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Purdue Basketball: Oregon Preview
2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 8-14 Big 10 Record: 1-10 Previous 3 Games 2/1: L – 66- 84 vs Iowa @ Home 1/28: L – 57 – 73 vs UCLA @ Home 1/25: L – 57 – 72 vs Washington @ Away Illinois Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank in ()) KenPom Ranking – 42 Offense Adjusted Efficiency: 113.1 […]
By the Numbers: Purdue 93 Maryland 63
This one is coming out…a bit late, but life happens fast and things get in the way at times. BUT, late is better than never and the win against Maryland hopefully helped Purdue get itself back on track. The Boilers traveled out east and on that trip Fletcher Loyer seemingly found his 3pt shot and […]
Purdue Fan Survey Results: Where Will Purdue Finish in the Big Ten Race?
It’s Friday which means we’ve all survived to the end of another week! Now we get a weekend to recharge, to get all of our chores down, perhaps spend time with your loved ones, but most importantly it’s time to review the fan survey results. With Big Ten season in full swing I’m focused only […]
Getting to Know the Oregon Ducks
Purdue got fairly lucky over these last two games as they were coming off a three game losing streak but found themselves facing the Maryland Terrapins and the Oregon Ducks in back to back games. They each sit at the bottom of the conference 1-10 in conference play a piece. Purdue easily dismantled the Terrapins […]
Drews Brees Selected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
In the fall of 1997, whe he arrived on campus in West Lafayette, very few people knew who Drew Brees was. He played mop-up minutes in that season’s opening loss at Toledo, and at the time Purdue football was nowhere. It had not had a winning season in 12 years. Now, in February 2026, almost […]
Boiler Alert Podcast: The State of the Big Ten Race
At the start of this episode I give Ryan, a Bulls fan, the opportunity to talk about Jaden Ivey being shipped to Chicago from Detroit. With no Purdue game to talk about on this episode Ryan and I wanted to take some time to slow down, take a step back, and look at the remaining […]
Purdue Football: Five Transfers That Will Lead Purdue in 2026
The portal is closed. It has to be a relief to Coach Odom and his staff knowing that this is the team they will carry into the fall. No 2nd portal window after Spring Ball, juat development, culture building and improving. Purdue ended the portal season with the 22nd ranked class, there was some great […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball Roundtable: Predicting The Final 9 Games
The home stretch is here. Just 9 Big Ten games remain before we get into postseason play. That’s where the rubber really meets the road. Purdue had a very rough three game stretch that might have put them out of the Big Ten race. I wanted to check in with the staff about the end […]
Non-Conference Opponents’ Update: February 4
This column is a lot more fun to write after Purdue wins games. That three game losing streak that knocked us from the top 5 and out of first in the Big Ten put a real damper on what was supposed to be a very special season. Fortunately, it still can be. Barring an absolute […]
Purdue Fans React Survey: Predicting Purdue’s Men’s Basketball Final 9 Games
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. We are in the final stretch of the conference season with just 9 games remaining for […]
Big Ten Power Rankings: Halfway Home
We’re past the halfway point in the Big Ten race as everyone except Maryland and Iowa has now played at least 11 conference games. Since the Terrapins are clearly not a contender their remaining game is not a factor. In the last update we had five true contenders and I think that holds true, but […]
Boiler Alert Podcast: Purdue Men’s Basketball Back to Their Winning Ways
In our conversation on this episode Ryan called the game against Maryland not a must win but a game that Purdue couldn’t lose. I thought that was interesting so I let him go into a little more detail there. Then, we talk about all the things that went right against the Terrapins at the Xfinity […]
College Basketball Rankings February 2: Purdue Holds Steady
The basketball rankings are turning into the volleyball rankings in that Purdue is hovering in that 12 to 9 range, which is great nationally, but it is still fifth among Big Ten teams. The league is very top heavy this year, as it has five top 12 teams, but no one else in the rankings. […]
Purdue 93 – Maryland 63: Piece of (Crab) Cake
Coming off of a 3-game losing streak and a subsequent player-only meeting, the Purdue Boilermakers came into College Park, Maryland looking to right the ship. Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer help the Boilermakers do just that en route to a 30-point drubbing of the Maryland Terrapins. Smith and Loyer would combine to score 48 of […]
Purdue Basketball: Statement Game – One Way or the Other
I started on my usual Maryland preview and concluded that it doesn’t matter. In the grand scheme of things, none of this matters, but nothing matters less than who plays for Maryland basketball in 2026 (no offense intended). In fact, maybe it’s time for Purdue to stop spending so much focus on the big-brained scouting […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #12 Purdue (17-4, 7-3) at Maryland (8-12, 1-8) & Fan Discussion
It’s been a long three games for the Boilermakers with the team going 0-3 all against Big Ten competition. What looked like a sure fire battle for a Big Ten championship has changed into a battle to stay alive in the conference race. Purdue needs to be nearly perfect in these remaining games if they […]
Purdue at Maryland Preview: Can Purdue get back on track?
