The last few seasons Purdue and Marquette have played some pretty memorable games thanks to the Gavitt Games, a couple home-and-homes, and the Maui Invitational. The Golden Eagles have been a stern test in each of those seasons, so beating them by 20 points (and that being the closest margin for a large portion of […]
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On a day where the snow hit West Lafayette just before a two p.m. tip-off, a mostly filled Mackey Arena got to watch a familiar rivalry with an unfamiliar scent. This Marquette team is not like the Marquette teams of normal for Shaka Smart. In a world of transfers, Smart tried to buck the system, […]
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Games are never easy when you’ve got a coach like Shaka Smart on the opposing sideline. Purdue came into a snowy Mackey Arena being intimately familiar not just with Marquette, who they’ve played each of the past three seasons, but also with Shaka Smart who famously faced Purdue in the NCAA Tournament at a different […]
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As the snow comes down in West Lafayette fans will be trekking over to Mackey Arena to see the Boilermakers take on the Golden Eagles from Marquette. This is a series that has become almost a staple with this being the fourth season in a row these teams have met in the non-conference. Though, for […]
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Welp, this was scheduled to come out yesterday, but I didn’t anticipate having to spend the day dealing with paperwork from getting rear-ended in 2024. Pro tip: Try to avoid having a Kia SUV use your vehicle as a stopping mechanism at a red light. Not only is it detrimental to the discs in your […]
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Hey y’all, sorry for the late preview. Casey and I both had unexpected, unavoidable things come up yesterday. Luckily, Marquette isn’t a tough team to preview because they’re not particularly good at playing the game of basketball this season. Honestly, I could hit publish now, and you’d have all the information you need about Shaka […]
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It’s the end of another week here at Hammer and Rails with the Volleyball team advancing to the Elite Eight last night and the men’s basketball team preparing for a home game against Marquette this weekend. The end of the week also means it’s time for the survey results. This week I asked if the […]
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For the sixth time in program histor, and fifth under Dave Shondell, Purdue Volleyball is moving on to the Elite Eight. After a slow start in tonight’s Sweet 16 match with 2 seed SMU the Boilers fought back to take three straight sets for a 3-1 win. It is the second time this year Purdue […]
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It did not take long for Barry Odom to replace Vance Vice. Enter Zach Crabtree, a young, energetic coach coming from Fresno State, which had a top 10 run game in the nation. There is plenty of familiarity with the system that is ran by Offensive Coordinator Josh Henson. Crabtree coached for Henson at USC […]
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The Boilers started off slow in their B1G home opener but looked more like itself in the second half as they started on a 21-0 run. That would inevitably turn into a 48-19 start to the second half when Head Coach Matt Painter put his walk-ons in the game with 2:04 remaining. Purdue was a […]
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I was frustrated at halftime. Purdue was clearly the better team, but Minnesota finished the half strong and closed a once double-digit lead to three. The Boilermakers went into the locker room leading just 35-32 and the visiting Golden Gophers had dreams of a top 10 road upset. They even got the ball to start […]
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Expectations coming into this season were that Purdue would compete for a Big Ten title, a trip the Final Four, and maybe, just maybe, bring home Purdue’s first NCAA Tournament Championship. The loss to Iowa State halted the runaway enthusiasm and brought things back down to a more manageable level. Tonight was the chance for […]
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After the loss to then #10 Iowa State, Purdue, and its fans, are looking for a bounce back game. What better way to do that than at home in their first Big Ten game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Now, though Minnesota isn’t expected to finish in the top half of the league or anything, […]
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2025-2026 Season Record: 5-4 Previous 3 Games 12/3: W – 73-64 vs Indiana @ Home 11/28: L – 75 – 86 vs Santa Clara @ Acrisure Invitational (Thousand Palms, CA) 11/27: L – 65 – 77 vs San Francisco @ Acrisure Invitational (Thousand Palms, CA) Minnesota Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank in ()) KenPom […]
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Despite the world ending on Saturday in Mackey Arena, and Purdue’s season being finished before it even gets into the heart of Big Ten play, media piled together in the media room to listen to Matt Painter preview the Minnesota game. But before cameras turned on, Painter was talking about pizza. In particular, his nostalgic […]
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What’s likely to be a cruel twist to a celebratory start to the Niko Medved at Minnesota, the Gophers come into Mackey Arena on the heels of an upset win over the Hoosiers to move to 1-0 in the Big Ten. That high might get ruined in West Lafayette tonight as a reeling Purdue team […]
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Purdue is mortal, as it turns out. In my heart of hearts I knew there was very little chance of Purdue going 40-0 this year to go down as the greatest college team of all time, but moments like the final nine minutes of the first half against Texas Tech, where Purdue goes full thermonuclear […]
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Ryan and I are back with you this fine Tuesday morning to talk about the recent changes to the Purdue football staff. Two assistant coaches lost their jobs on Monday and Ryan and I were ready to give you our perspective. Could more firings be coming? We will have to wait and see. After the […]
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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. I put a version of this question in the feed earlier today, but I wanted to […]
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After a 2-10 season, there had to be changes. Today, it was reported that Running Backs, Coach Lamar Conard and Offensive Line Coach, Vance Vice were let go from their duties. Conard was a holdover from the previous staff and played for Coach Tiller in 1997. It is always hard to see Purdue guys be […]
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The past 24 hours or so we have seen an incredible rarity. Purdue, which had never been the No. 1 twam in the AP Poll for men’s basketball until just a few years ago, was at No. 1. Indiana, which had never before reached No. 1 in football and often had not been ranked at […]
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Mackey Arena is a very special place. Purdue fans know it and love it. It is a home court advantage that is rarely matched anywhere else in college basketball. How often have we seen highly rated teams come in and visibly wilt in the unique crucible it provides. It is a force multiplier and sixth […]
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Let’s State the obvious: Purdue got it’s ass beat today. The Boilermakers lose so rarely in Mackey that any loss stands out. A loss on Keady Court as the no. 1 team in America by 23 points? They could have played the Oklahoma City Thunder and I wouldn’t have expected that. The Cyclones weathered and […]
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This matchup lived up to the hype. Let’s just start right there. This had the atmosphere of an Elite Eight game between two teams that are going to make it deep in March if they play to their potential. There were All-Americans and potential All-Americans on both teams and each team gave their best punches […]
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It’s December in Mackey Arena and that means it’s probably time for another high profile non-conference matchup. Today, the Cyclones from Iowa State come into what will surely be a packed and loud Mackey Arena to take on the #1 Purdue Boilermakers. Casey and Drew have provided us with great previews and all we need […]
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