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Podcast: Locked On Boilermakers - Daily Podcast on Purdue Boilermakers Football & Basketball Episode: RUTHLESS: Purdue’s 2026 Big Ten OPPONENTS Revealed—Boilermakers Face TOUGHEST 2026 Road Schedule Transcript: It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. Get your daily college sports fix completely ad-free with a seven-day free trial to the Everyday or Club. Listen to your favorite schools locked on podcast without key interruptions and unlock an exclusive invite to our members-only Discord chat to talk team news 24-7 with die hard fans. Join the club right now by tapping the link in the show notes to claim your free trial. Produced conference opponents have been revealed for 2026 and I'm telling you now, it's one of the toughest road schedules any teams going to face in college basketball. You are a locked on-boilermaker for daily podcasts on the Purdue Foilermaker, part of the locked on podcast network, your team every day. Hello and welcome into another episode of locked on-boimakers here on the locked on podcast network. Now, the number one sports podcast network where it's your team everyday. I'm your host as always. I am Nick Arvin. I'm talking boimakers every single day here on the locked on podcast network. The only daily Purdue show out there and we have an exciting episode headed your way today because Purdue's big 10 opponents have been revealed for 2026 and that features one of the toughest road schedules I've seen anywhere in college basketball. That's what we're taking a look at along with what are the boimakers expectations as we head into next year. Then we'll get into our retention rankings. I love making rankings. We ranked the 2026 recruiting class. Now we're ranking the guys that Purdue was able to retain for last year's roster. We'll end out today's episode as an extension of yesterday, getting into our boimaker by cell hold for the football side of things called that part two. But I'm excited to have you guys here today for another episode of locked on-boimakers and we're hopping right into things today, getting into the big tens release of all the different conference opponents. We got not just Purdue's conference opponents but who's home, who's away and who does Purdue play on both sides. Let's get right into it. But before we take a look at who Purdue plays, where they play them, I think it's very important that we kind of set the groundwork for what the expectations are going to be for this team going into 2026, going on the road to some of these tough road environments and then playing some of these teams at home because this isn't going to be the same Purdue basketball team that we saw last year. And with that, it's not going to be the same expectations that we saw last year. I feel like in retrospect, it was my first year covering this team last year for locked on boimakers. And in retrospect, a lot of, I guess the disappointment throughout the regular season, especially as we got into conference play was it was a team that was ranked number one pre-season. It was a team with the expectation set on it pre-season that it was going to be championship or bus. And then when you get into the season, you lose games like in Ohio State. There was that stretch where you lose the Indiana on the road of several other games sprinkled in there. That was tough for Purdue. That was tough for Purdue fans and especially for trying to find that happiness of the last year of this senior group that Purdue fans have just loved and enjoyed to watch at Mackey Arena and on the road through the last four years. This year, it's going to be a little bit different. And although I'm going to miss that group of seniors, I think it could be a positive for Purdue fans out there because we're not going to have the stress or the expectations of just needing this team to win every single tough game, every single game. And if they lose, it's a failure. No, I think that you can still have the expectations of this team competing going into 2026, but it being more so a year of growth, a year of watching these younger guys really blossom into the next stars and becoming the next era of Purdue basketball while still having a team that's going to be ranked in the top 25 to start out the year, still having a team that's going to be expected to win big games and a team that I certainly think is capable of winning those big games. So that's why when I look at this schedule and when I look at the Big Ten Conference that's surely going to be stacked again going into 2026, I have a lot of excitement for this new look roster and that excitement really came when that schedule does get released. The schedule not totally released, but we do have the Big Ten Conference opponents. We're getting there. So let's sort out with the games that Purdue, the teams that Purdue are going to play both at home and away. First, it's going to be Rutgers, which I think is a good draw to be able to play them twice. I don't necessarily think that Rutgers is going to be a great team going into 2026. So the opportunity to have them twice is certainly going to be good for Purdue in the Big Ten. But the other two teams aren't necessarily that same category because obviously they're going to play the Hoosiers both at Assembly Hall and back home at