GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 31
[3] Purdue (27-3, 16-3) vs. Wisconsin (19-11, 11-8)
Sunday, March 10, 2024
12:30 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: FOX (Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• The No. 3-ranked Purdue Boilermakers return to Mackey Arena for the final time during the 2023-24 season, when Wisconsin visits for the regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon, tipping off at 12:30 p.m. ET, on FOX. The Boilermakers are looking for their first season sweep of the Badgers since the 2015-16 season and their first win over Wisconsin in Mackey Arena since the "crowd-less" 2020-21 season.
• The contest will be the final home game for Purdue's six seniors (Carson Barrett, Zach Edey, Mason Gillis, Lance Jones, Chase Martin, Ethan Morton). During its four years, the class owns a 103-27 (.792) overall record, a 58-20 (.744) record in Big Ten play and a 56-4 (.933) mark in Mackey Arena. The group won back-to-back outright Big Ten titles (2023, 2024) and are positioned to earn another No. 1 NCAA seed.
• Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the senior class has won 58 Big Ten regular-season games, and a win over Wisconsin will give the group 59 conference wins, tying the Big Ten record for most league wins by a single class.
• Purdue enters the weekend as one of five teams nationally with at least 27 wins, while also being one of six teams with three losses. Among major-conference teams, Purdue, Houston, Connecticut (all with 3) are the only high-major programs with fewer than six losses.
• Purdue has won at least 27 games in three straight years for the first time in school history. A win over Wisconsin on Sunday will give Purdue 28 regular-season victories for the first time in school history. The school record for wins in a season is 30 (2017-18).
• Purdue owns a 14-4 record under Matt Painter on Senior Day, including an 8-1 record in the last nine Senior Day games.
• The win over Illinois on Tuesday improved Purdue's winning streak to nine games against teams ranked in the Associated Press top 12 at the time of the game. The winning streak is the fourth-longest nationally over the last 50 years and ninth-longest in NCAA history. Eight of the wins have come away from Mackey Arena, by far the most in the country in that span (UConn - 4).
• Purdue's schedule ranks as the third-most difficult in the country and its non-conference foes won the Southern Conference by three games (Samford), the Ohio Valley (Morehead State), the Atlantic Sun (Eastern Kentucky) the SEC (Tennessee) and PAC-12 (Arizona). Marquette (Big East) and Gonzaga (WCC) are in second place in their respective conferences. Purdue has beaten three teams (Tennessee, Arizona, Marquette) that are projected to be top-two seeds in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
• Purdue has beaten teams ranked 4th (Arizona), 5th (Tennessee), 7th (Alabama), 14th (Marquette), 16th twice (Illinois), 17th (Gonzaga), 22nd (Wisconsin) and 23rd (Michigan State) in the NCAA NET rankings. The Boilermakers are 9-0 against the NCAA NET top 25.
• Purdue ranks in the NCAA's top 20 in 3-point percentage (1st), off. efficiency (2nd), rebound margin (2nd), wins (3rd), assists per game (5th), scoring margin (10th), scoring offense (11th), field goal percentage (14th), fewest fouls per game (16th) and assist / turnover ratio (16th).
• Purdue leads the country in quad-1 wins (11) and quad-1 and 2 wins combined (17). Connecticut also has 17 quad-1 and 2 wins combined.
• Since the start of last season, Purdue is 56-9, the fourth-most wins nationally, while the nine losses are the second fewest behind Houston (7). The nine losses during that span have come by 1, 5, 6, 14, 8, 5, 4 (OT), 16 and 4 points. Forty-two of the 56 wins have come against teams ranked in the KenPom top-100, including 29 against teams ranked in the top-50.
• Purdue was voted No. 3 in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday. With its No. 3 ranking this week, Purdue has now been ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll for 34 straight weeks, the longest-active streak in America by 17 weeks (UConn - 17). It has been ranked in the top 3 in 28 of those weeks. The 34 weeks of being ranked in the top 5 is the third longest in confererence history (41 -- Ohio State, 1960-63; 38 -- Indiana, 1975-77).
• Zach Edey needs 66 points to become the school's leader in career points (record: 2,323) and career rebounds (already owns it -- 1,197).
