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included former Boilermaker Raphael
Davis, who was in attendance.
P.J. Thompson had a list, too, and
specifically told Painter thank you be-
cause "he always believed in me when
other people didn't." Thompson noted
Purdue was his only Big Ten offer.
"I'm happy now because we got
payback, won at every place in the Big
Ten," Thompson said of this senior
class during his speech when he could
have listed so many other accomplish-
ments, like their 100-35 record to that
point that included a school-best 62
home victories.
Thompson was eloquent, too, when
specifically thanking his younger
brother Isaiah, mom and dad, giving
examples of why he loved them and
how supportive they were. For Thomp-
son, like the rest of his teammates,
there was purpose to each word.
Not just because they understood
at least a piece of what the moment
meant for them, but more so because
they knew what it meant to everyone
in the building.
"It was just really cool," Thompson
said afterward of the day. "For me,
it hit me a couple days ago. I was up
until 4 in the morning. I just couldn't
sleep. Dakota was my roommate in the
hotel, and we were writing some notes
for our speeches and it just hit us like,
'Man, it's really our last time playing.'
It was kind of emotional writing it.
"Mackey is a special place. It was
awesome. I think we've all done a
fair share for this program to get it to
where it needs to go."
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