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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 23-ranked Purdue men's basketball team wraps up its brief season-opening homestand Saturday as Texas visits Mackey Arena for the first time. Tip will be at 7:05 p.m. ET, and will be televised by FS1 and available on the FOX Sports App. Brian Anderson and the legendary Bill Raftery will handle 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 6 p.m. ET. Live stats will be provided on PurdueStats.com, and Twitter updates available at @BoilerBall.
THE MAIN TALKING POINTS
1) Texas is the first Big 12 team to play at Mackey Arena since Dec. 2004. Coach Painter has never faced a Big 12 team at Mackey Arena.
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) Purdue has held 28 of its last 33 opponents at home to under 70 points. The teams to reach 70 are SIU Edwardsville (75; Nov. 10, 2017), Michigan (88; Jan. 25, 2018), Penn State (73; Feb. 18, 2018), Ball State (75; Nov. 10, 2018) and Iowa (70; Jan. 3, 2019).
4) Jahaad Proctor's 26 points were the most for a player making his Purdue debut since Glenn Robinson had 30 points on Nov. 28, 1992 (UConn).
5) Matt Haarms' seven blocked shots vs. Green Bay were the fifth most in a game in school history (more later in packet).
6) Purdue's 45 wins by 20 or more points since the start of the 2015-16 season are the third most nationally (Gonzaga - 70; Villanova - 47).
7) 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.
8) Purdue is 56-2 (.966) over its last 58 games with the Paint Crew in attendance (79-76 vs. Villanova in 2016; 64-63 to Ohio State in 2018).
9) Purdue will enter Saturday's game with an 18-game homecourt winning streak, the fifth-longest streak in America. The Boilermakers own a nation's-best 64-4 (.941) home record over the last four years and since the start of 2017-18 are a combined 32-1 (.970) at Mackey Arena (loss to Ohio State).
10) Purdue's 20-game non-conference home court winning streak is the fourth longest in school history. Purdue's last loss to a non-conference foe came against defending National Champion and No. 3-ranked Villanova on Nov. 13, 2016 (79-76).
THE SERIES
• Purdue and Texas have met just four times, but all four games have been very competitive, decided by 10 points or less.
• Satrurday's game is a return trip from last year's meeting in Austin, won by Texas 72-68, despite 40 points by Texas native Carsen Edwards.
• The Boilermakers have a history with Shaka Smart, as his VCU team defeated Purdue in the second round of the NCAA Tournament 94-76 en route to its Final Four appearance in 2011.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 23-ranked Purdue men's basketball team wraps up its brief season-opening homestand Saturday as Texas visits Mackey Arena for the first time. Tip will be at 7:05 p.m. ET, and will be televised by FS1 and available on the FOX Sports App. Brian Anderson and the legendary Bill Raftery will handle 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 6 p.m. ET. Live stats will be provided on PurdueStats.com, and Twitter updates available at @BoilerBall.
THE MAIN TALKING POINTS
1) Texas is the first Big 12 team to play at Mackey Arena since Dec. 2004. Coach Painter has never faced a Big 12 team at Mackey Arena.
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) Purdue has held 28 of its last 33 opponents at home to under 70 points. The teams to reach 70 are SIU Edwardsville (75; Nov. 10, 2017), Michigan (88; Jan. 25, 2018), Penn State (73; Feb. 18, 2018), Ball State (75; Nov. 10, 2018) and Iowa (70; Jan. 3, 2019).
4) Jahaad Proctor's 26 points were the most for a player making his Purdue debut since Glenn Robinson had 30 points on Nov. 28, 1992 (UConn).
5) Matt Haarms' seven blocked shots vs. Green Bay were the fifth most in a game in school history (more later in packet).
6) Purdue's 45 wins by 20 or more points since the start of the 2015-16 season are the third most nationally (Gonzaga - 70; Villanova - 47).
7) 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.
8) Purdue is 56-2 (.966) over its last 58 games with the Paint Crew in attendance (79-76 vs. Villanova in 2016; 64-63 to Ohio State in 2018).
9) Purdue will enter Saturday's game with an 18-game homecourt winning streak, the fifth-longest streak in America. The Boilermakers own a nation's-best 64-4 (.941) home record over the last four years and since the start of 2017-18 are a combined 32-1 (.970) at Mackey Arena (loss to Ohio State).
10) Purdue's 20-game non-conference home court winning streak is the fourth longest in school history. Purdue's last loss to a non-conference foe came against defending National Champion and No. 3-ranked Villanova on Nov. 13, 2016 (79-76).
THE SERIES
• Purdue and Texas have met just four times, but all four games have been very competitive, decided by 10 points or less.
• Satrurday's game is a return trip from last year's meeting in Austin, won by Texas 72-68, despite 40 points by Texas native Carsen Edwards.
• The Boilermakers have a history with Shaka Smart, as his VCU team defeated Purdue in the second round of the NCAA Tournament 94-76 en route to its Final Four appearance in 2011.