Marquette vs. Purdue: Top 15 College Basketball Showdown

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00:00Hey John, a really good game tonight in Milwaukee inside the

00:08Pfizer Forum. It's a top 15 tilt between Marquette who is 15th

00:13in the country after a good win on Friday against Purdue's

00:16fellow Big Ten team in Maryland and Purdue up seven spots to

00:21number six in the country after winning outright as a home

00:24underdog against Alabama in Mackey on Friday night as well.

00:29Love having you here early in the season. Not so much to

00:31break down the game, but really what we're going to learn about

00:34both teams in this marquee matchup. Let's start with the

00:37Boilermakers, a road dog in Milwaukee. But John, of course,

00:41after losing Zach Eaddy, what do college basketball fans need to

00:45know about this year's version of the Boilermakers?

00:47The three returning starters for Purdue from last year's team

00:51that lost in the national title game to UConn, Brayden Smith,

00:53Flesher Lawyer and Trey Kaufman-Wren are the epicenter of

00:57this team. That's the Boilers' big three. Brayden Smith right

01:00now is playing like one of the best four or five guards in all

01:04of college basketball. He's filling the box score, dishing,

01:06rebounding, scoring, and Trey Kaufman-Wren is giving Purdue a

01:10different look as an interior focal point. 26-8 against

01:15Alabama last week at Mackey Arena. And you know, one thing I

01:20want to point out, I was out of Purdue practice two years ago,

01:23and Matt Painter told me Trey Kaufman-Wren has all Big Ten

01:27first team ability. We might just not see that for a couple

01:30years because he's playing next to somebody up front named Zach

01:34Eaddy. Trey Kaufman-Wren has the goods and I firmly think that

01:37Purdue found a lineup down the stretch of the game last week

01:42when Trey Kaufman-Wren slid to the five and Cam Heide played

01:45the four. Better spacing for Purdue on offense.