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How Far Will Purdue Men’s Basketball Go in the Big Ten Tournament? Staff Roundtable
It’s Wednesday folks and the Big Ten Tournament is in full swing. Right now we are already on day two of this tournament with three games in the books. We’ve already got winners folks. What we don’t yet have is the knowledge of who Purdue will play in their game tomorrow evening. Keeping that in […]
Braden Smith Named all-Big Ten First Team
Last season Braden Smith was not only named the Big Ten Player of the Year, a third straight honor for a Purdue player, he was also named First Team all-Big Ten. This year, for the sixth straight season, Purdue has a First Team honoree as Smith was named to the team earlier today. This is […]
FanDuel odds for the Big Ten Tourney – Can Purdue surprise?
If I had told you during the first month of the season you’d get +700 odds on Purdue winning the Big Ten Tournament, you probably couldn’t throw your money at me fast enough. But those are Purdue’s odds going into the Big Ten Tournament after a disappointing end to the regular season. You can check […]
Purdue Readers Reacts Survey- Who is the Big Ten Tournament Favorite?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Big Ten Tournament starts in just two days (assuming that you’re reading this on Monday […]
2026 Big Ten Tournament Predictions
I missed writing so many columns for H&R during my three year hiatus. One was the SB Nation All-Big Ten teams one (which, sadly, I did not get to organize this year). Another was this one, where I picked every game of the Big Ten Tournament. And boy, do we get some Big Ten Tournament […]
One Week Down, Purdue Football is Ahead of Schedule
Purdue fans abroad lamented the coaching decision to bring back the Quarterback, Ryan Browne for another season to start. Coach Odom doubled down in the off-season, essentially naming him the starter before a down of Spring Ball, something that has become uncommon in the era of the transfer portal. While the incumbent at QB did […]
Boiler Alert Podcast: Purdue Men’s Basketball Loses Finale Before Heading Into the Big Ten Tournament
Purdue lost yet another game in Mackey Arena this weekend when they fell to the Wisconsin Badgers on senior day. You’ve seen it discussed here on the site and invariably anywhere else you can find high quality Purdue content, but this time we discuss it in podcast form and with fewer need to read actual […]
Purdue 93 Wisconsin 97: By the Numbers
Purdue finished the season in as disappointing of a manner as they have in the last decade with a 97-93 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers. That loss finalized an abysmal stretch for the Boilers who have now gone just 6-7 since January 20th, a stretch that nearly parallels the one last year when they finished […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball Big Ten Tournament Seed Locked In
With the loss to Wisconsin yesterday and UCLA’s win over USC Purdue’s seeding for the Big Ten Tournament is finalized. In a season where Purdue was picked as the favorite to win the conference and grab that one seed there’s a lot of disappointment around these parts as Purdue will settle for the 7th seed […]
Wisconsin 97, Purdue 93: Postgame Video
What a disappointing finish to a season that had so much promise. And I don’t say that because Purdue begane the season as the preseason No. 1 team in America. For a good portion of the season it played like it. It had one bad game agaisnt Iowa State, but in mid January the Boilers […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball Falls on Senior Day: Wisconsin 97 – Purdue 93
This game wrap is sponsored by our friends at Section 103. They just launched their new Purdue collection in time for March Madness. They’ve got high quality shirts and hats with some different designs you won’t see elsewhere. I’m thinking especially about the Mackey Arena shirt and the World’s Largest Drum shirt. They’ll also be giving […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #15 Purdue (23-7, 13-6) vs. Wisconsin (21-9, 13-6) & Fan Discussion
Just one regular season game to go before everything resets. One more time in Mackey Arena for Braden Smith. One more time in Mackey Arena for Fletcher Loyer. One more time in Mackey Arena for Trey Kaufman-Renn. One more time in Mackey Arena for Oscar Cluff. Senior night. I’m expecting a packed house from tipoff […]
Purdue Basketball: Wisconsin Preview: Stats, Analytics, Analysis
Wisconsin 2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 21-9 Big 10 Record: 13-6 Previous 3 Games 3/4: W – 78 – 45 vs Maryland @ Home 2/28: W – 90 – 73 vs Washington @ Away 2/25: L – 71 – 85 vs Oregon @ Away Personnel Starters Bench Injury Report Nolan Winter went down with an ankle injury in Wisconsin’s 78-45 demolition of […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball Big Ten Tournament Seeding Possibilities
We have arrived at the last weekend of regular season basketball in the Big Ten and teams still have plenty of jockeying to do to position themselves in the Big Ten Tournament bracket. For Purdue, there are still 4 possible seed they can be attached to: 4-7. Where Purdue ends up ranked come the Big […]
Purdue seniors’ final stretch might cast shadows, but they get one last chance for magic in Mackey
#15 Purdue 23-7 (13-6) will play host to Wisconsin 21-9 (13-6) on Saturday afternoon. Purdue won the first matchup of the season at Wisconsin, 89-73. It was one of Purdue’s most convincing performances of the season amidst a 17-1 start to the season. Since then, Purdue has faltered, going just 6-6, including losing three games […]
Purdue Fans React Survey: Predicting Purdue’s NCAA Tournament Finish
We’ve made it to another weekend folks. Congrats to everyone for making it. I always believed in us. With the weekend upon us it means it’s time for our weekly survey results. This week I asked about Purdue’s record in their final two regular season games and your predictions on how far Purdue will go […]
Boiler Alert Podcast: Purdue Leaves No Doubt Against Northwestern (Kidding!)
