GAMEDAY INFO
Thursday, December 29, 2022
[1] Purdue (12-0) vs. Florida A&M (2-8)
West Lafayette, Indiana | Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: BTN | RADIO: Purdue Sports Network
ANNOUNCERS: Connor Onion, Rapheal Davis
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Purdue closes out its non-conference slate and ends the 2022 calendar year with a Thursday tipoff against Florida A&M. It will mark the first meeting between the two teams. Purdue is looking for its second straight undefeated, non-conference regular season.
• A win will give Purdue a 13-0 start for just the third time in program history (2009-10, 1993-94). A victory will also give the Boilermakers 13 wins before New Year's Day for only the fourth time ever, but first as an undefeated team (2017-18, 2015-16, 2010-11 -- all with 13-1 records).
• Purdue is one of the last three unbeaten teams in the country (UConn, New Mexico).
• The Boilermakers are 41-8 (.837) since the start of last season, the fifth-most wins in the country in that span (including 22-1 at home).
• Purdue is looking to extend its non-conference, regular-season winning streak to 24 games, dating to a Dec. 8, 2020, loss at Miami, Fla.
• Before New Year's Day over the last two seasons, Purdue owns a 24-1 record (lone loss at Rutgers).
• For the second straight year, Purdue has been voted No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll. A year ago, Purdue was voted No. 1 on Dec. 6, for the first time in school history. Purdue becomes the first Big Ten program since Indiana (1974-75, 1975-76) to be ranked No. 1 in consecutive seasons.
• Purdue can claim America's best resume, owning a nation's-best four top-50 KenPom wins, all of them against teams ranked in the top 30. Three of the wins (Marquette was at home) have come away from Mackey Arena.
• Appearing at No. 1 in this week's AP Top 25, Purdue has been ranked in the top 5 in consecutive years for the first time since the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons. The Boilermakers have spent 17 of the past 27 AP polls ranked in the top 5. Only Gonzaga (22) has spent more time in the top 5 than Purdue since the start of last season. Purdue's 24 appearances in the top 10 during that span are second behind Kansas (27).
• One year after ranking second in the country in rebound margin, Purdue leads the country in rebound margin (+12.2) this season. The Boilermakers are outscoring their opponents 158 to 74 in second-chance points (13.2 to 6.2 points per game).
• Purdue has made 211 free throws this season, while opponents have shot just 127. Purdue has made 122 more free throws (211 to 89) than its foes this season, the second-highest discrepancy in the country (North Carolina +123, Purdue +122, Iowa +109, New Mexico +107).
• Purdue has held 24 straight opponents to 75 or fewer points, the third-longest streak in the country (North Texas 44, Houston 28).
• Purdue has won 33 straight regular-season games when it faced an unranked opponent at home or on a neutral game.
• Purdue is currently the fifth-youngest team among power-conference teams in terms of D-I experience (1.36) according to KenPom.com.
• Purdue's freshman class scored 42 points in the win over New Orleans, and is now averaging 29.6 points per game, accounting for 38.5 percent of its scoring. As a note, the 2020-21 freshman class (Ivey, Edey, etc...) averaged 31.6 points per game (44.5 percent of scoring).
• Zach Edey ranks No. 1 in the KenPom POY ratings by a significant margin and has been the game MVP in all 11 Purdue contests that he has played in (missed last game with the flu). It tied for the longest game MVP streak ever with Ohio State's Keita Bates-Diop in 2017-18 (11 games). Including this season with Edey, Purdue has had a top-10 KenPom player in five of the last seven seasons. Edey ranks 5th in the country in scoring, 1st in rebounding, 21st in field goal percentage and 23rd in blocked shots.
• Perhaps our favorite Zach Edey stat: Through 11 games this year, he has more blocked shots (24) than personal fouls (20). He has also played 30 minutes nine times this season after not doing it once in his first two seasons. Edey is averaging just 2.3 fouls / 40 minutes.
• Edey became the first Big Ten player since Ethan Happ (Nov. 2018) to be named Big Ten Player of the Week in three consecutive weeks. His three Big Ten Player of the Week awards (in only seven weeks) are tied for the third most in a season in Purdue history.
• Matt Painter needs four overall victories to become the fifth coach in Big Ten history with 400 victories while at a conference school (Bob Knight, Tom Izzo, Gene Keady, Lou Henson). He needs four victories to become the seventh coach with 200 Big Ten Conference victories.
