Arni's Birthday Zoom: Mack Gadis

Purdue men’s basketball alum Mack Gadis (1983-86) celebrates birthday No. 59 (Jan. 20, 2023) with us. The former Boilermaker guard was a two-year starter under coach Gene Keady, coming to Purdue in Keady’s third recruiting class out of Indianapolis, Pike H.S.  The former Indiana All-Star appeared in 94 games as a Boilermaker, starting 52, including all 32 contests his senior year, where he tallied a team-best 178 assists. He became the first Boilermaker (along with classmate Herb Robinson) to play on four NCAA Tournament teams. He was a reserve on the Boilermakers’ surprising run to a Big Ten co-championship in 1984, the first of six crowns for Keady during his 25-year tenure in West Lafayette.  Gadis talks about his role in the greatest comeback in Purdue basketball history, when the Boilermakers rallied from a 20-point deficit to win at Illinois in Feb. 1983. In the stunning come-from-behind win, Gadis was one of the five bench players that Keady decided to put on the court.  “The best thing is that coach Keady didn’t just put the starters back in when we caught Illinois,” Gadis recalled. “It was an experience I will never forget and I don’t think anyone on that team will either.” Gadis has been a State Farm Insurance agent for many years and lives in the Indianapolis area with his wife and two children. His son plays basketball at Anderson College and his daughter is a senior at Noblesville (Ind.) High School.   Become a member of the biggest community of Purdue fans on the Internet Bookmark our homepage: http://goldandblack.com/  $1 for the first week.Sign up for our FREE newsletter and breaking news alerts https://www.on3.com/teams/purdue-boilermakers/newsletter/join/  And don’t forget to like and subscribe, and of course, you can leave a positive review and check out our content for our Gold and Black Radio listeners.  Use promo code "PU1" at checkout when purchasing a monthly subscription to GoldandBlack.com to get two months for $1! SUBSCRIBE to The GoldandBlack.com on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify and enable alerts - new highlights and videos are uploaded regularly.  Follow us on X(Twitter): https://twitter.com/GoldandBlackcom Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goldandblackcom#Purdue, #Boilermakers #Purduebasketball #PurduefootballLEAVE US A 5-star rating and review. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.