• Edey needs three rebounds to become the first player in Big Ten history with 2,200 career points and 1,200 career rebounds.
• A win over Wisconsin will give Purdue its 17th Big Ten win of the season, setting a new school record for Big Ten wins.
• A win over the Badgers will give Purdue its fourth unbeaten season in Mackey Arena history (1968-69, 2010-11, 2018-19).
• A win on Sunday would give Purdue a 10-0 Big Ten record in Mackey Arena, tying Nebraska for the best home conference record. Purdue has had the Big Ten's best home record in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and possibly 2024. In the last four years, Purdue is 34-4 at home against Big Ten opponents.
• A win over Wisconsin will give the senior class 59 wins in Big Ten play, which would tie a Big Ten record (59 by Indiana; 1978, 1979).
• Purdue has finished in the top three of the Big Ten standings in eight of the last 10 years.
• Purdue is one of five teams (Auburn, UConn, Houston, San Diego State) without a loss outside Quad-1.
• Purdue has a nation's-best 21 victories over the NET top 100, including nine over the top 23.
• Purdue owns nine straight wins over teams ranked in the AP Top 15. Florida Atlantic is next in line with three straight victories.
• Purdue is on pace to set school records in rebound margin (+11.1) and assist / turnover ratio (1.61). Purdue's scoring average of 84.4 points per game is its highest average since 1988 (84.6 PPG). Purdue's rebound margin is on pace to be the highest in the Big Ten since Michigan State in 2009 (+11.5).
• The Boilermakers are on pace to have the highest scoring average in league games since 1993 (Indiana -- 86.1). However, Illinois is also on pace to lead the league in scoring this season (84.7).
• Purdue's scoring margin in Big Ten games is +10.4 points per game, the highest margin since Michigan State in 2019 (+10.6).
• Purdue is averaging 84.4 points per game, an increase of 11.7 points per game from a year ago, the Boilermakers' highest increase in scoring average since the 1992-93 to 1993-94 season (+13.5).
• Purdue has started the same starting five in all 30 games, the longest stretch to start a year in school history. Purdue has never had a season where it started the same five all season.
• Purdue ranks second nationally behind Saint Mary's in rebound margin, one year after leading the country in rebound margin. The last team to lead the country in rebound margin in consecutive seasons was Quinnipiac (2013-14 and 2014-15).
• Purdue has trailed by six or more points in 10 games this year, posting an 8-2 record in those games, including wins in three straight games over Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois.
• Zach Edey will start his 100th career game on Sunday vs. Wisconsin. He is the 17th player in school history with 100 career starts, and owns an 83-16 record as a starter.
• A year ago, Purdue shot 32.2 percent from 3-point range, a number that ranked 281st nationally. This year, Purdue is at 40.9 percent, ranking second nationally. Purdue had one player (Braden Smith) shoot over 36.0 percent from deep a year ago. This year, Purdue has nine players over 35.0 percent.
• Zach Edey's 25.4 points per game in Big Ten play is the second-highest total in the Big Ten since the turn of the century (2020 - Luka Garza; 26.2).
• Zach Edey is averaging 10.77 free throw attempts per game. Based on a 38-game season, he would shoot 409 free throw attempts, which would be the most since Pete Maravich in 1970 (436).
THE SERIES WITH WISCONSIN
• Sunday's meeting in Mackey Arena marks the 188th meeting between the two schools with Purdue holding a 113-74 advantage. Purdue is looking for its first two-game sweep of Wisconsin since the 2015-16 season after topping the Badgers 75-69 in Madison.
• Purdue has won nine of the last 13 meetings with the Badgers, but Wisconsin has won three of the last six contests.
• The last six games have all been decided by six or fewer points and by a total of 24 points (4.0 points per game).
• Wisconsin is just 5-42 in Mackey Arena all-time, but won the last meeting here on Jan. 3, 2022, by a 74-69 advantage. Johnny Davis had 37 points for the Badgers, while sophomore Zach Edey had 24 points and 10 rebounds.
• During the Painter era when scoring at least 70 points against Wisconsin, Purdue is 9-1. When held under 70 points, Purdue is 8-11.
