GAMEDAY INFO
Saturday, February 4, 2023
[1] Purdue (22-1, 11-1) vs. [21] Indiana (15-7, 6-5)
Bloomington, Indiana | Simon-Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
TELEVISION: ESPN | RADIO: Purdue Sports Network
ANNOUNCERS: Bob Wischusen, Dick Vitale, Kris Budden
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Purdue returns to the road on Saturday when it travels to Bloomington to face Indiana for the first meeting in a three-week span with the Hoosiers. The Boilermakers put their unbeaten road record (7-0) on the line against the surging Hoosiers, who have won five of their last six games. It will mark Purdue's fourth game against a top-25 team this year, all of them coming away from Mackey Arena (3-0 previously).
• Saturday's game marks the beginning of a tough stretch for the Boilermakers with three of their next four games on the road. Purdue hosts Iowa next Thursday, before facing Northwestern on Super Bowl Sunday and Maryland on Feb. 16.
• With Purdue ranked No. 1 this week in both the AP and coaches poll, the Boilermakers have now been ranked No. 1 in eight weeks in the last two years. Since the 2018-19 season, only Gonzaga (36), Baylor (11) and Kansas (10) have been ranked No. 1 in more weeks than Purdue. Prior to last season, Purdue had never been ranked No. 1 in school history.
• In addition with being a unanimous No. 1 this week, Purdue becomes the first power-conference program in the last 20 years to be voted unanimous No. 1 in back-to-back seasons. Purdue (2022, 2023), Gonzaga (2022, 2021), Kansas (2020, 2010) and Kentucky (2015, 2010) are the only teams to be voted unanimous No. 1 in two different seasons in the last 20 years.
• Purdue's 22-1 record is the program's best 23-game start in school history. A win over Indiana will give Purdue a 23-1 record through 24 games, just the third time since 2000 that a Big Ten team would start the season 22-1 (2011 Ohio State - 24-0; 2005 Illinois - 29-0).
• Purdue's seven-game road winning streak is tied for the nation's longest with Houston and UC Santa Barbara. Purdue is 11-0 away from Mackey Arena, easily the most wins away from home for a power-conference team (Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee - 8).
• Purdue can claim America's best resume, boasting a 9-1 quad-1 record, six of them against teams ranked in the NCAA Net's top 30 (Gonzaga, West Virginia, Marquette, Duke, Maryland). Seven of the wins (Marquette, Maryland) have come away from Mackey Arena.
• After being one of the final two teams in the country with zero losses (New Mexico was last), Purdue is now the only team nationally with just one loss (Purdue). Remarkably, just three teams nationally have two or fewer losses and Purdue is the only major program in that group. Just four power-conference teams have three or fewer losses (Purdue, Alabama, Arizona, Virginia).
• Purdue has MADE 340 free throws this season, while opponents have SHOT just 217. Purdue has made 184 more free throws (340 to 154) than its foes this season, the highest discrepancy in the nation (Purdue +191, North Carolina +174, Iowa +152, Providence +137, UAB +129).
• Purdue ranks fourth nationally in fewest fouls per game (13.3) and is first nationally in opponent free throw rate via KenPom (16.5). Coincidentally, Creighton is second nationally in free throw rate. The teams are 1 and 2 nationally in opponents taking long 2-point jumpers.
• Purdue has held 24 straight opponents to 70 points or less, tied for the longest streak in the country with Saint Mary's.
• Purdue is ranked No. 1 in this week's AP Top 25 rankings for the seventh week this season. Purdue is the sixth Big Ten team to voted No. 1 twice in the same season (Indiana - 2013, 1993; Michigan - 1977, 1965; Ohio State - 2011). Purdue is 9-2 all-time as the nation's No. 1-ranked team with both losses coming on buzzer-beaters by Rutgers.
• Zach Edey ranks No. 1 in the KenPom POY ratings by a significant margin and has been the game MVP in 16 of the 22 Purdue games that he has played in (missed New Orleans with the flu). Edey has scored 10 or more points in 39 straight games -- the nation's longest streak.
• Edey was named the Big Ten Player of the Week (shared with Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis) for the fifth time this season. It marks the fourth most for a player in Big Ten history (Evan Turner - 7). With five more weeks to go, the record is in sight.
• Fletcher Loyer was named the Big Ten's Player and Freshman of the Week (Jan. 17) becoming the first freshman since Illinois' Kofi Cockburn in Nov. 2019, to win Player of the Week honors, and the first Purdue freshman since Robbie Hummel in Feb. 2008, to earn the honor.
