WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the eighth time under head coach Dave Shondell, the Purdue Boilermakers will begin its NCAA journey hosting the First and Second Rounds inside Holloway Gymnasium. The team was selected as four-seed in the lower-left quadrant and will face Western Michigan on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+ in the First Round.
Tickets will go on sale for the general public and students tomorrow (Monday, December 2) at 10 a.m. ET.
The Boilermakers will host Western Michigan, Loyola Chicago and No. 5 seed BYU on Thursday, December 5 in the first round. Then on Friday, the winner of No. 5 BYU and Loyola Chicago will face the winner of No. 4 Purdue and Western Michigan. NCAA Regionals will take place Thursday, Dec. 12 through Sunday, December 15. The final four will be hosted by Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center, with semifinals on Thursday, Dec. 19 on ESPN and the national championship on Sunday, December 22 on ABC.
The Boilermakers solidified their hosting in the final two weeks of play, picking up key wins with a sweep vs. #21 USC, a reverse sweep at #13 Oregon and a sweep at Washington, a team receiving votes in the final poll. It is the fourth time in the last six seasons the team has hosted the first and second rounds.
With a prominent history in the NCAA tournament, Purdue earned its bid for the 10th consecutive year, the 19th time in Shondell's 22 seasons at Purdue and 36th overall program appearance.
Purdue finished fourth in the Big Ten standings behind a 25-6, 16-4 Big Ten record. Not only did the team finish with the second-most wins since the 1980's, their 16 Big Ten wins tie as the second-most wins in program history. Throughout the year, the Boilermakers racked up 16 sweeps, the most since 2017, and recorded a 9-1 record in the month of November.
Tickets will go on sale for the general public and students tomorrow (Monday, December 2) at 10 a.m. ET.
The Boilermakers will host Western Michigan, Loyola Chicago and No. 5 seed BYU on Thursday, December 5 in the first round. Then on Friday, the winner of No. 5 BYU and Loyola Chicago will face the winner of No. 4 Purdue and Western Michigan. NCAA Regionals will take place Thursday, Dec. 12 through Sunday, December 15. The final four will be hosted by Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center, with semifinals on Thursday, Dec. 19 on ESPN and the national championship on Sunday, December 22 on ABC.
The Boilermakers solidified their hosting in the final two weeks of play, picking up key wins with a sweep vs. #21 USC, a reverse sweep at #13 Oregon and a sweep at Washington, a team receiving votes in the final poll. It is the fourth time in the last six seasons the team has hosted the first and second rounds.
With a prominent history in the NCAA tournament, Purdue earned its bid for the 10th consecutive year, the 19th time in Shondell's 22 seasons at Purdue and 36th overall program appearance.
Purdue finished fourth in the Big Ten standings behind a 25-6, 16-4 Big Ten record. Not only did the team finish with the second-most wins since the 1980's, their 16 Big Ten wins tie as the second-most wins in program history. Throughout the year, the Boilermakers racked up 16 sweeps, the most since 2017, and recorded a 9-1 record in the month of November.