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Join Rapheal Davis a college basketball broadcaster for the Big Ten Network and former Purdue University standout, as he brings you exclusive insights and interviews from the world of college basketball. In this episode, we sit down with Purdue Coach PJ Thompson to discuss the recent success of the Boilermakers, including their first Final Four appearance in 44 years. PJ, known for his offensive prowess and leadership on the court, shares valuable insights on the team's performance, generational players like Zach Edey, the coaching style of Coach Matt Painter, and his special bond with Point Guard Braden Smith. Don't miss this in-depth conversation that takes you behind the scenes of one of college basketball's most exciting teams.Tune in to get the inside scoop on all things college basketball, only on Rapheal's podcast. #BoilerUp #ncaa #bigtenbasketball #basketball #collegebasketball

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🎙️ Welcome to the Talkin’ Hoops podcast with Raphael Davis! Join us as we dive deep into college basketball, with a special focus on Purdue Basketball. In this episode, we celebrate Purdue's journey to the Final 4 and feature Vincent Edwards, one of Purdue's all-time best players. Discover how his class turned the program around during its toughest times. Tune in for all the insights and analysis! 🏀🎧 #BoilerUp

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Hard-fought game for #1 Purdue University, S/O to Boo Buie (31 & 9) and Northwestern for their impressive performance! Zach Edey's 35 points and 14 rebounds were outstanding but 17 turnovers for Purdue led to 20 points for Northwestern and that was the game.

Keep your heads up Boilermakers, it is a LONG season! #PurdueBasketball #GoBoilers

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The Crew Life Foundation Year in Review narrated by Zach Edey.

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In this episode, Rapheal Davis and Dub Jellison breakdown the Boilermaker basketball season so far. Also, break down the rest of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge from this year.

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Rapheal Davis & Tre Demps are joined by Big Ten Basketball Analyst, Stephen Bardo, as they talk about his playing days in college at Illinois, working in sports broadcasting and much more! Check out this episode also on the New Coverage Podcast with Tre Demps (@tredemps14) and Rapheal Davis.

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Rapheal Davis has current Purdue freshman point guard Braden Smith on the podcast along with former Purdue point guard Lewis Jackson

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In this episode, Rapheal Davis has speacial guest Caleb Furst from Purdue Men's Basketball team to talk about the upcoming season and Caleb's upcoming sophomore season.

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In this episode, Tre breaks down the teams closing in on a Big Ten Basketball Championship. He also talks about his time playing at Northwestern and the future of Northwestern basketball.

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In this episode, Jerry Palm from CBS Sports was the guest on the podcast to break down everything in the Big Ten including what he was liked so far from the Purdue Boilermakers early on in the season.

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In this episode, Jon Rothstein from CBS Sports Network, was a guest on the podcast to break down the Purdue basketball season so far and what they need to get better at going into conference play. He also breaks down the rest of the Big Ten teams for you.

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In this episode, Bobby Riddell breaks down this years Purdue Men’s Basketball team and their potential. He also talks about his years playing in a Purdue uniform. 

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In this episode, Brandon Newman talks about being recruited by Matt Painter and his coaching staff. He also talks about this upcoming season and what he worked on during the offseason to get better as a basketball player.

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In this episode, Joey Brooks talks about his time being a GA with Purdue Men’s Basketball. He also talks about his transition of going from a GA to now an assistant coach.

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In this episode, Kelsey Barlow talks about growing up overseas with his parents. Kelsey also talks about his time playing college basketball for Purdue and about playing in TBT with his former teammates.

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In this podcast episode, Vince talks about his days as a Boilermaker and talks about what it was like his freshman year with Purdue.

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Ryan Kay talks about how the Men of Mackey got started. He also talks about this upcoming tournament and the story of how he got Robbie Hummel on the team this year.

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Kenny Lowe talks about his days playing for Purdue Men's Basketball and also talks about coaching basketball at the college level!

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Behind the scenes of what it is like to be a student manager of Purdue Men’s Basketball.

Stories from being on the road with the team.

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Steve Lavin’s coaching career Gene Keady Stories John Wooden Stories Talking Purdue Hoops. Donate to Bigger than Basketball Camp Scholarship : https://gofund.me/22819ced

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Fort Wayne legend Justin Jordan joined the podcast this week.

Why coaching and the details that go into coaching a program.

Playing AAU basketball against big name NBA guys.

