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WEST LAFAYETTE ― Purdue basketball‘s offseason additions, coupled with the returns of its marquee players, has fans eager for hoops season to tip off.
The first chance for fans to get their first in-person glimpse of the 2025-26 Boilermakers will be Oct. 18 at Mackey Arena.
Purdue basketball’s Fan Day begins at 10 a.m. that Saturday, starting with a women’s basketball scrimmage. Doors will open to the public at 9:30 a.m.
An autograph session with both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will be at 11:45 a.m. No outside items will be signed. Purdue will supply autograph cards for players to sign.
The men’s basketball team will begin a practice and scrimmage at 1 p.m.
In the event the basketball Fan Day overlaps with Purdue football’s road game at Northwestern, with a to-be-determined kickoff time, the Mackey Arena video boards will show the game simultaneously.
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