With the first game of the men’s basketball season in the books, a loss to #15 Gonzaga, I reached out to the staff to get some quick thoughts on highlights, or maybe lowlights, from that first game.
Ledman:
The most obvious thing that was a highlight for me was the play of Daniel Jacobsen. The big man looked like the guy Casey and I talked about while he was still in high school. The guy that Casey told me could come in and be a dominant player for Purdue. I recall him and I talking about him when we covered a game at Maryland and we were chowing down on pizza in the media room. Against Gonzaga he finally showed the talent against a very good team that had length and size of their own. He’s…
