GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 07
[1] Purdue (6-0) vs. Texas Southern (0-6)
8:30 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Ind.
Mackey Arena | 14,876
TELEVISION: BTN (Matt Schumacker, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Returning home for the first time in two weeks and as the nation's No. 1-ranked team, Purdue tunes up for Big Ten play with a contest against a 2023 NCAA Tournament team in Texas Southern. The Boilermakers are looking for their third straight undefeated November in addition to their 24th straight non-conference victory at Mackey Arena against a team that has played the third-toughest schedule in the country to date.
• Purdue's schedule has been a gauntlet itself early on, owning three top-10, and four top-30 victories (Xavier, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Marquette). The Boilermakers currently own the ninth-ranked schedule in the country.
• With the Maui Invitational title, Purdue has now won three straight Feast Week tournaments, posting an 8-0 combined record in the events. Seven of the victories have come against teams ranked in the top 25, including six wins against teams ranked in the top 11.
• Purdue became just the second team in the last 40 years (UConn - March 2011) to beat teams ranked in the AP top 15 on three consecutive days with its wins over No. 11 Gonzaga, No. 7 Tennessee and No. 4 Marquette.
• Purdue has won 30 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 a whopping 12 games (Connecticut - 18). A win over Texas Southern would tie Purdue with Villanova for the longest non-conference, regular-season winning streak for any team over the last 10 years (Villanova - 31; 2015-18).
• Purdue's 64 wins since the start of the 2021-22 season are tied for the fourth most in the country (Houston - 72, Kansas - 67, Arizona - 67, Duke - 64, Gonzaga - 63, UCLA - 62). Among Big Ten teams, Iowa (49) and Wisconsin (49) are next on the list.
• Purdue was voted No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday, the third straight year that the Boilermakers have been ranked No. 1. Prior to the 2021-22 season, Purdue had never been ranked No. 1. Purdue is the first Big Ten program to be ranked No. 1 in three straight seasons.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Purdue has spent nine weeks ranked at No. 1, tied for the most in the country with Gonzaga.
• With its No. 1 ranking this week, Purdue has been ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll in 19 straight weeks, the longest-active streak in America by 11 weeks (Kansas - 8). It has been ranked in the top 3 in 14 of those 19 weeks.
• Zach Edey was named the Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday for the seventh time in his career. It ties a school record set by Glenn Robinson and now trails just Ohio State's Evan Turner (10) and Michigan State's Cassius Winston (8) on the career list.
• Zach Edey is 1-of-2 players nationally to average at least 20.0 PPG, 10.0 RPG and 2.0 BPG this season, doing that in just 28.8 minutes per game. He is also already ranked No. 1 in the 2024 KenPom Player of the Year standings, being named the MVP in all six games played. At his current averages of 23.0 PPG, 11.5 RPG and 2.8 BPG, he would become the third player in the last 30 years to reach those marks (Colgate's Adonal Foyle - 1996-97; Tennessee State's Carlos Rogers - 1993-94).
• 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 is in search for its 26th Big Ten Championship, already owning the most Big Ten titles in league history. Should Purdue win the Big Ten title in 2024, it will mark its fourth title in the last eight seasons and back-to-back titles for the first time since 1994-95-96.
• Matt Painter ranks fifth on the Big Ten's list for career wins with 419, needing just two 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).
[1] Purdue (6-0) vs. Texas Southern (0-6)
8:30 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Ind.
Mackey Arena | 14,876
TELEVISION: BTN (Matt Schumacker, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• Returning home for the first time in two weeks and as the nation's No. 1-ranked team, Purdue tunes up for Big Ten play with a contest against a 2023 NCAA Tournament team in Texas Southern. The Boilermakers are looking for their third straight undefeated November in addition to their 24th straight non-conference victory at Mackey Arena against a team that has played the third-toughest schedule in the country to date.
• Purdue's schedule has been a gauntlet itself early on, owning three top-10, and four top-30 victories (Xavier, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Marquette). The Boilermakers currently own the ninth-ranked schedule in the country.
• With the Maui Invitational title, Purdue has now won three straight Feast Week tournaments, posting an 8-0 combined record in the events. Seven of the victories have come against teams ranked in the top 25, including six wins against teams ranked in the top 11.
• Purdue became just the second team in the last 40 years (UConn - March 2011) to beat teams ranked in the AP top 15 on three consecutive days with its wins over No. 11 Gonzaga, No. 7 Tennessee and No. 4 Marquette.
• Purdue has won 30 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 a whopping 12 games (Connecticut - 18). A win over Texas Southern would tie Purdue with Villanova for the longest non-conference, regular-season winning streak for any team over the last 10 years (Villanova - 31; 2015-18).
• Purdue's 64 wins since the start of the 2021-22 season are tied for the fourth most in the country (Houston - 72, Kansas - 67, Arizona - 67, Duke - 64, Gonzaga - 63, UCLA - 62). Among Big Ten teams, Iowa (49) and Wisconsin (49) are next on the list.
• Purdue was voted No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday, the third straight year that the Boilermakers have been ranked No. 1. Prior to the 2021-22 season, Purdue had never been ranked No. 1. Purdue is the first Big Ten program to be ranked No. 1 in three straight seasons.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Purdue has spent nine weeks ranked at No. 1, tied for the most in the country with Gonzaga.
• With its No. 1 ranking this week, Purdue has been ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll in 19 straight weeks, the longest-active streak in America by 11 weeks (Kansas - 8). It has been ranked in the top 3 in 14 of those 19 weeks.
• Zach Edey was named the Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday for the seventh time in his career. It ties a school record set by Glenn Robinson and now trails just Ohio State's Evan Turner (10) and Michigan State's Cassius Winston (8) on the career list.
• Zach Edey is 1-of-2 players nationally to average at least 20.0 PPG, 10.0 RPG and 2.0 BPG this season, doing that in just 28.8 minutes per game. He is also already ranked No. 1 in the 2024 KenPom Player of the Year standings, being named the MVP in all six games played. At his current averages of 23.0 PPG, 11.5 RPG and 2.8 BPG, he would become the third player in the last 30 years to reach those marks (Colgate's Adonal Foyle - 1996-97; Tennessee State's Carlos Rogers - 1993-94).
• 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 is in search for its 26th Big Ten Championship, already owning the most Big Ten titles in league history. Should Purdue win the Big Ten title in 2024, it will mark its fourth title in the last eight seasons and back-to-back titles for the first time since 1994-95-96.
• Matt Painter ranks fifth on the Big Ten's list for career wins with 419, needing just two 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).