Purdue European Trip Game Notes
• For the first time in seven years, the Purdue men's basketball team will head overseas for an NCAA-allowed international trip. The NCAA allows a foreign trip every four years. The Boilermakers had been looking at foreign trips in 2021 and 2022, but pushed it back to this summer. Purdue did take a 17-day trip to Taipei in August 2017 for the World University Games, but that was exempt from NCAA regulations. • Purdue is coming off a 2022-23 season that won both Big Ten Championships (regular season and tournament), was ranked No. 1 for seven weeks and earned the school's fourth No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Boilermakers return all five starters and almost 90 percent of its scoring from last year -- a percentage that ranks as the sixth most in the country. • Purdue returns 169 of a possible 175 starts from a year ago. In two previous seasons that Matt Painter returned all five starters, the Boilermakers posted a 56-16 combined record (2008-09 and 2009-10). In five previous seasons that Purdue returned at least 135 starts, Purdue has posted a 141-40 record with four Sweet 16 appearances (2008-09, 2009-10, 2017-18, 2021-22; exception --> 2015-16). • When the AP Top 25 poll comes out in in October, Purdue is expected to be ranked in the top 5. Entering the 2023-24 season, Purdue has been ranked in the top 5 in 16 consecutive AP polls, second only behind Houston's 19-week streak. • Prior to the 2021-22 season, Purdue had never been ranked No. 1. Since then, it became the first Big Ten team since 1975 and 1976 to be ranked No. 1 in consecutive seasons. Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue's eight weeks spent at No. 1, are the sixth most in the country (Gonzaga - 39; Villanova - 19; Duke - 18; Kansas - 15; Baylor - 11; Purdue - 8). • Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue has been ranked in 110 of the 152 AP Top 25 polls, good for eighth nationally (Kansas - 151; Gonzaga - 139; Duke - 134; Villanova - 128; Virginia - 124; Kentucky - 124; Baylor - 117; Purdue - 110). • Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Purdue owns a 78-52 record against KenPom top-50 teams. The 78 wins are second nationally behind Kansas' 102. The Boilermakers are 114-59 against top-100 KenPom teams, the third-most wins nationally (Kansas - 148; Villanova - 120). • Purdue's 17 wins against the KenPom top 50 a year ago were the most in the country. • Purdue and Gonzaga are the only teams to rank in the KenPom top 25 in each of the last eight seasons. • Since the 2016-17 season, Purdue owns a 96-39 record in conference games. The 71.1 winning percentage is the fifth-best conference record among all power-conference teams behind Kansas (.770), Virginia (.750), Villanova (.724) and Kentucky (.720). • Purdue's eight straight NCAA Tournament appearances is the fourth-longest streak nationally (Kansas - 33; Michigan State - 25; Gonzaga - 24). • Purdue and Kansas are the only teams to have been top-5 seeds in each of the last seven NCAA Tournaments. • Purdue's 58 wins over the last two seasons are the most in school history. The record for wins over a three-year span is 83 (2016-17-18). • Purdue enters the year having won 24 straight, regular-season non-conference games, the longest streak in the country. New Mexico is second on the list with 15 straight wins. • Purdue's 201 wins since the start of the 2015-16 season are the seventh most nationally. Matt Painter is one of eight coaches to average at least 25 wins over the last eight seasons (Mark Few, Bill Self, Kelvin Sampson, Mick Cronin, Tony Bennett, Eric Musselman, Randy Bennett). • Purdue's three first-team All-Americans since the start of the 2016-17 season are the third most nationally (Caleb Swanigan, Jaden Ivey, Zach Edey). Kansas (5) and Gonzaga (4) are the only schools with more first-team All-American players. • Purdue has finished in the top four of the Big Ten standings in 13 of the last 17 seasons. It has finished first or second in eight of the last 16 seasons. • Purdue will play this week without 2023 National Player of the Year Zach Edey, who is with Team Canada in preparation for the FIBA World Cup. • Matt Painter's 209 Big Ten wins rank seventh all-time in league history, while his 413 overall wins are the fifth most in Big Ten history. • Purdue won its 25th Big Ten regular-season championship a year ago, and has now won three regular-season titles in the last seven years (2017, 2019, 2023). The four titles in the last seven years (regular-season and tourney) are tied for the most in the league in that span (MSU). • Purdue's schedule for the 2023-24 season might be the toughest in the country. Purdue will face No. 8 (Gonzaga), No. 11 (Arizona) and No. 22 (Alabama) in addition to a tough game with Xavier. Possible opponents in Maui include No. 1 (Kansas), No. 6 (Tennessee) or No. 10 (Marquette). Purdue also faces No. 14 Arkansas in a charity exhibition scrimmage. The average KenPom rank of Purdue's opponents (including Arkansas) in a best-case scenario from last year is 94.7, including six opponents ranked in the top 15 of last year's final KenPom rankings.