Mackey Arena. That's going to be a huge game for this team this year because Indiana has the number four ranking in terms of transfer portal. That's how they've really constructed this roster. A ton of big names, guys from Notre Tane, guys from all over committing to Indiana this year to play for Darren DeVries. Can this young roster of Purdue, this roster of retention and recruiting out play a team that was purely built in the transfer portal? I think that this is going to be the year where that rivalry really comes back in terms of seeing two different roster constructions go back and forth at Assembly Hall at Mackey Arena and putting some of these younger guys, Luke Erdle. Just some of these guys that haven't really experienced that game before. Antoine West who read shirts last year, putting them in that moment, giving them genuine minutes and showing them what it means to be a Purdue boymaker. I can't wait for that one. But then Elenoy, which is surely going to be a huge game and that's going to be a ticket that definitely sells out quick at Mackey Arena but also on the road in Champaign. Elenoy is one of those teams that I see in that tier one of Big Ten teams this year. Really my tiers, it goes tier one which is Michigan. You bring back Elliot Kedow. You bring back a guy in Trey McKinney who was huge for them last year and then Elenoy bring back their whole front court and you got both the Yvesas years back. You got Mira Kavitch, Doyaka-vitch. That's going to be a great Elenoy team as well and then bringing back Jeremy Fierce, Cohen Carr for Michigan State. Playing Elenoy twice, I think is going to be interesting. I don't know if Purdue is going to be able to be on the level of Elenoy quite yet, especially not having that front court that Elenoy has which even last year with Oscar Clough with Trey Koff and Rin, Elenoy beat Purdue pretty bad in the front court. So that's going to be an interesting matchup. Can this young team live up to playing a tier one team, in my opinion, in the Alainay, who are certainly going to be looking to get to a final floor under Brad Underwood going into 26, 27. That tier two of teams and now that we get into the games that are happening at Machia Rina, we see quite a few of those tier two teams and I think that Purdue would slot into that second tier. I would also throw a Nebraska, a USC who returns Rodney Rice into 26 after an injury. The home games for Purdue, it's going to be Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, UCLA, and USC. And then of course the other games that we've already talked about. I think UCLA, USC, those are going to be fun games this year for Purdue and the opportunity to not have to go to California is going to be huge. Now you're still going to have to play at Oregon, at Washington. So you're still going to have to go to the West Coast. But that was a tough trip that we saw last year having to play USC and then UCLA back to back. Those two games being at home is probably going to be a benefit for Purdue, especially with this younger roster in 26. Ohio State is going to be a fun game at home. It'll be interesting to see what the Buckeyes look like this year. If they're a team that's capable of sneaking back in to the NCAA tournament, I think that there's going to be a lot of different expectations surrounding that team in Columbus this year. Northwestern, that should be away along with Maryland, Iowa. Still going to be one of those very intriguing teams to look at as we get into 2026 without Bennett starts still on that roster. But the game that I would love to see a Mackey Arena and one of those that I think is also going to be a hot selling ticket is against Nebraska. That's one of the biggest games outside of Indiana in Illinois. I think Nebraska is right there with Purdue this year. Nebraska, they do retain a lot of their players. Brayton Frager is going to be in the starting lineup this year. Price Sanford, who had a big year last year. Sam Ormy, who comes over from Belmont. He was a player I was hoping Purdue might get in the transfer portal. I think that's going to be a great game. And it's really going to show where Purdue is in terms of the big 10. Are they ready to compete against the Nebraska team? That's pretty mature. That comes off one of their best seasons. If not their best, I would say it has to be their best season in college, best in their history of their program. So that's our look at the home schedule for Mackey Arena. But this is what you've been waiting for. This tough road schedule. And I think it might be the toughest road schedule you're going to find in college basketball because outside of traveling to assembly hall and then going to play Illinois on the road, you have Michigan Who returns Elliott Caddo, who brings guys in from Tennessee, who brings that train mechanic. That's still going to be a stacked Michigan team coming off a national championship. I don't know if Purdue is going to win that game on the road. Much less against Michigan State, who's got Jeremy Feers back for another year. That's going to be a tough game. Michigan State, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana. Those are some of the best big 10 teams that we're going to see this year all on the road. Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, and the United States. All of those should in theories be wins, should in theory be wins, and the grand scheme of things, but you never know what happens traveling on the road to go play Oregon, same with. And Washington, who Purdue is also going to play. And then Wisconsin on the road. The Coles Center is always rowdy. We experienced this that past year. Anybody can go into Madison and lose. It doesn't matter how good the Badgers are. It doesn't matter how good you are when you go into that environment in Madison, Wisconsin. There's a chance that you come out with a loss. So I see games like Wisconsin. I see games like Michigan State, Michigan, Illinois, going to assembly hall. This is going to be a tough road schedule for a young, not necessarily an experience because you retain a lot of guys, but guys still trying to figure out what it means to be a Purdue boardmaker and for guys that you retain, getting a bigger role, having a bigger impact on wins and losses going in through 20, 20, 20, so. And that's what I want to lead into here as we get into this next segment. I love making rankings. I love making lists. It's one of my favorite things to do. I made a ranking of the impact or the production of these upcoming freshmen who I thought was going to be the biggest key players for the 2026 recruiting class. I want to extend that same branch over to the retention. The guys that Matt Painter was able to bring back onto this team. Some guys hopping into bigger roles. Some guys just getting into this team. Just getting into that starting lineup is a new experience for everybody. So that's what I want to figure out next. Who is going to produce the most who's going to produce the least out of the guys that Matt Painter was able to bring back? Well, I'm going to answer that coming up here next on my on boardmakers. But first your outdoor space should feel like you. It's one of those spots you keep meaning to fix up, but never quite get around to. Well, that's where Wayfair comes in because they make it easy to find pieces that match the vibe you want. 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I'm just going off the five guys that were on the team last year that played real minutes within the rotation. So we're going to get to that first. I do want to tell you guys about the everyday club. If you guys have been here, you know what the everyday club is all about. And if you're an everyday or you absolutely make this show go and I appreciate you so much by being here every single day. That's why we made this club for you because you're going to get access to lockdown, boymakers content. You already love, but now it's ad three on top of that you're going to get access to the everyday club discord jet where you can talk to me. Talk to all the everydayers out there. You're not going to want to miss it because for right now it's just $5 a month, $50 a year. Hop down in the link down below in the description. Make sure you all get into the every day or club retention retention retention. It's what Matt Painter has been at his best at over the course of his tenure at Purdue. Now he's turning into even a better recruiter than he already is on top of the retention on top of the development. Matt Painter is of course one of it's not the best coaches in all of college basketball, but when you look at the roster going into this year, even guys, I didn't necessarily know if he was going to bring in guys like Jacarra Harris, guys like Daniel Jacobson getting them to stay at Purdue was gigantic for what this team is going to be going in to 2026. And that's why I wanted to make this ranking because I've already hit on some of these freshmen. The production that I think we're going to get from them. I think that the starting line of as of right now, this is just my projection way too early. A lot of different people have a lot of different thoughts, but I've got Luke or the left point guard CJ Cox to the two. Jacarra Harris at the three peers at the four. Daniel Jacobson rounding things off at center coming off the bench. I've got Omar Meyer, Jacob Weber, Antoine West, Raleigh Burgess and Jack Fitter. That does it 10 people in the rotation going into next year for Purdue. That gives you a little bit of a groundwork for what I'm going to do with these rankings. Now, picking through these five, it was absolutely tough. It was incredibly difficult because one of these guys are going to have to be put at last. And I don't necessarily think that's fair because all of them are going to have a bigger role than what they had last year with four seniors in the starting lineup. But with that being said, I do have Jack Binner at number five. And I absolutely hate to say this. Please don't jump on me in the comments because I truly do believe that Jack Binner can be a star. And we saw that last year when he got more consistent minutes, he was able to perform only average 14.7 last year, four points to show for within those minutes. Jack Binner has always been a guy that when he gets more consistent minutes, his play is going to be more consistent with that. And I think as he continues to carve out that role for himself, that's just going to continue to be on display. But when you bring in a player like Kate and Pierce, it makes things a little bit difficult for him this year to get that starting spot and to find more consistency