Talks about playing high school basketball in Fort Wayne.

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Fort Wayne and Purdue legend Anthony Spencer joined the podcast this week.

Growing up in Fort Wayne

Why Purdue?

NFL Days 

Dealing with money 

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Josh is a huge reason why Purdue Men's basketball is where it is now. He started his career at Purdue at the end of the Baby Boiler era. Which means he saw greatness to begin, then like the rest of us, went through the bad times at Purdue. Hearing his perspective is always beautiful    s/o 

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Dub Jellison of the Dub Jellison Podcast joins the podcast to break down the 2020-2021 Purdue basketball season and discuss the future of the program.

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Jay Bilas joins Rapheal to tell stories about his time playing and break down this year's Purdue team.

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Purdue alum and king of the brackets, Jerry Palm, joins today's episode.

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Keaton Grant joined today's episode of Boiler Up with Rapheal Davis to discuss his time in West Lafayette, what it meant to him and to tell some of the best stories from his life as a Boilermaker. 

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On today's episode of Boiler Up, Rapheal Davis was joined by the star center for the Boilermakers, none other than Trevion Williams. They talk about this year's team, how this season is going and what it means to be a Boilermaker.

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Rapheal Davis was joined by three Purdue fans today in a fun episode of Boiler Up. They discussed Purdue's start to the season as well as some big picture topics in college basketball as a whole.

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On today's episode of Boiler Up, Rapheal Davis catches up with Purdue's junior guard Eric Hunter, who has developed into one of the best defenders in college basketball this season and a leader for this year's Purdue team. They talk through what leadership means and why they both ended up in West Lafayette.

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Bernard Pollard was a football star at Purdue before going on to play in the NFL. He joined Wednesday's Boiler Up with Rapheal Davis podcast to talk about his time with the program and what life is like in the pro ranks.

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Lewis Jackson is a Purdue basketball legend. So is Rapheal Davis, one of the great defenders in the history of the program. Robbie Hummel is an overrated bum and a mediocre television analyst, but the man knows how to tell a story. If you're a Purdue fan, you will certainly enjoy this podcast.

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Tuesday's episode of Boiler Up started as something fun and different. Over on Locker Room, a number of the hosts from across the Field of 68 spectrum joined to discuss what was a loaded Tuesday night slate of college hoops. But the conversation turned bigger picture, as Rapheal Davis, Shammond Williams, Jeff Goodman and Rob Dauster had a spirited and impassioned discussion about the state of college basketball and the ways that the program limits players.

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After Purdue's win over Minnesota on Saturday night, Rapheal Davis went live on Locker Room, and he was joined Robbie Hummel, Ant Wright and Rob Dauster to talk through all of it.

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Like Rapheal Davis, Chris Kramer was a quintessential Purdue player, a team-first defensive menace that did whatever it took to win, including sacrificing his own numbers. They got together this week to talk through their time in West Lafayette, the perception people had of them as players and why they played the way they did.

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On today's episode of Boiler Up with Rapheal Davis, Grady Eifert joins the show to talk through his career in West Lafayette. Why did he decide to walk-on? How did he end up playing hoops in a football family? Remember the shot he hit against Ohio State? What did Carsen Edwards teach him after that shot? All that, and much more.

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Purdue wins!

Jaden Ivey hits a game-winner, Ohio State takes a loss at home and Rapheal Davis is joined by Lewis Jackson to talk you through every second of that incredible win. Boiler Up!!!

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Eight straight. Purdue has now won eight straight games against Indiana. Archie Miller has never beaten the Boilermakers. After Thursday night's win, Rapheal was joined by AJ Guyton from the House of Hoosier podcast to recap Purdue's win, tell stories about the rivalry and discuss what both of these teams can grow into this season.

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In the first episode of Boiler Up, Rapheal Davis is joined by one of Purdue's legends: Matt Painter, a former player and the current head coach of the program. There are not many story tellers in the world that are better than Paint when he gets going, and Rapheal definitely gets him going.

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Rapheal Davis played four years at Purdue, finishing up his career in the 2015-16 season. His recruiting class was the one that put Purdue back onto the path of winning, a group that launched the recent run of success. Davis has partnered with the Field of 68 to launch the Boiler Up podcast, a show that will be centered entirely around, you guessed it, the Boilermakers. We'll be featuring former players, current players, media stars and the biggest names in and around the Purdue program. 

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