• For the first time in seven years, the Purdue men's basketball team will head overseas for an NCAA-allowed international trip. The NCAA allows a foreign trip every four years. The Boilermakers had been looking at foreign trips in 2021 and 2022, but pushed it back to this summer. Purdue did take a 17-day trip to Taipei in August 2017 for the World University Games, but that was exempt from NCAA regulations. • Purdue is coming off a 2022-23 season that won both Big Ten Championships (regular season and tournament), was ranked No. 1 for seven weeks and earned the school's fourth No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Boilermakers return all five starters and almost 90 percent of its scoring from last year -- a percentage that ranks as the sixth most in the country. • Purdue returns 169 of a possible 175 starts from a year ago. In two previous seasons that Matt Painter returned all five starters, the Boilermakers posted a 56-16 combined record (2008-09 and 2009-10). In five previous seasons that Purdue returned at least 135 starts, Purdue has posted a 141-40 record with four Sweet 16 appearances (2008-09, 2009-10, 2017-18, 2021-22; exception --> 2015-16). • When the AP Top 25 poll comes out in in October, Purdue is expected to be ranked in the top 5. Entering the 2023-24 season, Purdue has been ranked in the top 5 in 16 consecutive AP polls, second only behind Houston's 19-week streak. • Prior to the 2021-22 season, Purdue had never been ranked No. 1. Since then, it became the first Big Ten team since 1975 and 1976 to be ranked No. 1 in consecutive seasons. Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue's eight weeks spent at No. 1, are the sixth most in the country (Gonzaga - 39; Villanova - 19; Duke - 18; Kansas - 15; Baylor - 11; Purdue - 8). • Since the 2015-16 season, Purdue has been ranked in 110 of the 152 AP Top 25 polls, good for eighth nationally (Kansas - 151; Gonzaga - 139; Duke - 134; Villanova - 128; Virginia - 124; Kentucky - 124; Baylor - 117; Purdue - 110). • Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Purdue owns a 78-52 record against KenPom top-50 teams. The 78 wins are second nationally behind Kansas' 102. The Boilermakers are 114-59 against top-100 KenPom teams, the third-most wins nationally (Kansas - 148; Villanova - 120). • Purdue's 17 wins against the KenPom top 50 a year ago were the most in the country. • Purdue and Gonzaga are the only teams to rank in the KenPom top 25 in each of the last eight seasons. • Since the 2016-17 season, Purdue owns a 96-39 record in conference games. The 71.1 winning percentage is the fifth-best conference record among all power-conference teams behind Kansas (.770), Virginia (.750), Villanova (.724) and Kentucky (.720). • Purdue's eight straight NCAA Tournament appearances is the fourth-longest streak nationally (Kansas - 33; Michigan State - 25; Gonzaga - 24). • Purdue and Kansas are the only teams to have been top-5 seeds in each of the last seven NCAA Tournaments. • Purdue's 58 wins over the last two seasons are the most in school history. The record for wins over a three-year span is 83 (2016-17-18). • Purdue enters the year having won 24 straight, regular-season non-conference games, the longest streak in the country. New Mexico is second on the list with 15 straight wins. • Purdue's 201 wins since the start of the 2015-16 season are the seventh most nationally. Matt Painter is one of eight coaches to average at least 25 wins over the last eight seasons (Mark Few, Bill Self, Kelvin Sampson, Mick Cronin, Tony Bennett, Eric Musselman, Randy Bennett). • Purdue's three first-team All-Americans since the start of the 2016-17 season are the third most nationally (Caleb Swanigan, Jaden Ivey, Zach Edey). Kansas (5) and Gonzaga (4) are the only schools with more first-team All-American players. • Purdue has finished in the top four of the Big Ten standings in 13 of the last 17 seasons. It has finished first or second in eight of the last 16 seasons. • Purdue will play this week without 2023 National Player of the Year Zach Edey, who is with Team Canada in preparation for the FIBA World Cup. • Matt Painter's 209 Big Ten wins rank seventh all-time in league history, while his 413 overall wins are the fifth most in Big Ten history. • Purdue won its 25th Big Ten regular-season championship a year ago, and has now won three regular-season titles in the last seven years (2017, 2019, 2023). The four titles in the last seven years (regular-season and tourney) are tied for the most in the league in that span (MSU). • Purdue's schedule for the 2023-24 season might be the toughest in the country. Purdue will face No. 8 (Gonzaga), No. 11 (Arizona) and No. 22 (Alabama) in addition to a tough game with Xavier. Possible opponents in Maui include No. 1 (Kansas), No. 6 (Tennessee) or No. 10 (Marquette). Purdue also faces No. 14 Arkansas in a charity exhibition scrimmage. The average KenPom rank of Purdue's opponents (including Arkansas) in a best-case scenario from last year is 94.7, including six opponents ranked in the top 15 of last year's final KenPom rankings.