The Boilers start their season off at home inside Mackey Arena tonight at 6:30pm against the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Panthers (1-0). This is the second all time meeting between the two programs with Milwaukee winning the first contest in Gene Keady’s final year as head coach 73-68.
Purdue holds a distinct size advantage over the Panthers with 7’4 preseason All-American Zach Edey at center along with 6’10 center Caleb Furst and 6’9 forward Trey Kaufman-Renn coming off the bench. Purdue will also start two true freshman at the guard positions in Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer alongside juniors Ethan Morton and Mason Gillis.