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15 Days to Purdue Basketball: #15 Zach Edey

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He’s 7 foot 4 inches, 285 pounds. He’s Canadian.

And 28 months ago he was a baseball player. He’d never stepped on a basketball court. He didn’t really want to, but his friend’s dad was coaching the team and he did it ‘mainly as a favor.’

He’s now playing division 1 basketball, at Big Man U, looking to be the next dominant monster in the paint for Coach Painter’s Boilermakers.

Some things seem very obvious in this profile. He’s played less than 3 years of basketball. He’s a project.

He’s a giant even in a game built on size.