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Nojel Eastern Injures Ankles in Pregame, Did Not Start

Welcome to March, ladies and gentlemen, as the cruel tradition continues...

Nojel Eastern rolled his ankle in warm-ups and will be replaced in the starting lineup by Eric Hunter Jr. #MarchMadness

— Purdue Mens Basketball (@BoilerBall) March 22, 2019

Yup, I have no words for this, other than here we go again, as Gregg Doyel pointed out...

Glenn Robinson hurt his back wrestling with a teammate. Isaac Haas had his elbow broken. Now Nojel Eastern rolls an ankle in pregame warmups. Purdue's luck in the NCAA Tournament: not great.