This morning the Boiler Basketball twitter teased a major announcement, and it does, indeed seem pretty major. Purdue has been selected to represent the United States at the World University Games in Chinese Taipei:
#Purdue will represent Team USA in the 2017 World University Games in Chinese Taipei. #BoilerUp https://t.co/PRAMMtO1KV
— Purdue Boilermakers (@BoilerBall) May 31, 2016
The World University Games are kind of like a mini-olympics. In fact, they are billed as the second largest multi-sport event outside of the Olympics. They involve college-age athletes from all over the world and occur once every other year.