Welcome to “Big Ten offseason at a glance,” a team-by-team look at the conference at the start of the summer. We’ll examine roster movement for each Big Ten roster and give an early outlook for each Big Ten program for the 2024-25 season.
Today: Purdue (34-5 overall in 2023-24, 17-3 in Big Ten play)
Purdue and Matt Painter finally broke through in the 2024 NCAA tournament, reaching the Final Four for the first time since 1980. The Boilermakers reached the NCAA championship game and fell to UConn, a repeat national champion.
Purdue roster movement
Players returning with eligibility remaining: Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer, Myles Colvin, Cam Heide, Trey Kaufman-Renn, Caleb Furst, Brian Waddell, Will Berg
Players departing due to exhausted eligibility: Lance Jones
Players who left early for the NBA draft: Zach Edey
Players who departed via the transfer portal: Mason Gillis (to Duke), Ethan Morton (to Colorado State)
Players arriving via the transfer portal: None
Players arriving via high school: Gicarri Harris (247Composite top 75), Raleigh Burgess, Daniel Jacobsen, Jack Benter, CJ Cox
Purdue returns eight scholarship players and welcomes six high school recruits.