With his Boilermaker-gold shirt, contrast collar and sparkly whites flashing, Purdue coach Darrell Hazell looked ready to step onto the set of a Men’s Wearhouse ad earlier this week at Big Ten media days.
You’re going to like the way we look, he promised the gathered masses in Chicago.
Hazell heads into a pivotal fourth season is West Lafayette with unhedged optimism about his team's ability to turn the corner in 2016. Purdue has not won more than three games in a season(6-30 overall, 2-22 Big Ten) during Hazell’s first three years trying to revive the program.