Ryan and I are back together to talk about Purdue’s dominating performance over the Northwestern Wildcats. Okay, so it wasn’t dominating in any way. In fact, it was really terrifying and set us up to continue to be scared about where this team will go come March Madness. Ryan and I talk about the bad […]
Purdue 70 Northwestern 66: By The Numbers
Purdue wanted to try and get itself right against a Northwestern team that was, by all accounts, struggling to do much of anything of consequence this season. The Wildkats have struggled all season as their best victory is against Indiana (rathed #41 on Kenpom) and only hold four Kenpom top-100 victories all season but seemed […]
Purdue 70, Northwestern 66: Postgame Video
It was the worst of halves. It was the best of halves. Folks, I can’t figure this out. For most of the first half Purdue was terrible. It looked like the 15th best team in the Missouri Valley instead of hte 15th best in the country. We’ve seen bad Purdue this eyar. We saw it […]
Purdue Saved by Cox: Purdue 70, Northwestern 66
This game wrap is sponsored by our friends at Section 103. They just launched their new Purdue collection in time for March Madness. They’ve got high quality shirts and hats with some different designs you won’t see elsewhere. I’m thinking especially about the Mackey Arena shirt and the World’s Largest Drum shirt. They’ll also be giving […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #15 Purdue (22-7, 12-6) at Northwestern (13-16, 5-13) & Fan Discussion
Purdue heads to Northwestern to hopefully right the ship after another loss, this one to Ohio State. Purdue has struggled to stop anyone from getting to the rim and when they have stopped people from getting to the rim they’ve allowed opponents to shoot roughly 75% from three (someone might have to check my facts […]
Staff Roundtable: What’s Going on With Purdue Basketball?
There’s clearly something going on with Purdue men’s basketball. We can’t be sure what it is, but I reached out to the staff to see what they think the issue is. Ledman: I can’t give you a 100% definitive issue, but I can give you my opinion. I think it was Jalen Rose who talked […]
Non-Conference Opponents’ Update: March 4
Can we all calm down for just a moment? Yes, the season has not gone as expected. In fact, I called a 28-3 year early on. None of us expected four home losses. Yes, Purdue has underachieved, but can much of the fanbase please stop acting like Matt Painter has no idea what he is […]
Bracketology & Bubble Watch
As the calendar flips to March, the margin for error has officially evaporated for teams clinging to the NCAA Tournament’s ever-shrinking bubble. While the heavyweights at the top like Duke, UConn, Arizona, Michigan, and possibly Florida have largely turned the race for No. 1 seeds into a private invitational, the real drama is unfolding in […]
Purdue Basketball: Northwestern Preview: Stats, Analytics, Analysis
Northwestern 2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 13 – 16 Big 10 Record: 5 – 13 Previous 3 Games 2/28: W – 63 – 62 vs Oregon @ Home 2/24: W – 72 – 68 vs Indiana @ Away 2/17: W – 78 – 74 vs Maryland @ Home Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank / Big 10 Rank […]
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