 John Wooden, best known for coaching UCLA to 10 national championships in 12 years, is also one of Purdue's all-time best players. John Wooden was named a three-time Consensus All-American player and the national player of the year in 1932 as a Boilermaker. Finding sports memorabilia from that time period is extremely rare. And when John Wooden's 1930s jersey resurfaced in 2018, a popular alumnus made sure it would find a home at Purdue. I'm fully confident that it was worn by John Wooden in the 1930s. It's a piece of history. It's priceless. I mean, there's no doubt of mine, it's priceless. In the college basketball circles, John Wooden's most known is being the 10-time national champion coach of UCLA. But for Purdue fans and fans of the Midwest, he's a three-time All-American from Purdue, the 1932 national player of the year. It was built pretty good. He played a hardcore defense, but his handling, his ball skills and stuff were, you know, you could see that on tape was pretty amazing. Obviously, the 1930s was a different, very different era of basketball. Defense was stressed a lot more than offense. John Wooden was a feisty guard, as legend has it, a good shooter, and just a very knowledgeable player. The story is that John Wooden gave the jersey to a gentleman named Frank Neff, the two of her classmates at Purdue. Frank Neff gave it to his grandson John, who had it in his house for many years, just stowed away safely in a box. Stuff from the 20s and 30s is really rare, very rare, and college basketball for sure. It's something John Wooden and being a jersey that he wore, I mean, it's just unbelievable. So many jerseys and other pieces of equipment from that timeframe, really up into the 70s, were refurbished, reused, sent down to the junior varsity, maybe the freshman team. I'd call it decent shape. I mean, it's kind of a few moth holes that you'd expect. One of the letters of Purdue is not still fully sewn on. The other ones are the numbers, number 13 is very much intact on the back. Something from the 1930s, I think, is pretty phenomenal. Portland and I are both sportsman-ability collectors, and when the jersey came on auction, it's certainly something that both of us thought would be great to have at Purdue, if not in our own collections. I went online and saw it online. It's how I started to see it, you know, started to see it the first part. So I got to read the descriptions and all the information about it, because the estimate was like between $10,000 and $30,000. I thought, I really want to win this to put at Bruno's. You know, we got like 10, 12 days before the auction closed, and it's already at $39,000. I'm thinking, I got to find somebody that's got some deeper pockets. The first thing I thought of was texture Buddy Drew, our Buddy Drew, and see if he'd be interested in having it for his collection. A lot of people don't realize that Drew Breeze is a big Johnny Wooden fan that idolizes him. Orlando made that connection and Drew didn't hesitate. I get a response back from Drew, and it's one word that goes, wow. He goes, we got to get this. And I really thought we could get it for around $70,000, $70,000, $80,000. Drew said, well, I'm in for $100,000. And when I kicked the $100,000 bid, it automatically went to $150,000. So we've got a little competition going. At that point in time, he says, do whatever you got to do to get it. And we never discussed the final number. When all was said and done, the final price, including all the various fees that go with auctions, it was $264,000. And just shows not only his generosity, but his love for his alma mater and the fact that he wanted to have this and loan it to Purdue just speaks to all the good things that Drew epitomizes. We had a John Purdue Club event down in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where the plan was to unveil the jersey and Drew was going to actually come in for that event. I guess the one unfortunate part of the story throughout all the great things that the story is is Drew's flight was canceled due to weather, so he couldn't be there in person, but Drew ever thoughtful and always wanted to not disappoint, did a quick video. So tonight, in front of all of you, we are making the big announcement. We are making the big reveal. Here is John Wooden's original jersey that will reside in the halls of Macchi Arena forever. We consult with a number of folks who have done museums and memorabilia displays and finally settled on a company out of Kentucky that obviously it's quite an investment that Drew made and we pledged to take care of it. It's in Macchi Arena on the concourse. We also have a letter sweater from John Wooden that he wore that his family gave the university upon his passing. I think Purdue did a great job helping with this display they put out. We decided to highlight the national players of the year and we've had three. We've got John Wooden, we've got Glenn Robinson, and then Stephanie White, so we made a display with all three of them. I think the first thing stands out as you compare it with not only Glenn Robinson's jersey but Stephanie White's jersey. Just the material is so different, the size is so different. John Wooden was not a large man by any stretch when you compare him with Glenn or even Stephanie. I think it's the greatest piece of memorabilia that we've got on display or in our archives to have something like this, one of the all-time great basketball icons, it's just phenomenal. What's better, the fact that we have it or the fact that Drew Brees loaned it to us, I mean they're equally awesome. Through the generosity of Drew Brees, the legacy of one of the most revered players and coaches in the history of sports will live on in Macchi Arena for years to come. We'll be back after the break.