Matt(y) Painter made his announcement of the tri-captains for the 2008-2009 basketball season yesterday while also announcing that John Hart will redshirt this season.

Your tri-captains for this season will be Robbie Hummel, Keaton Grant and Chris Kramer.

I think it's pretty cool that Robbie will be a co-captain and this fact is just a continuation of Hummel's abilities and accolades growing so much faster than any of us thought they would. And when you think about it, these guys definitely embody what it means to be a captain.

Tonight's game can't get here fast enough.

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Chris Kramer reacts with his happy face about being named co-captain

Keaton Grant pensively thinks about being a co-captain on this prodigious Boilermakers team