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COMMIT: 2014 PG PJ Thompson to Purdue
Shortly after receiving a scholarship offer from the Purdue Boilermakers, Brebeuf Jesuit (IN) lead guard P.J. Thompson pulled the trigger and pledged. Regarding his decision, Thompson posted to his Twitter account,”After a long process, I have officially decided to be a Boiler! Excited to be apart of the Purdue basketball family!” An in-state prospect, Thompson averaged ...
Simpson: "I feel very fortunate to be alive"
Jay Simpson understands how HCM could've taken his life. The former Purdue center is grateful it was diagnosed before tragedy could strike.
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Thompson talks Purdue offer
P.J. Thompson talks about his offer from the in-state Purdue Boilermakers.
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Kings of the Basement: Purdue falls flat against Northwestern, 74-65
Purdue couldn’t pull out a victory on Senior Day as Northwestern finished a season sweep of the Boilermakers with a 74-65 victory in Mackey Arena. Purdue clinched a last-place Big Ten finished for the first time ever…and, for the first time in Purdue history, both football and men’s basketball finished dead last in the Big Ten during the same school year. So I guess at least...
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Thanks, Seniors.
This has been a tough couple of years for Purdue's basketball program...and while too many Purdue fans have laid blame at the feet of the Senior class, you won't hear me do that.
A few years ago, Painter had a few recruiting misses...make no mistake, Terone Johnson wasn't one of them. Out of Indianapolis, North Central, Johnson was the 51st-best player in the nation...
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No quit in Appleby
Austin Appleby isn't going down without a fight in Purdue's quarterback battle.
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Competition carrying Purdue's quarterbacks
Danny Etling is the incumbent, but he'll have competition to become the Boilermakers' starting quarterback.
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Jay Simpson's Greatest Hits
As we all learned yesterday, Jay Simpson’s basketball career is sadly over. As a redshirt freshman, Jay didn’t even get one full year of college ball under his belt – however, he’s still alive and with any luck will go on and live a nice, full, long life. All because his condition was diagnosed in time.
As we lament these past two seasons of Purdue basketball being somewhat...
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Redshirt freshman Simpson's career comes to an early end due to heart condition
Purdue men's basketball head coach Matt Painter has announced that redshirt-freshman Jay Simpson's career is over due to the heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
"Obviously, this is very tough and upsetting news to take. You never want to see a young athlete's career end in a fashion like this. Jay had a very bright future in our program and we are...
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Heart ailment ends Simpson’s career at Purdue
Doctors have told Purdue forward Jay Simpson his career is over because of a heart condition.
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Jay Simpson Update (and basketball note)
If you haven't heard, RS Freshman power forward, Jay Simpson's career is over at Purdue. After becoming faint and nearly passing out a few games ago, Simpson began a battery of tests. The diagnosis is HCM or Hypertrophic Cardiomyotrophy. This is the same condition that took the lives of Hank Gathers, Reggie Lewis and others.
I'm not a doctor, but I do read words on...
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Simpson's career ends due to HCM
Purdue freshman center Jay Simpson's basketball career is over due to heart condition HCM.
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Video: Matt Painter, Purdue players react to home loss against Michigan
Purdue coach Matt Painter, Terone Johnson, Rapheal Davis and Ronnie Johnson met with the media following Purdue’s tough loss at home to Michigan on Wednesday night. Painter discussed what he felt his team could have done better on the final play, how they held Michigan in check for most of the game and more. You can watch the full press conference using the embedded media player...
Carter leads Purdue in 82-64 romp against Indiana
Sterling Carter had 19 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead Purdue to an 82-64 win in Mackey Arena against rival Indiana on Saturday.
Purdue (15-10, 5-7 Big Ten) used a 19-1 run that began in the first half's final 36 seconds and carried through the first five minutes of the second half as the springboard to victory.
Carter scored Purdue's first 10 second-half points...
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25 days ago
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Do the Purdue Boilermakers have any NCAA Tournament hopes?
The Purdue Boilermakers (13-6, 3-3 in the Big Ten) NCAA Tournament boat is not sunk yet. However, it took on massive water Tuesday night at Northwestern in a game that barely legally still qualified as college basketball. That double overtime loss at NU was as pleasant to look at as a Kristen Schaal (“Daily Show” correspondent, “30 Rock” the evil, psycho NBC page) pictorial...
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January 24, 2014
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