He announced he’s running it back yesterday, nice to see, I was iffy on him returning. Nice 4 players to man the 4-5 slots. Burgess likely is a 10 minute guy next year with his Jr and Sr years open for a ton of time for him, glad to see he’s sticking around.
Burgess returning
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If he progresses like he could we'll be very happy to have him.
Agreed, likely a year away from a lot of playing time, let’s hope he’s healthy and progresses from one year to the next.
glad he's returning, really needed a RS this yr but....
I really like RB. He is more athletic than most, including himself at this point, even knows. His long range 3 is a huge asset and I think he seems very coachable. Great kid and teammate for the program.
I like him too. His big thing is going to be health. Can he stay healthy so he can improve.
Wondering if he’s a RS candidate. Brantley RSd his sophomore year too.
Nah I’m pretty sure there are teams that would take him. He already said he’d be back. I only see 5 to 10 min max for him and the 5 is more likely. Potential is there but he needs to get 100%. No shame in resting for a season to let the body fully heal. This is his 3rd surgery in 4ish years I believe.
never entered my mind on him leaving.
I can see him being good down the road. Taking a shirt this year would be best IMO. When he declared for Purdue he told a member of the 1974 team (guard) that he was impressed with the players at Purdue and knew this would be a lifelong friendship with a great group of guys. I assume many are still at Purdue...
Completely agree. RB can see the benefit of going the RS route with Trey. Had Trey played as a freshman, he would have had a nice senior season and a solid career. Trey may have transferred going into his third year had he been a junior rather than a sophomore, not being willing to wait around behind Zach, with only one year remaining. As is, he has a chance to go down as a Purdue legend and compete for a NC.
With Cluff, Trey, and Murphy gone, RB has an open path to a major role next season if he can get healthy and work on his body this season.
Besides saying Purdue was Big Man U in another article, he had the below to say in an interview (along what you said TJ):
Burgess committed to Purdue not to follow in Edey’s footsteps, but because of Purdue’s high academic reputation.
“It was a lot of things,” Burgess said. “A combination of great academics, great coaching staff and the fit with the team overall. No other school matched that.”
Said Price: “Raleigh is an excellent student-athlete. When Raleigh and his mother started researching colleges, they researched only very good academic and basketball schools: Stanford, Purdue, Virginia, etc. Education is very important to Raleigh and his family.”
I’ll be a little surprised if he doesn’t redshirt. The main reason not to redshirt him would be front court depth in the event of injury, but I really think that Painter will encourage him to save the year of eligibility.
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