GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- UNITED WAY ARKANSAS CHARITY GAME
[3] Purdue at [14] Arkansas
4:00 p.m. ET | Fayetteville, Arkansas
SEC+ (Josh Haley, Manny Watkins)
THE NOTES TO KNOW • Purdue "unofficially" tips off one of its most-anticipated seasons in school history when it travels to No. 14-ranked Arkansas for a charity exhibition game in support of United Way Arkansas to help raise money for victims of the devastating tornadoes that occurred on March 31. • The Boilermakers open the 2023-24 campaign ranked No. 3 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll released Oct. 16. • Purdue's No. 3 ranking marks its highest preseason ranking since the 1987-88 season (No. 2). Purdue has been ranked in the preseason top 10 for the second time in the last three years (2021-22 --> No. 7). It marks the eighth time in school history that Purdue has been ranked in the top 10 of the AP preseason poll. The last five times that Purdue has been ranked top 10, it has posted a 140-31 (.819) record. • With its top-five preseason ranking, Purdue has been ranked in the top five in 17 straight weeks, the longest streak in the country. Kansas is the next closest at six weeks. • A year ago, Purdue became the first team since Wisconsin in 2015 to win an outright Big Ten regular-season title and the Big Ten Tournament title in the same season. Purdue became the first team in Big Ten history to win the regular-season title by at least three games and win the Big Ten Tournament in the same season. No team since Michigan State (1999, 2000) has won consecutive Big Ten Tournament and outright regular-season championships. • Purdue's 58 wins over the last two seasons are the most in school history and the sixth most in the country (Houston, Kansas, Arizona, Gonzaga, Duke). Purdue needs just 25 wins this season to tie the school record for the most wins in a three-year span (83; 2016-17-18). • Purdue will enter the year having won 14 straight games in the month of November, with the last loss coming Nov. 26, 2020, vs. Clemson in the SpaceCoast Challenge. The streak is the second-longest November winning streak in America (Arizona - 22). • The Boilermakers have won 24 straight regular-season, non-conference games, dating to a Dec. 8, 2020, setback at Miami, Fla. The streak is the longest in the country by nine games (New Mexico - 15). • The Boilermakers enter the season ranked No. 1 by three major analytic services (KenPom, Bart Torvik, Evan Miyakawa). It marks the first time in the 23-year history that Purdue has been ranked No. 1 by KenPom. • Eric Musselman and Matt Painter are two of eight coaches nationally to average at least 25 wins over the last eight seasons. • Zach Edey won Purdue's third National Player of the Year honor (1932 - John Wooden; 1994 - Glenn Robinson) a year ago after averaging 22.3 points and 12.9 rebounds per game. Purdue (2), Duke (3) and North Carolina (2) are the only schools in America to have at least two consensus (all six major services) National Players of the Year in the last 30 seasons. Edey could become the first consensus back-to-back National Player of the Year since Bill Walton (1972, 1973). • Zach Edey is the nation's third-leading scorer from a year ago (22.3 PPG), but among players that played in a major conference a year ago, he is first. Edey is the only one of the top-11 returning scorers in America from a year ago to play in a major conference last year. • Braden Smith's mother, Ginny, was Arkansas' Miss Basketball in 1997 and both his mother and father, Dustin, played at Arkansas Tech. Braden was born in Arkansas and was Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 2022. • Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer return after scoring a combined 724 points a year ago. The total is second nationally among sophomore teammates behind Duke's Kyle Filipowski and Tyrese Proctor (881 points). • Matt Painter ranks fifth on the Big Ten's list for career wins with 413, needing just eight victories to tie Illinois legend Lou Henson for fourth (421). On the Big Ten games-only chart, Painter is seventh (209 wins), needing one win to tie Indiana's Branch McCracken (210).
[3] Purdue at [14] Arkansas
4:00 p.m. ET | Fayetteville, Arkansas
SEC+ (Josh Haley, Manny Watkins)
THE NOTES TO KNOW • Purdue "unofficially" tips off one of its most-anticipated seasons in school history when it travels to No. 14-ranked Arkansas for a charity exhibition game in support of United Way Arkansas to help raise money for victims of the devastating tornadoes that occurred on March 31. • The Boilermakers open the 2023-24 campaign ranked No. 3 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll released Oct. 16. • Purdue's No. 3 ranking marks its highest preseason ranking since the 1987-88 season (No. 2). Purdue has been ranked in the preseason top 10 for the second time in the last three years (2021-22 --> No. 7). It marks the eighth time in school history that Purdue has been ranked in the top 10 of the AP preseason poll. The last five times that Purdue has been ranked top 10, it has posted a 140-31 (.819) record. • With its top-five preseason ranking, Purdue has been ranked in the top five in 17 straight weeks, the longest streak in the country. Kansas is the next closest at six weeks. • A year ago, Purdue became the first team since Wisconsin in 2015 to win an outright Big Ten regular-season title and the Big Ten Tournament title in the same season. Purdue became the first team in Big Ten history to win the regular-season title by at least three games and win the Big Ten Tournament in the same season. No team since Michigan State (1999, 2000) has won consecutive Big Ten Tournament and outright regular-season championships. • Purdue's 58 wins over the last two seasons are the most in school history and the sixth most in the country (Houston, Kansas, Arizona, Gonzaga, Duke). Purdue needs just 25 wins this season to tie the school record for the most wins in a three-year span (83; 2016-17-18). • Purdue will enter the year having won 14 straight games in the month of November, with the last loss coming Nov. 26, 2020, vs. Clemson in the SpaceCoast Challenge. The streak is the second-longest November winning streak in America (Arizona - 22). • The Boilermakers have won 24 straight regular-season, non-conference games, dating to a Dec. 8, 2020, setback at Miami, Fla. The streak is the longest in the country by nine games (New Mexico - 15). • The Boilermakers enter the season ranked No. 1 by three major analytic services (KenPom, Bart Torvik, Evan Miyakawa). It marks the first time in the 23-year history that Purdue has been ranked No. 1 by KenPom. • Eric Musselman and Matt Painter are two of eight coaches nationally to average at least 25 wins over the last eight seasons. • Zach Edey won Purdue's third National Player of the Year honor (1932 - John Wooden; 1994 - Glenn Robinson) a year ago after averaging 22.3 points and 12.9 rebounds per game. Purdue (2), Duke (3) and North Carolina (2) are the only schools in America to have at least two consensus (all six major services) National Players of the Year in the last 30 seasons. Edey could become the first consensus back-to-back National Player of the Year since Bill Walton (1972, 1973). • Zach Edey is the nation's third-leading scorer from a year ago (22.3 PPG), but among players that played in a major conference a year ago, he is first. Edey is the only one of the top-11 returning scorers in America from a year ago to play in a major conference last year. • Braden Smith's mother, Ginny, was Arkansas' Miss Basketball in 1997 and both his mother and father, Dustin, played at Arkansas Tech. Braden was born in Arkansas and was Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 2022. • Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer return after scoring a combined 724 points a year ago. The total is second nationally among sophomore teammates behind Duke's Kyle Filipowski and Tyrese Proctor (881 points). • Matt Painter ranks fifth on the Big Ten's list for career wins with 413, needing just eight victories to tie Illinois legend Lou Henson for fourth (421). On the Big Ten games-only chart, Painter is seventh (209 wins), needing one win to tie Indiana's Branch McCracken (210).