Purdue Basketball: More Than A Cute Story

Last year, returning to Milwaukee after a two game sweep in the NCAA’s the year previous, Purdue was taking on a talented Marquette team. Grady Eifert, former walk-on, was stepping to the line to take a free throw.

It was that Purdue team’s first test of the year. They were a team filled with seniors, and yet, the junior was still getting minutes as something of a gimmick. A former walk-on, who played hard and right, who didn’t make mistakes and played pretty good defense. It seemed like one of those early season nods or experiments. He’s a good kid, let him have a few minutes before it really mattered.

He would air ball that free throw. There’s a world where that might be the analogy we use…