It’s early season tournament time and these events are usually fun. You get 8 teams together in a mostly empty arena far from campus close to Thanksgiving break and have them have it out. This year we lost one of the old school events, as the Great Alaska Shootout is no longer being held. It was a victim of the proliferation of these types of events.
The upside to these events is that Purdue is in one pretty much every season now. Here is our recent history in them:
2008-09 – Runner-up, Preseason NIT (The infamous Blake Griffin Game)
2009-10 – Winner, Paradise Jam, U.