GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 28, ISSUE 5 41
BY BRIAN NEUBERT
BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com
I
t may not be a rebuild, per se, because Purdue is
probably going to return a strong core from this
past season's 30-win team, but you might call it a
hard reset next season as the Boilermakers move for-
ward without the outgoing senior class that's meant so
much to the program.
Gone are Vincent Edwards, Isaac
Haas, Dakota Mathias and P.J.
Thompson, the four-man class that
served as the program's foundation
the past four seasons, and with class-
mate Jacquil Taylor leaving along-
side them this spring as a graduate
transfer, it makes for something of a
generational shift, with a team next
season that'll include at least a half
dozen players who've yet to play an
official game in a Purdue uniform.
There is, though, a foundation of
known commodities in place.
PROJECTED 2018-19 PURDUE ROSTER
No. Player Position Year Height Weight
— Evan Boudreaux F Jr. 6-8 220
14 Ryan Cline G Sr. 6-6 195
— Emmanuel Dowuona C Fr. 6-11 230
20 Nojel Eastern* G So. 6-6 220
3 Carsen Edwards* G Jr. 6-1 200
24 Grady Eifert F Sr. 6-6 220
32 Matt Haarms C So. 7-3 250
— Eric Hunter G Fr. 6-3 175
15 Tommy Luce G Jr. 5-10 150
55 Sasha Stefanovic G R-Fr. 6-4 195
1 Aaron Wheeler F R-Fr. 6-9 200
— Trevion Williams F/C Fr. 6-9 275
* Edwards and Eastern have declared for the NBA draft without agents and have until May 30
to decide whether they'll return to Purdue.
TRANSITION GAME
Coming off a 30-win season, Purdue will be very different a year from now
MEN'S BASKETBALL LOOK AHEAD
Charles Jischke/Purdue Athletics
Provided he's back, of course, Carsen Edwards should have ample
scoring chances next season.
