Purdue Basketball Broadcaster Larry Clisby Passes Away

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty ImagesMarch 31, 2019 was heartbreak for every Purdue basketball fan. Thousands of us were crushed in the KFC Yum Center in person, and thousands more around the country. In the wake of that game there were two people that I was most crushed for: Gene Keady and Larry Clisby.

Gene and the Cliz are Purdue basketball. For people like me, they are the enduring icons of more than four decades of Purdue basketball. They have been there for all the heartbreak. Clisby himself called 1,189 games over 40 years. They were there for Big Dog’s back. They were there for 2000. They were there for Hummel and Haas. They were there for That Night in Louisville. Gene Keady deserves…