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- Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
- College: Purdue University
- Established: May 6, 1869
- Head coach: Matt Painter (3rd Year)
- Conference: Big Ten
- Team colors: Gold and Black
- Nickname: Boilermakers
- Mascot: Boilermaker Special, Purdue Pete, Rowdy
- Arena: Mackey Arena
- Capacity: 14,123
- Made it to the Final Four 2 times in the NCAA Tournament
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The Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball team plays in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA. The school currently holds the league record for having won 21 league championships. Their chief rival is the Indiana Hoosiers. The team has reached the Final Four twice, most recently in 1980. Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden is one of two former Boilermaker players to be named the national player of the year; the other is Glenn Robinson in 1994. Among the other great players from the past are Terry Dischinger, Joe Barry Carroll, Lamar Lundy, Matt Painter (their current head coach), and Jerry Sichting. In the modern era, the team had it's best period of success under long time head coach Gene Keady, who guided the Boilermakers to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances in 25 years, as well as 6 conference titles.
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NCAA Tournament Appearances
- 2008: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 2007: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 2003: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 2000: Elite Eight DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1999: Sweet Sixteen DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1998: Sweet Sixteen DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1997: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1996: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1995: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- [[1994]: Elite Eight DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1993: First round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1991: First round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1990: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1988: Sweet Sixteen DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1987: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1986: First round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1985: First round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1984: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1983: Second round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1980: National Semifinals DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1977: First round DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
- 1969: NCAA Tournament runner-up DatabaseSports.com: Purdue NCAA Tournament Results
Purdue Boilermakers Alumni
- Brian Cardinal DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Joe Barry Carroll DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Russell Cross DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Terry Dischinger DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Keith Edmonson DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Eddie Ehlers DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Bob Ford DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Will Franklin DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Herm Gilliam DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Steve Hamilton DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Paul Hoffman DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Walter Jordan DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Billy Keller DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Frank Kendrick DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Carl Landry DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Doug Lee DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Kyle Macy DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Cuonzo Martin DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Mel McCants DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Carl McNulty DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Brad Miller DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Todd Mitchell DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Rick Mount DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Jimmy Oliver DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Glenn Robinson DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Jim Rowinski DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Steve Scheffler DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Tom Scheffler DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Dave Schellhase DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Jerry Sichting DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Everette Stephens DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
- Forest Weber DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Purdue University
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Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball Questions
in mens ncaa basketball how many times has all 4 #1 seeds made it to the final 4 ? if any who and when? 1 AnswerOnce, last year was the first time ever . The teams were UCLA, Memphis, Kansas and North Carolina. read more
Whats the spread for the Cal vs. Stanford Mens NCAA game tomorrow? 1 AnswerStanford is favored to win by 4. read more
What is wrong with Purdue basketball player Robbie Hummel? 1 Answer" Purdue coach Matt Painter doesn't want sophomore forward Robbie Hummel bouncing in and out of the lineup anymore. So the Big Ten's preseason player of the yea... read more
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