According to Adam Zagoria Purdue will again participate in the Gavitt Games.
From a report by New York Times Sports and Forbes Sports’ Adam Zagoria (who knew Forbes had a sports section), Purdue will play in the Gavitt Games again during the men’s basketball season 2020-2021. The Gavitt Games are, if you don’t recall, a Wide Ten-Big East crossover episode where not everyone gets to play.
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The only addition is that the Gavitt Games is now confirmed. As Travis rightly pointed out in his previous post the contract for the Gavitt Games was for two home games and two road games and Purdue has already played both of their road games in this series. That means Purdue can expect a home game in the series assuming there’s no funny business afoot.
Possible Game opponents are mentioned above. Only based on recent experience, a few look doubtful. Purdue appeared in both the 2017 & 2019 Gavitt Games at Marquette and a repeat at Mackey Arena would seem unlikely. Both Purdue and Butler compete at the Crossroads Classic every single year and although they don’t meet in 2020-2021.
Big Ten in the Gavitt Games:
Iowa
Michigan State
Purdue
Rutgers
Indiana
Wisconsin
Maryland
1 other https://t.co/DSvLvRoFwe— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) May 18, 2020
The non-conference schedule is coming together fast and should offer an interesting challenge for the suddenly very young Purdue Boilermaker team.
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This adds one additional non-conference game to a schedule that is quickly coming together. As a reminder, below is the known non-conference schedule at this point.
TBD – Rider
TBD – Yale
TBD – ACC/Big Ten Challenge (likely road game)
TBD – Gavitt Games (home game)
November 10 vs. Evansville
November 13 vs. Indiana State
November 24 vs. Illinois State, Clemson, or Mississippi State (Cancun Challenge)
November 25 vs. Illinois State, Clemson, or Mississippi State (Cancun Challenge)
December 13 vs. West Virginia (Barclay’s Center, Brooklyn, NY)
December 19 vs. Notre Dame (Crossroads Classic, Bankers Life Fieldhouse)
December 21 vs. Incarnate Word
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