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During the summer, the players'
lounge adjacent to the football
locker room was renovated.
The cost: About $32,000, which
includes leather recliners, Ping-
Pong and pool tables and a big
screen TV for gaming. "They
pimped it out. It looks like a
freaking house improvement show
came in there," receiver B.J.
Knauf said. "It looks extremely
fancy. They're going with that
whole steel kind of Boilermaker
style. I think it looks great."
Purdue's volleyball team, ranked No. 8 in the preseason
poll, readies for what will be another challenging season.
Six of the top-12 spots in the early poll are held by Big
Ten teams. Penn State (1), Wisconsin (6) and Nebraska
(7) are picked ahead of Purdue.
Purdue