Saturday, February 4, 2023
[1] Purdue (22-1, 11-1) vs. [21] Indiana (15-7, 6-5)
Bloomington, Indiana | Simon-Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
TELEVISION: ESPN | RADIO: Purdue Sports Network
ANNOUNCERS: Bob Wischusen, Dick Vitale, Kris Budden
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Purdue returns to the road on Saturday when it travels to Bloomington to face Indiana for the first meeting in a three-week span with the Hoosiers. The Boilermakers put their unbeaten road record (7-0) on the line against the surging Hoosiers, who have won five of their last six games. It will mark Purdue's fourth game against a top-25 team this year, all of them coming away from Mackey Arena (3-0 previously).
• Saturday's game marks the beginning of a tough stretch for the Boilermakers with three of their next four games on the road. Purdue hosts Iowa next Thursday, before facing Northwestern on Super Bowl Sunday and Maryland on Feb. 16.
• With Purdue ranked No. 1 this week in both the AP and coaches poll, the Boilermakers have now been ranked No. 1 in eight weeks in the last two years. Since the 2018-19 season, only Gonzaga (36), Baylor (11) and Kansas (10) have been ranked No. 1 in more weeks than Purdue. Prior to last season, Purdue had never been ranked No. 1 in school history.
• In addition with being a unanimous No. 1 this week, Purdue becomes the first power-conference program in the last 20 years to be voted unanimous No. 1 in back-to-back seasons. Purdue (2022, 2023), Gonzaga (2022, 2021), Kansas (2020, 2010) and Kentucky (2015, 2010) are the only teams to be voted unanimous No. 1 in two different seasons in the last 20 years.
• Purdue's 22-1 record is the program's best 23-game start in school history. A win over Indiana will give Purdue a 23-1 record through 24 games, just the third time since 2000 that a Big Ten team would start the season 22-1 (2011 Ohio State - 24-0; 2005 Illinois - 29-0).
• Purdue's seven-game road winning streak is tied for the nation's longest with Houston and UC Santa Barbara. Purdue is 11-0 away from Mackey Arena, easily the most wins away from home for a power-conference team (Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee - 8).
• Purdue can claim America's best resume, boasting a 9-1 quad-1 record, six of them against teams ranked in the NCAA Net's top 30 (Gonzaga, West Virginia, Marquette, Duke, Maryland). Seven of the wins (Marquette, Maryland) have come away from Mackey Arena.
• After being one of the final two teams in the country with zero losses (New Mexico was last), Purdue is now the only team nationally with just one loss (Purdue). Remarkably, just three teams nationally have two or fewer losses and Purdue is the only major program in that group. Just four power-conference teams have three or fewer losses (Purdue, Alabama, Arizona, Virginia).
• Purdue has MADE 340 free throws this season, while opponents have SHOT just 217. Purdue has made 184 more free throws (340 to 154) than its foes this season, the highest discrepancy in the nation (Purdue +191, North Carolina +174, Iowa +152, Providence +137, UAB +129).
• Purdue ranks fourth nationally in fewest fouls per game (13.3) and is first nationally in opponent free throw rate via KenPom (16.5). Coincidentally, Creighton is second nationally in free throw rate. The teams are 1 and 2 nationally in opponents taking long 2-point jumpers.
• Purdue has held 24 straight opponents to 70 points or less, tied for the longest streak in the country with Saint Mary's.
• Purdue is ranked No. 1 in this week's AP Top 25 rankings for the seventh week this season. Purdue is the sixth Big Ten team to voted No. 1 twice in the same season (Indiana - 2013, 1993; Michigan - 1977, 1965; Ohio State - 2011). Purdue is 9-2 all-time as the nation's No. 1-ranked team with both losses coming on buzzer-beaters by Rutgers.
• Zach Edey ranks No. 1 in the KenPom POY ratings by a significant margin and has been the game MVP in 16 of the 22 Purdue games that he has played in (missed New Orleans with the flu). Edey has scored 10 or more points in 39 straight games -- the nation's longest streak.
• Edey was named the Big Ten Player of the Week (shared with Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis) for the fifth time this season. It marks the fourth most for a player in Big Ten history (Evan Turner - 7). With five more weeks to go, the record is in sight.
• Fletcher Loyer was named the Big Ten's Player and Freshman of the Week (Jan. 17) becoming the first freshman since Illinois' Kofi Cockburn in Nov. 2019, to win Player of the Week honors, and the first Purdue freshman since Robbie Hummel in Feb. 2008, to earn the honor.