transferring, however, guys that are playing 30 minutes per game leaving is ridiculous. I hope heads get together and make some changes to this, at least make transferring a 1 time thing, additional transfer except in hardship should mean a year sitting out, it’s minor but guys like Storr won’t play for 4 different schools in 4 years. The pros have salary caps, can’t cut and run every year, right now this isn’t sports, it’s a mockery. Every good play at a mid major will transfer now after a good season, that sucks. I lean toward the player but its way to much their way, needs to me more middle ground in this. Cap this NIL stuff as well, 3 million seems fair, if they don’t we’ll soon see teams with 15-20 million budgets for players, players will sit on benches earning more than starters at some schools, that’s ridiculous.

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The 1990s was a glorious decade for Purdue basketball. And Chad Austin played a big part in making that era special for Boilermaker fans.
He arrived in West Lafayette from Richmond (Ind.) High, having led the Red Devils to the 1991-92 state title as a junior by beating Lafayette Jeff in overtime. While at Purdue, Austin helped lead the program to Big Ten titles his freshman (1994-95) and sophomore (1995-96) seasons, part of "threepeat" that began in 1993-94 in Glenn Robinson's junior season.
Austin was famous for his toughness and big-shot making ability. Fans never will forget the game-winning shots Austin hit in back-to-back wins at Indiana in 1996 and 1997.
Austin's first dagger in Bloomington was a three-point bomb that came with 13.7 seconds left on February 25, 1996. The shot gave No. 8 Purdue a 74-72 win. His second game-winning shot in Assembly Hall was more drenched in drama, as Austin nailed a two-point shot with six-tenths of a second hanging on the clock to give Purdue an 89-87 victory on February 18, 1997.
Austin was a two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection (1997, 1998) and a two-time team MVP (1997, 1998) while leading Purdue in scoring in 1996 (12.8) and 1997 (17.0). Austin made the NCAA tourney all four seasons at Purdue. His best team was his last in 1997-98, when the Boilermakers went 28-8 (12-4 Big Ten, third) and reached the Sweet 16 as a No. 2 seed before losing to Stanford.
Austin began the 2019-20 season No. 14 on the all-time Purdue scoring list, finishing his career with a 13.1-scoring average and 1,694 points from 1994-95 to 1997-98. Austin averaged 17.0 points each of his final two seasons.
Austin was carrying on the legacy of older brother Woody, who was the 1988 Indiana Mr. Basketball. Woody Austin played at Purdue from 1988-89 to 1991-92, scoring 1,076 points. He averaged 18.5 points as a senior.
After leaving Purdue, Chad Austin enjoyed a solid career overseas, playing across Europe. GoldandBlack.com caught up recently with Austin.
GoldandBlack.com: What are you doing now?
Austin: I am in Brooklyn, N.Y. I have been here going on 12 years. I am fire safety director for an office building. I have three kids. One just got out of college at Albany State in Georgia where she played volleyball. My son is 11 and my daughter is 3.
GoldandBlack.com: When were you last at Purdue?
Austin: I was last at Purdue a couple years ago. They had a reunion in the summer for some old players. Maybe four years ago, in 2016.
GoldandBlack.com: Who do you stay in touch with?
Austin: I stay in touch with Brad (Miller). Of course, Brandon (Brantley). I try to stay in touch as much as I can.
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Austin began the 2019-20 season No. 14 on the all-time Purdue scoring list, finishing his career with a 13.1 scoring average and 1,694 points from 1994-95 to 1997-98.
GoldandBlack.com: How is Woody doing?
Austin: Woody is doing good. He is in Westfield/Carmel. He has his own Mr. Basketball camp where he coaches and trains kids.
GoldandBlack.com: Why did you choose Purdue?
Austin: I was familiar with it with my brother was going there. I knew what they were about, going to the practices. With my brother going to Purdue, I was kind of mentally ahead of my peers in high school because I would use all of the stuff my brother would bring home. I used all the information he was doing to my advantage. I saw how hard they worked.
GoldandBlack.com: What is your best Purdue memory?
Austin: I got two Big Ten titles. Just the camaraderie, the team atmosphere. We were truly a team. We enjoyed each other. We enjoyed practicing, the time being there.
GoldandBlack.com: What do you recall about your winning shots at Indiana?
Austin: It’s just what I do. I did the same thing in high school. I hit a big shot in the state title game to put it in overtime. You practice it. In the moment, you aren’t really thinking of the moment or how big the shot was. You go out there, prepare for it, you are trying to win the game. They make the pass, you hit the shot … that’s it. Thinking back on it, you realize how big it was. But in that moment, you are just playing basketball.
GoldandBlack.com: How often are you asked about the shots?
Austin: That is the question I am asked most. It’s just competition. You are just trying to win.
GoldandBlack.com: What do you remember about Coach Keady?
Austin: Coach Keady was hard-nosed, but when you get to know him, he was a great guy. He asked you to be on time, do what you were supposed to do and you had no problems with him. If you didn’t, then you would hear from him. But all in all, I enjoyed Coach Keady. I had a great relationship with him. I knew him for so long because my brother played for him and I got to know him then. It was easy to relate to him since I knew him for such a long period of time. I haven’t talked to him in a couple of years. He did a seminar here a few years ago and I got to go see him them. We talked. I try to stay in touch, but it is kind of hard.
GoldandBlack.com: What was it like to play in Mackey Arena?
Austin: It is a great arena to play in. Loved the atmosphere, the crowd, the energy, it was a great time.
GoldandBlack.com: Who wins a game of one-on-one between you and Woody?
Austin: He’s gonna say he would, I’ll say I would. Offensively, he could do it all. A great shooter. He could get his shot off, create. He was a great offensive player. He would tell me I was more of an all-around player, better defensively. He was better offensively than me but would tell me I was better overall.
GoldandBlack.com: What did you do after you left Purdue?
Austin: I played 10 years in Europe. I played for Magic Johnson’s team my second year in Europe. I played in the Euro League a couple years for Opel Skyliners in Frankfurt, Germany. I was all over, Sweden, Germany, Greece, Russia, Israel. I had a good 10-year career. I tried to sign one-year contracts because I wanted to see other parts of the world during that time.

