Team USA 94, Team Canada 86 : Exhibition Game 1

Purdue just finished the first of two back-to-back exhibition games against Team Canada winning 94-86

First off, despite the team being full of Purdue Boilermakers, they were playing as Team USA. How cool is that?

Since this was an exhibition and the first time we get a look at this next year’s team, we’re just going to have some quick hits on what we learned in Carmel.

Jacquil Taylor

There’s a permanent asterisk assigned to Taylor’s name at this point. Can he stay healthy? Team USA and Purdue better hope so because defensively he showed off the kind of athleticism and length that can anchor a defense. He had at least four blocks at the rim and each was as impressive as the last. He gets up to…