[3] Purdue (27-3, 16-3) vs. Wisconsin (19-11, 11-8)
Sunday, March 10, 2024
12:30 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: FOX (Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• The No. 3-ranked Purdue Boilermakers return to Mackey Arena for the final time during the 2023-24 season, when Wisconsin visits for the regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon, tipping off at 12:30 p.m. ET, on FOX. The Boilermakers are looking for their first season sweep of the Badgers since the 2015-16 season and their first win over Wisconsin in Mackey Arena since the "crowd-less" 2020-21 season.
• The contest will be the final home game for Purdue's six seniors (Carson Barrett, Zach Edey, Mason Gillis, Lance Jones, Chase Martin, Ethan Morton). During its four years, the class owns a 103-27 (.792) overall record, a 58-20 (.744) record in Big Ten play and a 56-4 (.933) mark in Mackey Arena. The group won back-to-back outright Big Ten titles (2023, 2024) and are positioned to earn another No. 1 NCAA seed.
• Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the senior class has won 58 Big Ten regular-season games, and a win over Wisconsin will give the group 59 conference wins, tying the Big Ten record for most league wins by a single class.
• Purdue enters the weekend as one of five teams nationally with at least 27 wins, while also being one of six teams with three losses. Among major-conference teams, Purdue, Houston, Connecticut (all with 3) are the only high-major programs with fewer than six losses.
• Purdue has won at least 27 games in three straight years for the first time in school history. A win over Wisconsin on Sunday will give Purdue 28 regular-season victories for the first time in school history. The school record for wins in a season is 30 (2017-18).
• Purdue owns a 14-4 record under Matt Painter on Senior Day, including an 8-1 record in the last nine Senior Day games.
• The win over Illinois on Tuesday improved Purdue's winning streak to nine games against teams ranked in the Associated Press top 12 at the time of the game. The winning streak is the fourth-longest nationally over the last 50 years and ninth-longest in NCAA history. Eight of the wins have come away from Mackey Arena, by far the most in the country in that span (UConn - 4).
• Purdue's schedule ranks as the third-most difficult in the country and its non-conference foes won the Southern Conference by three games (Samford), the Ohio Valley (Morehead State), the Atlantic Sun (Eastern Kentucky) the SEC (Tennessee) and PAC-12 (Arizona). Marquette (Big East) and Gonzaga (WCC) are in second place in their respective conferences. Purdue has beaten three teams (Tennessee, Arizona, Marquette) that are projected to be top-two seeds in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
• Purdue has beaten teams ranked 4th (Arizona), 5th (Tennessee), 7th (Alabama), 14th (Marquette), 16th twice (Illinois), 17th (Gonzaga), 22nd (Wisconsin) and 23rd (Michigan State) in the NCAA NET rankings. The Boilermakers are 9-0 against the NCAA NET top 25.
• Purdue ranks in the NCAA's top 20 in 3-point percentage (1st), off. efficiency (2nd), rebound margin (2nd), wins (3rd), assists per game (5th), scoring margin (10th), scoring offense (11th), field goal percentage (14th), fewest fouls per game (16th) and assist / turnover ratio (16th).
• Purdue leads the country in quad-1 wins (11) and quad-1 and 2 wins combined (17). Connecticut also has 17 quad-1 and 2 wins combined.
• Since the start of last season, Purdue is 56-9, the fourth-most wins nationally, while the nine losses are the second fewest behind Houston (7). The nine losses during that span have come by 1, 5, 6, 14, 8, 5, 4 (OT), 16 and 4 points. Forty-two of the 56 wins have come against teams ranked in the KenPom top-100, including 29 against teams ranked in the top-50.
• Purdue was voted No. 3 in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday. With its No. 3 ranking this week, Purdue has now been ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll for 34 straight weeks, the longest-active streak in America by 17 weeks (UConn - 17). It has been ranked in the top 3 in 28 of those weeks. The 34 weeks of being ranked in the top 5 is the third longest in confererence history (41 -- Ohio State, 1960-63; 38 -- Indiana, 1975-77).
• Zach Edey needs 66 points to become the school's leader in career points (record: 2,323) and career rebounds (already owns it -- 1,197).