Purdue lands former Mississippi State punter Keelan Crimmins out of the transfer portal.

Both are within range of the top of the leaderboard as the women play in the Big Ten Championship and the men finish off its regular season.

Gene Keady coached some good big men during his 25-year run as Purdue coach. And few were more skilled than Mel McCants.
The 6-9 McCants arrived on campus in the fall of 1985. He was a highly-touted prospect from Mount Carmel High in Chicago. And it didn't take him long to make an impact, as he averaged 10.0 points as a freshman. In fact, his 121 career starts are still fourth most in school annals.
McCants averaged double-figures each of his four seasons at Purdue. He currently ranks No. 22 among the school's all-time scorers, tallying 1,554 points with a 12.4 average.
As a sophomore and junior, McCants helped the Boilermakers win consecutive Big Ten titles. As a junior in 1987-88 playing alongside the ballyhooed senior trio of Troy Lewis, Todd Mitchell and Everette Stephens, McCants posted a career-high 14.2 scoring average for a team that went 16-2 in the Big Ten and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tourney.
GoldandBlack.com visited recently with McCants, who has been living in Belgium since the early 1990s.
GoldandBlack.com: What are you doing these days?
McCants: I work for an auto logistics company on a military base. We import and export vehicles for soldiers. We inspect them, etc. I have been doing this for 14 years. I had a friend who was working in this business. He kept an eye out for me and something came up. I applied ...
GoldandBlack.com: What city do you live in?
McCants: I live in Diepenbeek, Belgium. It's about an hour from Brussels. I have dual citizenship.
GoldandBlack.com: Do you have children?
McCants: I have a daughter who will be 9 in June.
GoldandBlack.com: Why did you choose Purdue?
McCants: I had my choice to go almost anywhere out of high school. A lot of people got angry with me because I didn’t stay in Chicago. I took trips to Notre Dame and Michigan and committed to both of those schools. Then, I committed to Purdue. And then I wanted to go to Hawaii. I begged and pleaded to take the trip. I went. I almost committed, but I didn’t.
Everyone thought I was going to DePaul, and I turned them down. Some of the staff there got angry. And I was like, "Nah. I wanted to get out of Chicago." Ray Meyer was still the coach.
I liked Coach Keady and the guys who were at Purdue. Plus, it wasn’t far from home. On my visit, I saw a lot of things I liked about the school. The education, the people, the courses they had.
GoldandBlack.com: What do you recall from your freshman year of 1985-86?
McCants: Instead of coming off the bench, I was thrown into the starting lineup as a freshman. The center spot was open. It was between me and Jeff Arnold. We battled to see who would win, and I go it.
GoldandBlack.com: What are some of your best memories?
McCants: Beating Indiana was always good. The games in Mackey Arena I never will forget. The crowds were great.
GoldandBlack.com: What do you remember about playing for Gene Keady?
McCants: Hard-nosed. A worker. He got the best out of all of his players. He got us to reach our potential. He was fun to be with. He made me the player I was. I owe him a lot.
GoldandBlack.com: Do you stay in touch with former teammates?
McCants: Not really. Some on Facebook with Ryan Berning and Kip Jones. I just recently got back in touch with Todd (Mitchell). Troy (Lewis) a little bit on our birthdays. Brandon Brantley, too. We say “hello” every now and then on Facebook. Good thing for Facebook.
GoldandBlack.com: What was it like to play on back-to-back Big Ten title teams?
McCants: We shared the title with Indiana my sophomore year and won it outright as a junior. We had a great team that year. That was the best team I ever played on. It’s just too bad we didn’t do what we thought we could in the tourney.
