A trip to Portugal anchored a summer of change for the Boilermakers, who in effect lost five starters from last year’s WNIT quarterfinal finish.

We're getting one step closer to Big Ten basketball season, with Media Days commencing this week. Here's who Purdue's men's and women's teams are sending.

But it was too late. Purdue women's basketball coach Katie Gearlds, now in her fourth season, had seen enough. "We have to be the team no one wants to play," Gearlds said as she addressed them. More: Caitlyn Harper's leadership role post-ACL injury ignites Purdue women's basketball in WNIT

From Joyce Edwards to Justice Carlton to Lexi Blue, here is an evaluation of the SEC women’s basketball freshman classes.