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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 […]
Purdue Readers Reacts Survey: How Far Will Purdue Advance in NCAA Tournament?
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. With just two regular season games left it’s truly the end of the line for the […]
College Basketball Rankings March 2: Purdue Falls
It is safe to call last week a bad one for Purdue. The Boilermakers lost to Michigan State at home for the first time in 12 years. They then went on the road and lost at Ohio State in another frustrating game. The Big Ten is now lost, and the NCAA Tournament looms without hte […]
2026 Big Ten Baseball Preview
There might be a few inches of snow on the ground in Indiana this morning, but it is officially baseball season. Purdue is just four days away from its home opener at Alexander Field, and this year it is a Big Ten series that will begin the home slate. The expansion of the conference to […]
Boiler Alert Podcast – Purdue Men’s Basketball Goes 0-2
This week in Purdue basketball went as poorly as one could possibly imagine. An 0-2 week including a loss on the road to a bubble team, and fan infighting the likes of which we’ve not seen in quite a few years. It left a bad taste in my mouth so of course I had to […]
Purdue Basketball: Purdue 74 -Ohio State 82: Game Wrap
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 […]
Purdue Basketball: Ohio State Preview: Stats, Analytics, Analysis
Ohio State 2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 17-11 Big 10 Record: 9-8 Previous 3 Games 2/25: L – 57 – 74 vs Iowa @ Away 2/22: L – 60 – 66 vs Michigan State @ Away 2/17: W – 86 – 69 vs Wisconsin @ Home Ohio State Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank / Big 10 Rank […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #8 Purdue (22-6, 12-5) at Ohio State (17-11, 9-8) & Fan Discussion
Sometimes as fans we feel like the things that we do during games, or before games, impacts the outcome of our favorite sporting events. It’s an absurd thing to think and absolutely nobody with anyone intelligence truly believes that some sort of universal sports god is watching what we are doing and making decisions on […]
Rondale Moore Gone Too Soon
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been afraid of dying. Not death. But dying. I understand that everyone dies, but my own death has always haunted me. I remember being 7 or 8 years old, sharing a room with my older brother, lying awake thinking about what happens when you die. For many […]
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