GoldandBlack.com: How much did losing to Kansas State in the Sweet 16 in 1988 hurt?
McCants: That hurt. That still haunts me today. What if? What if? We played them earlier that year and beat them pretty bad (101-72). But things change in the tourney. We got off to a 10-0 lead on them, looked like we were gonna ease by again. Next thing you know, they are back in the game (73-70 loss).
GoldandBlack.com: Did you think you'd get drafted?
McCants: I thought I was gonna get drafted. It didn’t happen. My agent called me the next day and said a few teams wanted to work me out for summer camps. I went to Seattle, but got hurt after bumping knees with someone. I then went to Israel for about a month before getting let go. I came back to the States and went to training camp with the Lakers. They had two spots open and five guys competing for it. Me and Steve Bucknall who played at North Carolina won the spots.
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Mel McCants spent the 1989-90 season playing for the Lakers.
GoldandBlack.com: What was it like to play for the Lakers?
McCants: I played one year (1989-90, playing in 13 games and averaging 1.7 points for a 63-19 team), it was Pat Riley’s last year. I got hurt during the season. I sprained an ankle and was out a few weeks. Then when I was coming off injured reserve, I stepped on a guy’s foot in a shoot-around and twisted the other ankle. It wasn’t the same for me after that in Los Angeles.
I played with Magic, Byron Scott, A.C. Green, Mychal Thompson, Larry Drew, it was (Vlade) Divacs’ rookie year. They would bring in Kareem to work with Divac in practices. They were trying to get him developed. Magic won MVP that year. You watch him on TV all those years. Then, wow, you are his teammate. I was in awe the first day I saw him. The Lakers greats. Wow, I am part of it now. It was a dream.
GoldandBlack.com: What happened after you left the Lakers?
McCants: I had a contract with the Lakers, but my agent had me wait to sign it to see if something better would come along. In that time, Pat Riley left and Mike Dunleavy was hired as coach. And I didn’t fit in Dunleavy’s plans. So, then I went to Sioux Falls in the CBA. Hated it. Everyone in that league was trying to get back to the NBA, so there was a lot of selfish play. Everyone was trying to do their thing. People wanted to score. It wasn’t for me. They wanted me back, but I went to Europe instead.
I came to Belgium because of (former Purdue player and assistant coach) Frank Kendrick. He had connections here. I owe Frank a lot, too. I came here in 1992. I had patella problems in both knees and had surgery. I went back to Purdue and rehabbed there. Once I was ready, I came back to Belgium.
GoldandBlack.com: When were you last in the United States?
McCants: 2012 was the last time I was in the States. I miss my mother. We FaceTime two or three times a month. But it’s not the same. We plan to come over sometime this summer.
I still follow Purdue when I can. If I have time. I have a hard time watching basketball now that I can’t play. I have had both knees replaced. I have a lot of Purdue gear. I always wear it. I owe Purdue a lot and appreciate my time there. It was special.





Mel McCants is enjoying life overseas with his young daughter.

While I don't understand why there's another transfer portal in the first place, and clues as to any movement Purdue may see in or out?

Scoring shouldn't be a problem next year with Berg, Colvin, Furst, Heide, Loyer, TKR, and Smith being joined by an excellent Freshman class.
But as we saw when Zach was given a rest, most Team's were able to attack the rim against Purdue.

How do you think the Team will compensate next year?