because Pierce is in front of him at that power forward position. Now, there is a scenario where Jack Binner and Matt Painter less the slide Jack Binner in at that three spot next to Kate and Pierce for provides some shooting within that starting lineup. And if that is the case, this will be completely wrong. We'll have to completely redo these rankings because with a bigger role, Jack Binner is going to produce more. But ultimately at the end of the day, I think the four other guys above him are going to be in a bigger role to succeed going into 2026. That's not a knock on Jack Binner. I think if the Alexa stay in West Lafayette for the next two years, he is going to be a star for Purdue. I've said it since he started. I've said since he's come on the scene, I believe and trust in Jack Binner, but it's going to be tough this year with Kate and Pierce there. So that's why Binner comes in at five in my rankings. Number four in terms of production for me is going to be Omar Meyer. This is another college or virtual one, but I have Luke Eartle in that starting lineup. Yes, I know high school is completely different from college ball and Omar Meyer already has a year of college experience plus all the years that he played and the Euro League. But I look at Luke Eartle and I see a high school player and now going to be a college point guard that you can't pass up in the starting lineup. He's just too good. It's the toughness. It's his ability. Intestinal fortitude, as Matt painters said the most he's ever seen in a high school player. All those different attributes put into just who Luke Eartle is as a ball player. It makes too much sense for me to have him at the starting point guard position. And with that, it's a little bit difficult for Omar Meyer coming off of that bench. That's not what you would have hoped for when he comes over from Tel Aviv. You wanted him to be that guy, especially last year, that would be able to operate the offense and be that point guard of the future when Braden Smith was off of the floor. And now as Braden Smith goes on to the next stage of his life, if that's not the case, if Omar Meyer isn't in that starting lineup, it's going to be difficult for him to get the production that he was hyped up to have where the expectations met that he was set that we set rather on him pre-season going into last year when he comes over to produce. So that's the only reason I have Omar Meyer at four, but still I think that if he is the starter, these rankings could change because we are still in the way too early category of building starting lineups, building rotations, what kind of role are these guys going to have. And even as the year progresses, I could see the starting lineup changing a little bit, which is something we didn't really see much of last year. Omar Meyer is at my four at my three. I've got Daniel Jacobson. Now he is going to be the starting center for Purdue going into 2026. And I have had my questions about this. How well is Daniel Jacobson going to be able to work in the starting lineup, especially when we saw the way his season ended last year where he has the upside as a rim protector. At times we've seen Daniel Jacobson stretch the floor, but can he compete on the inside has been the biggest question for Daniel Jacobson in at points as the year progressed last year. The answer to that question was no, he just was not physical enough. He could not compete on the inside against Big 10 caliber sinners and bigs. The defense really took a hit as guys were kind of able to body him inside outside of his ability to protect the rim. So this year you throw Daniel Jacobson into the fire and I think a full off season because remember he had to recover from that leg injury going into last year. I think you give him a full off season to get. Get better, get stronger, and then it's just going to be reps throwing him into the fire. If he fails, he fails. You have Rolly Burgess, but outside of that, I don't really know if you have any other options. So Daniel Jacobson is going to have to get better going into next year, which is why I think he's going to definitely have an upward tick in terms of his production. At number two, I've got Jekari Harris, who is the guy that I think is going to crack the starting lineup, and more so than an over my or a Jackbinner. If Jekari Harris doesn't hit the starting lineup this year, I think it's a failure because he's going into his junior season. Now, going into his freshman year, there was a scenario where Jekari Harris may have been able to start. And every year, it seems like during the summer, going into the exhibitions, going into the scrimmages, it seems like Jekari Harris is finally ready to take that role. But as the regular season progresses, he never quite gets there. The consistency starts to slow down. The three point shooting starts to slow down defensively. I think he's going to be able to start to get better. And interestingly, I think he's going to be a great plus for Purdue in 2026. We solve that against Miami when CJ Cox went out. Jekari Harris was able to take that role and run with it. Was able to be solid until Purdue was able to pull it out in that round of 32 game. If he's able to do that, if he's able to be great laterally have that bigger body at the three. I think Jekari Harris is going