WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Thanks to other results around the Big Ten Conference today, the No. 5-ranked Purdue men's basketball team has clinched no worse than a share of the 2023 Big Ten Championship.
The Boilermakers can now win the outright title with a win in their next two games, with contests looming against Wisconsin (Thursday) and Illinois (Sunday). Purdue holds a two-game lead over four teams with seven losses each.
The championship is the third title in the last seven years (2017, 2019, 2023) for the Boilermaker program. Purdue's 25 regular-season titles are the most in Big Ten history. Purdue finished just one game back in both 2018 and 2022.
Purdue is 24-5 overall and 13-5 in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers started the season 13-0, winning the Phil Knight Legacy with wins over West Virginia, Gonzaga and Duke. Purdue owns one of America's best resumes with a 9-4 quad-1 record and 14 quad-1 and quad-2 wins combined – the third-highest total in the country.
Head coach Matt Painter has been a fixture among the league leaders year-in and year-out. Purdue has finished in the top three of the Big Ten standings in seven of the last nine seasons, with one season (2021) where a game was wiped out due to CoVid that would have given the Boilermakers another chance at a top-three finish. Painter now has 11, top-three finishes in his 18 years at Purdue, tied for the sixth-most top-three finishes in Big Ten history.
Purdue will finish the season at Wisconsin on Thursday, then by hosting Illinois on Sunday. The Boilermakers have locked up a double-bye in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament. Purdue has earned a double-bye in every tournament under its current format (eight years).
The Boilermakers can now win the outright title with a win in their next two games, with contests looming against Wisconsin (Thursday) and Illinois (Sunday). Purdue holds a two-game lead over four teams with seven losses each.
The championship is the third title in the last seven years (2017, 2019, 2023) for the Boilermaker program. Purdue's 25 regular-season titles are the most in Big Ten history. Purdue finished just one game back in both 2018 and 2022.
Purdue is 24-5 overall and 13-5 in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers started the season 13-0, winning the Phil Knight Legacy with wins over West Virginia, Gonzaga and Duke. Purdue owns one of America's best resumes with a 9-4 quad-1 record and 14 quad-1 and quad-2 wins combined – the third-highest total in the country.
Head coach Matt Painter has been a fixture among the league leaders year-in and year-out. Purdue has finished in the top three of the Big Ten standings in seven of the last nine seasons, with one season (2021) where a game was wiped out due to CoVid that would have given the Boilermakers another chance at a top-three finish. Painter now has 11, top-three finishes in his 18 years at Purdue, tied for the sixth-most top-three finishes in Big Ten history.
Purdue will finish the season at Wisconsin on Thursday, then by hosting Illinois on Sunday. The Boilermakers have locked up a double-bye in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament. Purdue has earned a double-bye in every tournament under its current format (eight years).