Purdue legend Zach Edey made an appearance at a Purdue basketball practice this week. The two-time National Player of the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Zach Edey is a towering figure standing at 7-foot-4 and 290 pounds. As Purdue nears the start of the 2022-23 college basketball season, the junior shoulders a mountain of ...

Former Purdue star Dakota Mathias returned to Cardinal Court this week, visiting the Boilermakers for a summer practice. Mathias played at Purdue from 2014-18.

Zach Edey's basketball beginnings. The backstory is well known by now. Edey grew up a hockey and baseball player, but because of his elite size, people kept trying to push him toward basketball.

Zach Edey decided to rep some Purdue gear while in Las Vegas for NBA Summer League action. The Memphis Grizzlies center ...

Or Zach Edey finds a way, someone else hits a shot, and you don’t. “A lot of people look at things in theory and say, ‘Your best player has to take the last shot,’” Purdue coach Matt ...

Purdue Boilermakers center Zach Edey (15) speaks to the media after winning the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship game against the Penn State Nittany Lions, Sunday, March 12, 2023 ...

Basketball had been something Edey would play with friends in the driveway or in gym class. He never took it seriously. Not until midway through his 10th grade year.

Zach Edey's basketball beginnings. The backstory is well known by now. Edey grew up a hockey and baseball player, but because of his elite size, people kept trying to push him toward basketball.

Purdue center Zach Edey thought long and hard about leaving for the NBA last spring. ... (age) 12 in my seventh year of organized basketball, so he’s got a lot of room (to improve),” Painter said.

That was a surprise. The Memphis Grizzlies selected Purdue basketball's Zach Edey at No. 9 overall in the 2024 NBA Draft.The 7-4 center vaulted from a fringe draft prospect to the top 10 after ...