to be a great addition to the starting lineup in 2026. And the last one, there should be no surprise to anybody. I think the best team that I've ever seen in a long player in terms of production out of these retained guys going into next year is going to be CJ Cox. It will be CJ Cox's team going into 2026. He's already the best defender on the team and he kind of has been last year at times his freshman year, but definitely took that role on last year. I think it's CJ Cox's team. He's got a lower volume, but he could hurt you at times. We saw Alabama, his freshman year where he did that last year against Northwestern, where he was really able to keep Purdue away from losing to that Wildcats team. He was so big in so many different moments. And I feel like when you give him the opportunity to really have possession of the team, he's going to have a lot more of those moments at Alabama or against Northwestern. I think it's great to see what CJ Cox is able to do with a higher volume. I just expect that production to tip tick upwards. I think this could be an all big 10 season for CJ Cox. That's my production predictions way too early, but I got CJ Cox number one, Jekari Harris to Daniel Jacobs and three, Omar Meijer for and unfortunately for me, I hate to say it, but Jack thinner at five as of right now. We're finishing off today's episode. We're switching the tone over to football and we're getting into part two, an extension of yesterday's edition of Blurmakers by Cell Holt. That's on the other side. So, figure with us that's coming up here next on lockdown, Blurmakers. But first you have workplace chaos, dead blood stacking up the inbox overflowing in the one position you have to fill still sitting open. What window pressure's on and you need the right hire. This is a job for sponsored jobs. 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We're ending out today's episode going part two of yesterday's Boardmaker buy, sell, hold the questions I wanted to throw out there that we weren't able to get to yesterday. If you guys don't know how Blumaker buy, sell, hold works by now, buy means we're going to have three questions by means I believe in it. Sell means I don't and hold means we're going to need a little bit more time. We'll move it on to our next edition of Blumaker Buy, Sell, Hold and see if I have a little bit more of a debate or a stance on the topic at hand. We're going to start out today with the topic of the running back room and specifically will Antonio Harris lead Purdue in rushing yards in 2026. Honestly, I do think that having too many running backs or not necessarily too many but having a lot of different options in the back field is a good problem to happen. That's exactly where Purdue finds himself in 2026 and the reason why there's even a question about Antonio Harris leading the team in rushing yards. Because going into the transfer portal, I thought this wouldn't even be a debate unless Ryan Brown is just insane in terms of next year improvising from the quarterback position. But you go into the transfer portal and you bring in Fome ijubo from Minnesota. You bring in Jared Gibson from Texas and you bring in Travis Terrell from Jackson State to complement Antonio Harris season where he had 300 yards on just 69 carries after Devin Mockeby goes down with a career ending injury last year, collegiate career ending injury at the end of the season. I still think it's going to be Antonio Harris's job to lose. But I look at guys that come from Power 14. Guys like a Fome ijubo who really showed up last year for Minnesota. I look at Jared Gibson who got a little bit lost in the Texas back field but was still a guy that really succeeded in high school. I think that's a top ranked running back prospect coming out of high school and I say it's going to be tougher than I would think for Antonio Harris but at the end of the day, I'm still going to say bye. And the reason why I think that is because I think that in my heart of heart Antonio Harris could still be that lead back going into next year. I still think it could be that first and second down back. I think that's a good thing to bring in Jared Gibson a more physical guy fourth or down. He bring a Fome ijubo if you want that type of read. It was also very good in the back field in terms of receiving. It's a good problem to have but I'm going to buy Antonio Harris still leading this team in rushing going into 2026 even with all the talent in the back field. But that brings us to our next question which is will Purdue be better at limiting turnovers in 2026. That's going to be another question that I do buy and it goes directly back to the previous question in the previous topic about having those four running backs in the back field having Travis Rill who averaged over six yards of care having Gibson having Fome having Antonio Harris. That rushing attack is going to be the head of the offense going into next year and that's exactly what Barry Odom has wanted to build not just this year but initially what he wanted to build with Devin Maccabe going into his senior year. You put a stronger, more physical, bigger offensive line in front of these four backs and I truly do believe this is going to be an offense more set on getting consistent big games in the rushing attack and then from there Ryan Brown can