Thursday, December 29, 2022
[1] Purdue (12-0) vs. Florida A&M (2-8)
West Lafayette, Indiana | Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: BTN | RADIO: Purdue Sports Network
ANNOUNCERS: Connor Onion, Rapheal Davis
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Purdue closes out its non-conference slate and ends the 2022 calendar year with a Thursday tipoff against Florida A&M. It will mark the first meeting between the two teams. Purdue is looking for its second straight undefeated, non-conference regular season.
• A win will give Purdue a 13-0 start for just the third time in program history (2009-10, 1993-94). A victory will also give the Boilermakers 13 wins before New Year's Day for only the fourth time ever, but first as an undefeated team (2017-18, 2015-16, 2010-11 -- all with 13-1 records).
• Purdue is one of the last three unbeaten teams in the country (UConn, New Mexico).
• The Boilermakers are 41-8 (.837) since the start of last season, the fifth-most wins in the country in that span (including 22-1 at home).
• Purdue is looking to extend its non-conference, regular-season winning streak to 24 games, dating to a Dec. 8, 2020, loss at Miami, Fla.
• Before New Year's Day over the last two seasons, Purdue owns a 24-1 record (lone loss at Rutgers).
• For the second straight year, Purdue has been voted No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll. A year ago, Purdue was voted No. 1 on Dec. 6, for the first time in school history. Purdue becomes the first Big Ten program since Indiana (1974-75, 1975-76) to be ranked No. 1 in consecutive seasons.
• Purdue can claim America's best resume, owning a nation's-best four top-50 KenPom wins, all of them against teams ranked in the top 30. Three of the wins (Marquette was at home) have come away from Mackey Arena.
• Appearing at No. 1 in this week's AP Top 25, Purdue has been ranked in the top 5 in consecutive years for the first time since the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons. The Boilermakers have spent 17 of the past 27 AP polls ranked in the top 5. Only Gonzaga (22) has spent more time in the top 5 than Purdue since the start of last season. Purdue's 24 appearances in the top 10 during that span are second behind Kansas (27).
• One year after ranking second in the country in rebound margin, Purdue leads the country in rebound margin (+12.2) this season. The Boilermakers are outscoring their opponents 158 to 74 in second-chance points (13.2 to 6.2 points per game).
• Purdue has made 211 free throws this season, while opponents have shot just 127. Purdue has made 122 more free throws (211 to 89) than its foes this season, the second-highest discrepancy in the country (North Carolina +123, Purdue +122, Iowa +109, New Mexico +107).
• Purdue has held 24 straight opponents to 75 or fewer points, the third-longest streak in the country (North Texas 44, Houston 28).
• Purdue has won 33 straight regular-season games when it faced an unranked opponent at home or on a neutral game.
• Purdue is currently the fifth-youngest team among power-conference teams in terms of D-I experience (1.36) according to KenPom.com.
• Purdue's freshman class scored 42 points in the win over New Orleans, and is now averaging 29.6 points per game, accounting for 38.5 percent of its scoring. As a note, the 2020-21 freshman class (Ivey, Edey, etc...) averaged 31.6 points per game (44.5 percent of scoring).
• Zach Edey ranks No. 1 in the KenPom POY ratings by a significant margin and has been the game MVP in all 11 Purdue contests that he has played in (missed last game with the flu). It tied for the longest game MVP streak ever with Ohio State's Keita Bates-Diop in 2017-18 (11 games). Including this season with Edey, Purdue has had a top-10 KenPom player in five of the last seven seasons. Edey ranks 5th in the country in scoring, 1st in rebounding, 21st in field goal percentage and 23rd in blocked shots.
• Perhaps our favorite Zach Edey stat: Through 11 games this year, he has more blocked shots (24) than personal fouls (20). He has also played 30 minutes nine times this season after not doing it once in his first two seasons. Edey is averaging just 2.3 fouls / 40 minutes.
• Edey became the first Big Ten player since Ethan Happ (Nov. 2018) to be named Big Ten Player of the Week in three consecutive weeks. His three Big Ten Player of the Week awards (in only seven weeks) are tied for the third most in a season in Purdue history.
• Matt Painter needs four overall victories to become the fifth coach in Big Ten history with 400 victories while at a conference school (Bob Knight, Tom Izzo, Gene Keady, Lou Henson). He needs four victories to become the seventh coach with 200 Big Ten Conference victories.