I hope no one takes the time to do too much background research on this, but I don't know where you guys are getting your information from. Granted, it's been a few years, but I taught him when he was in 8th grade, and he had serious interest in Purdue. He was on a dynamic 8th grade team that literally blew other teams out by 70+ points. It was insane watching them. And, I had almost all of them in class. But, when I asked their coach at the time (I haven't worked at that school in years, and I don't remember his name), he said the 1 player that had the most D-1 potential was Eric. So, I talked to him about Purdue, asking if he had interest in Purdue (to use as discipline if he got out of line), and I could contact an assistant coach for him, if he was good, etc. At that time, and again, I acknowledge that it's been a few years, but he was extremely interested. So, I contacted an assistant that isn't there anymore, Micah Shrewsberry I think, and opened a dialogue.
(But, then I left that school and Micah left Purdue, so that broke down too), but my point is that I can attest to him being interested in Purdue for many years. If something happened between these years, I don't know, but he used to be very interested...
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Example of the misinformation that can spread on message boards
Hope you are reading this, Ms. Treed and learn to take things you read here with a pinch of salt. That's the nature of sports forum, unfortunately