From a 17-1 start to three straight losses, the Purdue basketball season has taken a dark turn after dropping games to UCLA on the road, Illinois at home, and Indiana on the road. Matt Painter was visibly frustrated with his team after the game. Purdue players, Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer, and Trey Kaufman-Renn mentioned needing […]
Purdue Fan Survey Results: Purdue’s Most Important Player to Turn Around the Losing Streak
With no Purdue game today I wanted to hold off on posting these result until today so that you’d always have something to come back to. Wasn’t that sweet of me? Keep an eye on the site later today as Casey will have a preview for Sunday up shortly. First in this week’s survey I […]
Boiler Alert Podcast – Lost in Bloomington – What Now?
I really struggled with the tone on this one. How do you find the right balance between I hate this and I want to burn everything down and the Carsen Edwards relax as was noted in The Feed yesterday? Sports can make you feel crazy things. It can make you so fixated on a game […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball Expectations: Staff Roundtable
I plan these roundtables out a few days before they get posted so that the rest of the staff has time to get back to me. That means I sent this question out on Monday, prior to yesterday’s loss to IU and that these answers were returned to me before the loss to IU. Let’s […]
Non-Conference Opponents’ Update: January 28
In the span of a week Purdue went from leading the Big Ten and being on the cusp of a No. 1 seed to a three-game losing streak and the season threatening to unravel entirely. The games have been close. Purdue has lost three games by 11 total points. In two of them the Boilers […]
Indiana 72, Purdue 67: Postgame Video
Purdue basketball is a broken team right now. It felt like something wasn’t riht in closer-than-expected wins over Washington, Penn State, and Iowa at home, but exactly one week ago from when I am writing this the Boilermakers were leading in the second half at UCLA, looking to stay in first place at 8-0. Now […]
Indiana 72, Purdue 67: Avalanched in Bloomington
Purdue’s descent continues as it drops its third straight game after a 17-1 start to the season. Purdue went up against its in-state rival Indiana at Assembly Hall and walked away with a 72-67 defeat after a terrible first half helped to bury the Boilers in Bloomington. Purdue matched IU on offense to start, but […]
Purdue Football Announces 2026 Game Dates
As we are in the full swing of basketball season, Purdue football announced today its full upcoming schedule for the 2026 season. We previously knew the opponents that Purdue would play but now the game dates are known as well. They are as follows: 9/05 – Indiana State at Purdue9/12 – Wake Forest at Purdue9/19 […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #12 Purdue (17-3, 7-2) vs. IU (13-7, 4-5) & Fan Discussion
Purdue is on a two game Big Ten losing streak and that’s not something that fans expected at this point in the season. The Big Ten is very top heavy this year and Purdue is amongst those top teams but of late they certainly haven’t played like it. If you’d like to get a look […]
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