21 Todd Mitchell did plenty of damage on offense from his power forward spot—he scored 15 points a game or better in all three of his seasons as a starter—but his rebounding performance was even more valuable to Gene Keady’s team.The 6’7” Mitchell snagged 740 boards in his career to place eighth on the school’s all-time list.Mitchell was drafted by the Nuggets in the second round, but got waived before he played a game for Denver. Roberts was even better as a distributor, dealing out 464 assists to rank fifth in program history.Roberts was a dreadful shot who scored 7.9 points per game in his best college season.
Dec 15 (Neutral), Purdue (6-5) Loss vs. Notre Dame, 80-8815. As a 6’8” PF, he placed fourth in Purdue history in three-pointers made (216) as well as ninth in points (1,772).However, Hummel had plenty to contribute in other areas as well, blocking 112 shots (seventh all-time among Boilermakers) and grabbing 862 rebounds (tied for fourth).He’ll need all his skills if he hopes to earn meaningful playing time next season as a second-round pick in the crowded Timberwolves frontcourt.A jaw-dropping rebounder for a 6’4” small forward, Dave Schellhase grabbed 10 boards per game to rank third in school history.Of course, it was easy to overlook his prowess on the glass when he was scoring 28.8 points per game (second-best at Purdue all-time) to finish with 2,074 in all (fourth).Schellhase became the inaugural first-round pick of the expansion Bulls, but turned out to be a terrible bust.Stuck behind the veterans Chicago had landed in the expansion draft, he averaged just seven minutes a night in a 73-game NBA career split over two seasons.Although he was a 6’7” swingman, Terry Dischinger was the best rebounder ever to wear a Purdue uniform.He owns the top three single-season rebounding averages in school history, his career average of 13.7 boards a night is a school record by a margin of 3.4, and—oh, yeah—he also averaged 28.3 points a game and finished sixth in program history with 1,979 points in three seasons.A second-round pick of the fledgling Chicago Zephyrs (now the Wizards), Dischinger played two All-Star seasons with the franchise before being traded to Detroit for Don Ohl and others.Though he notched one more All-Star appearance with the Pistons, he faded quickly from his career highs of 25.5 points and 8.3 rebounds a game.In Purdue’s basketball history, there are all the other big men ever and then there’s Joe Barry Carroll.The 7'0" center led Purdue to the 1980 Final Four to cap a career in which he destroyed the school records for rebounds (1,148) and blocks (349) and finished second on the scoring charts with 2,175 points.Although the latter stages of his NBA career earned him a reputation as an outclassed stiff, Carroll started off with six outstanding seasons in Golden State.An All-Star in 1987, he averaged as many as 24.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and two blocks a game with the Warriors.In the last 40 years, Glenn Robinson is the only Big Ten player to average 30 points a game for a full season.The Big Dog earned his nickname in leading Purdue to the 1994 Elite Eight while becoming the only Boilermaker ever to win the Wooden and Naismith Awards.Robinson went on to the most successful NBA career of any Purdue product, topping 20 points per game in eight of his 11 pro seasons.The two-time All-Star put in his best performances with the Bucks, who drafted him No. Forward Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month3. In 24 career games, he got on the floor for just five minutes a night.Eugene Parker was a first-class combo guard who scored as many as 15.6 points a night in a Boilermaker uniform. Guard