1 Day to Purdue Basketball: Aaron Wheeler

Basketball is back tomorrow! Sure, it is a game Purdue is probably going to win by 40, but we get real, live games three times over the next six days with SIU-Edwardsville, Chicago State, and a trip to Marquette. It also means we meet the final player on the roster.

Stamford, CT (Brewster Academy)

6’9”, 200 pounds

Forward

2017-18 Projection: Reserve Forward

Everything I have heard about Wheeler is that he is a “different type” of player than we usually get. In the Kansas game of last year’s NCAA Tournament the Jayhawks’ superior athleticism turned a two-point game early in the second half into a 32-point blowout. It felt like it took mere seconds to get out of hand, too. Purdue just did not have…