• Edey needs three rebounds to become the first player in Big Ten history with 2,200 career points and 1,200 career rebounds.
• A win over Wisconsin will give Purdue its 17th Big Ten win of the season, setting a new school record for Big Ten wins.
• A win over the Badgers will give Purdue its fourth unbeaten season in Mackey Arena history (1968-69, 2010-11, 2018-19).
• A win on Sunday would give Purdue a 10-0 Big Ten record in Mackey Arena, tying Nebraska for the best home conference record. Purdue has had the Big Ten's best home record in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and possibly 2024. In the last four years, Purdue is 34-4 at home against Big Ten opponents.
• A win over Wisconsin will give the senior class 59 wins in Big Ten play, which would tie a Big Ten record (59 by Indiana; 1978, 1979).
• Purdue has finished in the top three of the Big Ten standings in eight of the last 10 years.
• Purdue is one of five teams (Auburn, UConn, Houston, San Diego State) without a loss outside Quad-1.
• Purdue has a nation's-best 21 victories over the NET top 100, including nine over the top 23.
• Purdue owns nine straight wins over teams ranked in the AP Top 15. Florida Atlantic is next in line with three straight victories.
• Purdue is on pace to set school records in rebound margin (+11.1) and assist / turnover ratio (1.61). Purdue's scoring average of 84.4 points per game is its highest average since 1988 (84.6 PPG). Purdue's rebound margin is on pace to be the highest in the Big Ten since Michigan State in 2009 (+11.5).
• The Boilermakers are on pace to have the highest scoring average in league games since 1993 (Indiana -- 86.1). However, Illinois is also on pace to lead the league in scoring this season (84.7).
• Purdue's scoring margin in Big Ten games is +10.4 points per game, the highest margin since Michigan State in 2019 (+10.6).
• Purdue is averaging 84.4 points per game, an increase of 11.7 points per game from a year ago, the Boilermakers' highest increase in scoring average since the 1992-93 to 1993-94 season (+13.5).
• Purdue has started the same starting five in all 30 games, the longest stretch to start a year in school history. Purdue has never had a season where it started the same five all season.
• Purdue ranks second nationally behind Saint Mary's in rebound margin, one year after leading the country in rebound margin. The last team to lead the country in rebound margin in consecutive seasons was Quinnipiac (2013-14 and 2014-15).
• Purdue has trailed by six or more points in 10 games this year, posting an 8-2 record in those games, including wins in three straight games over Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois.
• Zach Edey will start his 100th career game on Sunday vs. Wisconsin. He is the 17th player in school history with 100 career starts, and owns an 83-16 record as a starter.
• A year ago, Purdue shot 32.2 percent from 3-point range, a number that ranked 281st nationally. This year, Purdue is at 40.9 percent, ranking second nationally. Purdue had one player (Braden Smith) shoot over 36.0 percent from deep a year ago. This year, Purdue has nine players over 35.0 percent.
• Zach Edey's 25.4 points per game in Big Ten play is the second-highest total in the Big Ten since the turn of the century (2020 - Luka Garza; 26.2).
• Zach Edey is averaging 10.77 free throw attempts per game. Based on a 38-game season, he would shoot 409 free throw attempts, which would be the most since Pete Maravich in 1970 (436).
THE SERIES WITH WISCONSIN
• Sunday's meeting in Mackey Arena marks the 188th meeting between the two schools with Purdue holding a 113-74 advantage. Purdue is looking for its first two-game sweep of Wisconsin since the 2015-16 season after topping the Badgers 75-69 in Madison.
• Purdue has won nine of the last 13 meetings with the Badgers, but Wisconsin has won three of the last six contests.
• The last six games have all been decided by six or fewer points and by a total of 24 points (4.0 points per game).
• Wisconsin is just 5-42 in Mackey Arena all-time, but won the last meeting here on Jan. 3, 2022, by a 74-69 advantage. Johnny Davis had 37 points for the Badgers, while sophomore Zach Edey had 24 points and 10 rebounds.
• During the Painter era when scoring at least 70 points against Wisconsin, Purdue is 9-1. When held under 70 points, Purdue is 8-11.