Purdue has featured a center 7-foot-2 or taller for nearly a decade, and Zach Edey is the biggest big man yet at the nation's foremost producer of big men.
On Thursday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center, sophomore Zach Edey emerged from behind a curtain for a news conference. Upon seeing Edey walk to his seat behind a dais, his head nearly scraping a maze of pipes and wires in the exposed ceiling, one reporter covered her mouth in shock. Edey towered over teammate Trevion Williams, who is 6-foot-10.
“The way they play, how they utilize the big man’s strength is one huge thing I loved about their playbook,” Berg said. “You can see that now with Edey, how they adapt the plays to utilize his strengths. Both Edey and Haas have shown me that Purdue knows what a big man needs to work on.” “The system pretty much runs through the big men, and when you have enough size and skill down low that poses a serious threat and surround him with shooters/athletes, it’s literally a pick-your-poison scenario,” Haas said. “The double team creates shots for others and easily allows the team to get involved and make great plays or get wide open shots.
Though Edey has not attempted a three-pointer at Purdue, “Zach could shoot threes,” McAloon said. “He’s got a really good stroke when he shoots free throws.”Edey stopped playing hockey late in high school, partly because he focused on basketball and partly because he couldn’t find skates that fit his size-20 feet. “It was one of our team jokes,” McAloon said. “ ‘You could just tie some blades on the bottom of sneakers and go for it.
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