GoldandBlack.com video series Lasting Legacy: Isaac Haas

Previous installments: Isaac Haas | Dakota Mathias first, second | Vincent Edwards | P.J. Thompson

Isaac Haas probably won't take the sleeve off his elbow anytime soon. Even when it's deemed OK by Purdue's athletic training staff.

But the Boilermakers' starting center insists it's not because of superstition ... even if it'd seem to be exactly that.

Haas does have one thing he does before every game, though, and it involves an affirmation he says, out loud, to himself. What are the magic pregame words?

That and much more — including a look into Purdue's locker room celebrations, why they laugh so hard in the tunnel before running on the court and a special hug — in "Lasting Legacy," our video series featuring Purdue's seniors.

We're doing this series on the seniors, in part, because we initially featured this class when they were freshmen.

So we'll make sure to pair the most-recent installments with "flashbacks" from Year 1.

Here is Haas' second piece, from early-February, three years ago:

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