Hammer and Rails · Oct 6, 2019
32 Days to Purdue Basketball: Matt Haarms
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Bad day for football? Never fear! The countdown to basketball is here!
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sunrise Christian Academy, Kansas)
7’3”, 250 pounds
Center
2019-20 Projection: Starter at Center
Haarms has had an interesting career so far. In the 2017-18 season it was discovered that in the process of coming to the U.S. from the Netherlands his eligibility clock started, so he enroleld in January of that season and officially redshirted. That allowed him to get beat up in practice by Isaac Haas and Caleb Swanigan in preparation for playing time. He debuted the next year as a redshirt freshman and primary reserve behind Haas.