make it work in the play action. He can run some of those option plays where he's able to get it done on his feet and improvise. A big part of Ryan Brown's turnover issues last year which was not good. The ratio was 10 interceptions to nine touchdowns. It was not good. I'm not sticking up for what Ryan Brown did last year. But the offense wasn't necessarily suited for him to succeed. So this year, I feel like if he's more in that role where he's able to manage the game instead of trying to make something out of nothing happen. The turnovers are certainly going to go down and with that some of the turnovers that definitely cost it produced some conference games last year might go away and we could see some different results in some of those games because last year a lot of those conference games were really close decided by a couple of turnovers and this year with Purdue a much better team on paper and I think that they're just going to continue to grow and grow and grow. I could see you get some wins there with the lack of turnovers or I think that there will at least be less. I don't know if it will resolve the problem as a whole. But I do think that more of a run focus offense is going to reduce some of the turnovers that we saw last year. So I'm going to buy in to Purdue and limiting the turnovers and year two of the Biryodov era. The last question that we have for today's episode and today's edition of Boermaker by Cell Hold is can Purdue start out three and O on the year. This is going to be one that I actually sell. And if you haven't seen Purdue's schedule by now, they open up with Indiana State which will be a win. Then you play Wake Forest at home in Rossade and then you go on the road to play at UCLA. Now I certainly see a scenario where Purdue could. Two out of the three of these games. I understand why some people say in the perfect world, Purdue could start out. Three no. Looking back to last year, you have Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and then you play USC at home in Raw, saying that was a game. Or that was a schedule where I thought you could start out three no. And if you move some of those turnovers around three turnovers or three interceptions thrown inside of the red zone against USC, one of those being a pick six, which completely flipped the game last year, there was a real chance Purdue could have started out. Three no last year. So when I look at this schedule this year, I see a Wake Forest team that is beatable at home, but they won nine games last year. I see a UCLA team that is still trying to find their identity with a new head coach, but they're still going to be decent. They're still going to have talent. And then on the road is that somewhere you can win. I don't necessarily know if that's the case. I definitely think that Purdue could win two of these games. I don't see them beating both Wake Forest and UCLA. Little bits unrealistic as much as I would like to see that happen, but all things considered. I think that this is going to be a much better Purdue football team going into 2026. And that's kind of my key theme. I know that I got bit last year for saying that they were going to make a bowl game and then the year kind of fizzled out and was what it was, but I truly do believe and you can see it if you're watching these spring practices, looking at some of these skill groups that Purdue football is going to be a much better football team going into 2026. I can't wait for football season. I can't wait for basketball season and even baseball that's still going on. So we got a lot to talk about going forward on lockdown, boymakers, and we'll be right back here tomorrow. So make sure you guys like, subscribe and comment. It helps the show out a ton as we want to continue to grow as we finish out my first year here on lockdown. Boymakers, make sure you guys hop in that every day or club. If you're an every day or you absolutely make the show go. So I'll leave that link down below in the description for you guys. But that's all I got for you today. So as always, boy, look hammer. Show notes: Purdue Boilermakers face a brutal 2026 Big Ten basketball road schedule—can a young, retooled roster handle the pressure? Nick Arvin breaks down Purdue’s conference matchups, highlighting key home-and-away battles against conference powerhouses like Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, plus highly anticipated grudge matches at Mackey Arena against Nebraska and USC. Is this the year Purdue’s new recruits and retained core step out from the shadow of last season’s celebrated seniors? Roster rankings take center stage as Nick Arvin evaluates returning Boilermakers C.J. Cox, Gicarri Harris, Daniel Jacobson, and Jack Benter’s predicted impact, spotlighting who’s primed for a breakout. On the gridiron, Purdue football’s running back competition heats up, with Antonio Harris challenged by transfer standouts—can the offense reduce costly turnovers and start strong against Indiana State, Wake Forest, and UCLA? Get the inside scoop on Purdue’s evolving basketball and football trajectories as expectations shift for 2026. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Join at https://RocketMoney.com/LOCKEDON . Wayfair Head to https://Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. Wayfair. Every style. Every home.