College Basketball - Big Ten Conference
Purdue Boilermakers
| Location: West Lafayette, IN University Founded: 1869 Enrollment: 39,333  Nickname: Boilermakers Mascot: Boilermaker Special School Colors: Old gold and black Joined the Big 10: 1896 Varsity Sports: 20 U. President: France Córdova Director of Athletics: Morgan Burke Basketball Head Coach: Matt Painter Conference (Co-) Champions: Big Ten: 1911, '12, '21, '22, '26, '28, '30, '34, '35, '37, '40, '69, '79, '84, '87, '88, '94, '95, '96 Basketball Arena: Mackey Arena Current Capacity: 14,123 First Year of Basketball: 1896 |
The Purdue's basketball program is rich in tradition and history especially for their status of founder member of the Big Ten Conference and being the only program in the conference with winning records against every other school in the Big Ten.
The Boilermakers owns 19 Big Ten Conference Championship titles and one National Championship, won in 1932.
Purdue shares a rivalry with the Indiana Hoosiers in wich Indiana leads the series 107-83.
Since the coach Matt Painter assumed the leadership of the team in 2005, the team has improved, finishing the 2006-2007 season in the fourth place of the Big Ten with a 9-7 conference record.
During the previous season 2007-08, Purdue had a great season finishing with an overall record of 26-9 and getting into to the NCAA Tournament, loosing then in the round of 32 against Xavier 67-74.
Purdue 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 13-Nov | Cal State Northridge | W 89-64 |
| 20-Nov | vs. South Dakota State | W 74-63 |
| 22-Nov | vs. Saint Joseph's | W 85-60 |
| 23-Nov | vs. No. 11 Tennessee | W 73-72 |
| 28-Nov | Central Michigan | W 64-38 |
| 1-Dec | Wake Forest | W 69-58 |
| 5-Dec | Buffalo | W 101-65 |
| 9-Dec | Valparaiso | W 86-62 |
| 12-Dec | at Alabama | W 73-65 |
| 19-Dec | vs. Ball State | W 69-49 |
| 22-Dec | SIU-Edwardsville | W 90-63 |
| 29-Dec | at Iowa | W 67-56 |
| 1-Jan | No. 6 West Virginia | W 77-62 |
| 5-Jan | Minnesota | W 79-60 |
| 9-Jan | at No. 20 Wisconsin | L 73-66 |
| 12-Jan | Ohio State | L 70-66 |
| 16-Jan | at Northwestern | L 72-64 |
| 19-Jan | at Illinois | W 84-78 |
| 23-Jan | Michigan | W 69-59 |
| 28-Jan | No. 16 Wisconsin | W 60-57 |
| 31-Jan | Penn State | W 66-46 |
| 4-Feb | at Indiana | W 78-75 |
| 9-Feb | at No. 10 Michigan State | W 76-64 |
| 13-Feb | Iowa | 4:30 PM ET |
| 17-Feb | at No. 16 Ohio State | 6:30 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | Illinois | TBA |
| 24-Feb | at Minnesota | 8:30 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | No. 10 Michigan State | TBA |
| 3-Mar | Indiana | 6:30 PM ET |
| 6-Mar | at Penn State | TBA |
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