While Purdue begins their defense of the Big Ten Tournament title this afternoon, they’ve already started to collect some post-season hardware.  On Wednesday, the Sporting News announced that Zach Edey was their National Player of the Year for the second straight season, making him just the eighth repeat winner since the award began in 1943.  Edey swept the six National Player of the Year awards last year and is the favorite to do so again this year, a feat last accomplished by Bill Walton in 1972 and 1973.