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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 23-ranked Purdue men's basketball team tunes up for its 2019-20 season for the final time as Southern Indiana visits Mackey Arena for the Boilermakers' lone exhibition game of the season. Tip will be at 8:05 p.m. ET, from sold-out Mackey Arena and will be streamed online on BTNPlus.com and on the FOX Sports App, with Mike Folta and Meghan McKeown on the call courtside.
On the radio dial, the game will be broadcast on the Purdue Radio Network and online at TuneIn.com, with Larry Clisby, Rob Blackman and Ralph Taylor handling the duties, beginning with the Purdue Basketball Pregame Show at 7 p.m. ET. Live stats will be provided on PurdueStats.com, and Twitter updates available at @BoilerBall.
THE MAIN TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue starts the season in search of its 25th Big Ten title in school history. The Boilermakers have won two of the last three Big Ten championships.
2) The Boilermakers return two starters (Matt Haarms and Nojel Eastern) from last year's team that posted a 26-10 record and reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2000.
3) USI head coach Rodney Watson was an assistant coach under Purdue head coach Matt Painter during the 2003-04 season at Southern Illinois.
4) Purdue returns just 84 made 3-pointers from last year, losing the only two players (Carsen Edwards, Ryan Cline) to make more than 100 3-pointers in a season.
5) In five previous seasons that Purdue has returned fewer than 75 starts from the previous year under head coach Matt Painter, the Boilermakers have advanced to four NCAA Tournaments, reaching March Madness in 2007, 2008, 2015 and 2019. The lone year Purdue missed the tournament came in 2013.
6) With its No. 23 preseason national ranking, Purdue has been ranked in five straight AP preseason Top 25 polls, the longest streak in school history.
7) Purdue owns a 25-0 record in exhibition games under Painter. In years that Purdue won its exhibition game opener by at least 19 points, the Boilermakers reached the NCAA Tournament.
8) Purdue will enter the season with a 17-game homecourt winning streak, the sixth-longest streak in America. The Boilermakers own a nation's-best 63-4 (.940) home record over the last four years and over the last two years are a combined 31-1 (.969) at Mackey Arena (loss to Ohio State).
EXHIBITION NOTES
• The Boilermakers own a 65-7 (.903) record all-time against exhibition foes having won 30 straight games.
• Since 1991-92, Purdue is 51-3 (.944) in exhibition games and 28-0 all-time against collegiate teams in exhibition games.
• Under Matt Painter, Purdue is 25-0 in exhibition games, winning by an average of 25.6 points per game (641 points in 25 games).
• In years that Purdue won its exhibition opener by at least 19 points under Painter, the Boilermakers advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 23-ranked Purdue men's basketball team tunes up for its 2019-20 season for the final time as Southern Indiana visits Mackey Arena for the Boilermakers' lone exhibition game of the season. Tip will be at 8:05 p.m. ET, from sold-out Mackey Arena and will be streamed online on BTNPlus.com and on the FOX Sports App, with Mike Folta and Meghan McKeown on the call courtside.
On the radio dial, the game will be broadcast on the Purdue Radio Network and online at TuneIn.com, with Larry Clisby, Rob Blackman and Ralph Taylor handling the duties, beginning with the Purdue Basketball Pregame Show at 7 p.m. ET. Live stats will be provided on PurdueStats.com, and Twitter updates available at @BoilerBall.
THE MAIN TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue starts the season in search of its 25th Big Ten title in school history. The Boilermakers have won two of the last three Big Ten championships.
2) The Boilermakers return two starters (Matt Haarms and Nojel Eastern) from last year's team that posted a 26-10 record and reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2000.
3) USI head coach Rodney Watson was an assistant coach under Purdue head coach Matt Painter during the 2003-04 season at Southern Illinois.
4) Purdue returns just 84 made 3-pointers from last year, losing the only two players (Carsen Edwards, Ryan Cline) to make more than 100 3-pointers in a season.
5) In five previous seasons that Purdue has returned fewer than 75 starts from the previous year under head coach Matt Painter, the Boilermakers have advanced to four NCAA Tournaments, reaching March Madness in 2007, 2008, 2015 and 2019. The lone year Purdue missed the tournament came in 2013.
6) With its No. 23 preseason national ranking, Purdue has been ranked in five straight AP preseason Top 25 polls, the longest streak in school history.
7) Purdue owns a 25-0 record in exhibition games under Painter. In years that Purdue won its exhibition game opener by at least 19 points, the Boilermakers reached the NCAA Tournament.
8) Purdue will enter the season with a 17-game homecourt winning streak, the sixth-longest streak in America. The Boilermakers own a nation's-best 63-4 (.940) home record over the last four years and over the last two years are a combined 31-1 (.969) at Mackey Arena (loss to Ohio State).
EXHIBITION NOTES
• The Boilermakers own a 65-7 (.903) record all-time against exhibition foes having won 30 straight games.
• Since 1991-92, Purdue is 51-3 (.944) in exhibition games and 28-0 all-time against collegiate teams in exhibition games.
• Under Matt Painter, Purdue is 25-0 in exhibition games, winning by an average of 25.6 points per game (641 points in 25 games).
• In years that Purdue won its exhibition opener by at least 19 points under Painter, the Boilermakers advanced to the NCAA Tournament.