Purdue Basketball: Year in Review, Grady Eifert

25.6 mpg | 5.5 ppg | 5.2 rpg | 1.6 apg | .9 stls

If the Gods were just, and Purdue was headed up to Minneapolis this Saturday to play in the Final Four, Grady Eifert’s final offensive rebound in the Elite Eight would have been the perfect moment to encapsulate the senior’s incredible career at Purdue.

In a game where Eifert was struggling with Virginia’s two big lineup, he came up with the offensive rebound out of pure grit and hustle, securing it before it went out of bounce over a Virginia defender, and for a few sweet seconds, seemingly securing Purdue’s first trip to the Final Four since 1980. Of course, the Gods are cruel, and a missed free throw and tipped rebound turned the win into…