Raleigh Burgess is a 6-foot-11, 240-pound Purdue basketball sophomore from Cincinnati.

Burgess nearly used a redshirt season as a freshman, but instead played in 31 games, averaging 6.3 minutes.

A stress fracture diminished his usage down the stretch last season and led to surgery in April.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Raleigh Burgess is healthier than he’s been in months and better prepared to help Purdue men’s basketball than when he arrived as a freshman last year.

The size and shape of that role? That may, again, be out of his control.

“That’s kind of to be determined,” Burgess said.

The 6-foot-11, 240-pound native of Cincinnati has come a long way to end up at essentially the same dilemma he faced one year ago. Burgess has played both frontcourt positions while returning to full partici

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