He’s playing a team with the savviest point guard in America, junior Braden Smith ... against No. 14 Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena. And he starts by telling me about Zach Edey.

The big man from Oregon ... from Eugene, Ore., he stops long enough to tell me a few things about this game, about No. 15 ...

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The No. 13 Oregon Ducks (15-2 ... the Purdue Boilermakers team was lead by center Zach Edey, forward Mason Gillis, and guard Lance Jones who are all no longer with the program.