The Purdue basketball season tips off Tuesday night against Evansville. The hype video released by the creative team has everyone fired up for a new year.

Purdue opened its season in grand style Tuesday thanks in large part to Fletcher Loyer, who piled up a career-high 30 points on 7-for-10 shooting from 3-point distance to help

Kaufman-Renn was ruled out of No. 1 Purdue’s 82-51 win over Evansville shortly before tip off due to a hip issue. Kaufman-Renn didn’t go through the team’s shootaround before the matchup at Mackey Arena, and then he came back to the court about a half hour before the game in sweats.

One of Purdue's starters is listed as questionable for Tuesday's game against Evansville, according to the Big Ten availability report.

Former Purdue tight end Max Klare is among the Buckeyes who will prove a challenge for an improving Boilermakers secondary.