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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's basketball team continues its grueling start on the road, traveling to the Kohl Center to face a Wisconsin squad that ranks No. 19 in the NCAA's NET rankings. Tip is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT from the Kohl Center. The contest will be televised on FSI with Brian Anderson and Len Elmore calling the action courtside, while on the radio waves, the contest will be available on the Purdue Radio Network and TuneIn.com with Larry Clisby and Rob Blackman on the call, beginning with the Purdue Basketball pregame show at 8 p.m.
Live stats will be provided on PurdueSports.com, and Twitter updates will be available on Purdue's official account (@BoilerBall).
THE TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue is looking for its first road win of the season, with the four road losses to No. 15 Florida State, No. 3 Michigan, Texas and No. 6 Michigan State.
2) Purdue has played the fourth-most difficult schedule in America, according to KenPom. Wisconsin will be the eighth top-40 foe of the season.
3) Purdue is looking to start 3-2 in Big Ten play for the ninth straight year. Coincidentally, the last time Purdue started 2-3 in the Big Ten came during the 2009-10 season, in which Purdue finished 29-6 and won a Big Ten regular-season championship.
4) Purdue and Marquette have both won four games in the Kohl Center since 2005-06 (the Matt Painter era), the most for a visiting team.
5) Purdue continues to excel on the offensive end, ranking seventh nationally in offensive efficiency. Purdue, Duke and North Carolina are the only three teams to rank in the top 10 in offensive efficiency in 2017-18 and 2018-19. Purdue finished last year second behind Villanova.
6) Under Matt Painter, Purdue has been one of the best offensive teams in America. The Boilermakers have ranked in the nation's top 25 in offensive efficiency in six of the last nine seasons (lone years not in top 25: 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13).
7) Purdue is averaging just 9.4 turnovers per game over the last eight games. In the first seven games, Purdue averaged 13.1 turnovers per game. Over the last eight games, Purdue boasts a 1.49 assist / turnover ratio (112 / 75).
8) A statistical oddity: Purdue is 1-4 this year when recording single-digit turnovers, but is 8-2 when having at least 10 turnovers.
9) Carsen Edwards ranks sixth nationally in scoring (24.5 PPG). Since the 1992-93 season, just two other Big Ten players (Purdue's Glenn Robinson 2x, Michigan State's Shawn Respert 2x) have averaged at least 24.0 points per game in a season.
10) Trevion Williams recorded a double-double vs. Michigan (13 pts, 12 rebs) -- the first double-double for a Purdue freshman since Caleb Swanigan against Illinois on March 11, 2016. The great thing about it -- Williams wears No. 50 to model his game after Swanigan.
SERIES HISTORY
• Purdue and Wisconsin will meet for the 180th time Friday night with the Boilermakers owning a 108-71 advantage.
• Purdue's 108 wins are the third most for the Boilermakers against a single opponent (Northwestern - 128; Indiana - 118).
• Purdue is looking for its fifth win in a six-game stretch against the Badgers for the first time since the first six games of the Matt Painter era (Feb. 4, 2006 to Jan. 27, 2009).
• Purdue has never scored 75 points in the Kohl Center and hasn't scored 75 in Madison since Feb. 7, 1996 (17 games).
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's basketball team continues its grueling start on the road, traveling to the Kohl Center to face a Wisconsin squad that ranks No. 19 in the NCAA's NET rankings. Tip is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT from the Kohl Center. The contest will be televised on FSI with Brian Anderson and Len Elmore calling the action courtside, while on the radio waves, the contest will be available on the Purdue Radio Network and TuneIn.com with Larry Clisby and Rob Blackman on the call, beginning with the Purdue Basketball pregame show at 8 p.m.
Live stats will be provided on PurdueSports.com, and Twitter updates will be available on Purdue's official account (@BoilerBall).
THE TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue is looking for its first road win of the season, with the four road losses to No. 15 Florida State, No. 3 Michigan, Texas and No. 6 Michigan State.
2) Purdue has played the fourth-most difficult schedule in America, according to KenPom. Wisconsin will be the eighth top-40 foe of the season.
3) Purdue is looking to start 3-2 in Big Ten play for the ninth straight year. Coincidentally, the last time Purdue started 2-3 in the Big Ten came during the 2009-10 season, in which Purdue finished 29-6 and won a Big Ten regular-season championship.
4) Purdue and Marquette have both won four games in the Kohl Center since 2005-06 (the Matt Painter era), the most for a visiting team.
5) Purdue continues to excel on the offensive end, ranking seventh nationally in offensive efficiency. Purdue, Duke and North Carolina are the only three teams to rank in the top 10 in offensive efficiency in 2017-18 and 2018-19. Purdue finished last year second behind Villanova.
6) Under Matt Painter, Purdue has been one of the best offensive teams in America. The Boilermakers have ranked in the nation's top 25 in offensive efficiency in six of the last nine seasons (lone years not in top 25: 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13).
7) Purdue is averaging just 9.4 turnovers per game over the last eight games. In the first seven games, Purdue averaged 13.1 turnovers per game. Over the last eight games, Purdue boasts a 1.49 assist / turnover ratio (112 / 75).
8) A statistical oddity: Purdue is 1-4 this year when recording single-digit turnovers, but is 8-2 when having at least 10 turnovers.
9) Carsen Edwards ranks sixth nationally in scoring (24.5 PPG). Since the 1992-93 season, just two other Big Ten players (Purdue's Glenn Robinson 2x, Michigan State's Shawn Respert 2x) have averaged at least 24.0 points per game in a season.
10) Trevion Williams recorded a double-double vs. Michigan (13 pts, 12 rebs) -- the first double-double for a Purdue freshman since Caleb Swanigan against Illinois on March 11, 2016. The great thing about it -- Williams wears No. 50 to model his game after Swanigan.
SERIES HISTORY
• Purdue and Wisconsin will meet for the 180th time Friday night with the Boilermakers owning a 108-71 advantage.
• Purdue's 108 wins are the third most for the Boilermakers against a single opponent (Northwestern - 128; Indiana - 118).
• Purdue is looking for its fifth win in a six-game stretch against the Badgers for the first time since the first six games of the Matt Painter era (Feb. 4, 2006 to Jan. 27, 2009).
• Purdue has never scored 75 points in the Kohl Center and hasn't scored 75 in Madison since Feb. 7, 1996 (17 games).