For years we have all heard the cries: “Purdue needs a point guard! Purdue needs to add a 5th year point guard! What will happen without Jon Octeus or Johnny Hill?”
Good news: Purdue has a point guard.
Junior P.J. Thompson is a ridiculously underappreciated player. This is the third straight season Purdue has brought in a 5th year transfer to “solve the point guard problem”. First, it was Jon Octeus, who filled the role beautifully while the freshman Thompson served as an understudy. That first year was a little rough. P.J. averaged only 13.