Marquette men’s basketball caught a little bit of a break on Wednesday afternoon when Purdue big man Caleb Swanigan announced that he would stay in the NBA Draft instead of returning for his senior season. Earlier in the day, the Big East and the Big Ten had made it official and announced that Marquette would be hosting Purdue on November 14th as a part of the 2017 Gavitt Tipoff Games.
Swanigan would have made Purdue a national title contender in 2017-18. He was a national player of the year candidate last season, averaging 18.