GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 28
[3] Purdue (24-3, 13-3) vs. Michigan (8-19, 3-13)
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024
2:00 p.m. ET | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Crisler Center (12,707)
TELEVISION: CBS (Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• The No. 3-ranked Purdue Boilermakers head to a place that hasn't been kind to them, when it heads to Ann Arbor to close out the season series against Michigan on Sunday afternoon. The Boilermakers are just 2-7 in their last nine trips to the Crisler Center, but are looking for back-to-back wins in the Crisler Center for the first time in 12 years.
• Purdue enters the weekend's play as one of five teams nationally with at least 24 wins, while also being one of seven teams with three or fewer losses. Among major-conference teams, Purdue, Houston and Connecticut are the only high-major programs with fewer than five losses.
• Purdue's senior class has won 55 Big Ten games. The school record for most Big Ten wins by a class is 57 (Class of 2019).
• Purdue has won 20 games under Matt Painter in 14 of his 19 seasons with at least 25 victories in 10 of them. Purdue is looking for its third straight season of at least 29 victories.
• Purdue has averaged at least 1.27 points / possession in nine of its 16 Big Ten games, including 1.52 in the win over Rutgers.
• Over the last three years, Purdue has already won 82 games overall. The school record for wins in a three-year span is 83 (2016, 2017, 2018), needing just one win to tie the record. Entering the weekend, Purdue's 81 wins are tied for the second most during that span in the country (Houston - 88; Kansas - 82).
• Purdue's schedule ranks as the second-most difficult schedule in the country behind Michigan and its non-conference foes currently lead the Southern Conference by two games (Samford), the Atlantic Sun by two games (Eastern Kentucky), the Ohio Valley (Morehead State) and the SEC (Alabama). Marquette (Big East), Tennessee (SEC), Arizona (PAC-12) and Gonzaga (WCC) are currently in second place in their respective conferences.
• Purdue has beaten teams ranked 4th (Arizona), 5th (Tennessee), 7th (Marquette), 12th (Illinois) and 13th (Alabama) in this week's AP poll. The Boilermakers also own wins over teams receiving votes in 27th (Gonzaga) and 28th (Wisconsin).
• Purdue ranks in the NCAA's top 20 in 3-point percentage (1st), wins (2nd), off. efficiency (2nd), rebound margin (2nd), assists per game (6th), scoring offense (9th), scoring margin (10th), fewest fouls per game (11th), field goal percentage (16th) and assist / turnover ratio (20th).
• Purdue leads the country in quad-1 wins (9) and quad-1 and 2 wins combined (16). No one in the country has more than 13 Q-1 and Q-2 wins.
• Since the start of last season, Purdue is 53-9, the fourth-most wins nationally, while the nine losses are the second fewest behind Houston (7). The eight losses during that span have come by 1, 5, 6, 14, 8, 5, 4 (OT), 16 and 4 points. Forty of the 53 wins have come against teams ranked in the KenPom top-100, including 27 against teams ranked in the top-50.
• Purdue has won at least 12 games in Big Ten Conference play for the ninth time in the last 10 years. No other team currently has more than six years (in 10) of at least 12 victories (Wisconsin). Purdue has finished in the top three of the Big Ten in seven of the previous nine seasons.
• Purdue was voted No. 3 in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday, dropping one spot after being No. 2 for five straight weeks. With its No. 3 ranking this week, Purdue has now been ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll for 32 straight weeks, the longest-active streak in America by 17 weeks (UConn - 15). It has been ranked in the top 3 in 26 of those 32 weeks. The 32 weeks of being ranked in the top 5 is the longest streak by a Big Ten team in the last 45 years. One more week in the top 5 will tie for the third-longest streak in Big Ten history (Michigan; 1964-66).
• With his 200th career block coming against Wisconsin on Feb. 4, Zach Edey became the third player in NCAA history with 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 200 blocks and to shoot at least 60.0 percent from the field (Patrick Ewing, David Robinson).
• Zach Edey needs 161 points to become the school's leader in career points (record: 2,323) and career rebounds (already owns it -- 1,163). • A win over Michigan would give Purdue a 14-3 Big Ten start for the fifth time under Matt Painter (2007-08, 2010-11, 2017-18, 2018-19). Coincidentally, Purdue won the Big Ten regular-season title in just one of those seasons (2019). • Purdue's next Big Ten victory will give it 14 league wins on the season for the third straight year. With one win in its next four games, Purdue will have won at least 14 Big Ten games in five of the last seven seasons. The Boilermakers went 13-6 in 2021, missing a home game vs. Nebraska due to CoVid issues.
• Purdue has won nine of its last 10 games, and 17 of its last 19 contests.
• Purdue is one of six teams (Auburn, UConn, Florida, Houston, San Diego State) without a loss outside Quad-1.
• Purdue owns a nation's-best 17 wins over the NCAA NET top-100 teams. Purdue has seven wins over teams ranked in the NET top 25.
• Five teams (Purdue, James Madison, Appalachian State, Weber State, UNC Wilmington) have at least one Quad-1A win (top 15 home, top 25 neutral, top 40 road) while being undefeated in those games. The other four teams mentioned above are 1-0. Purdue is 7-0 in that category.
• Purdue is 15-0 when holding teams under 69 points. The Boilermakers are 9-3 when allowing 70 or more points.
• Purdue ranks second nationally behind Saint Mary's in rebound margin, one year after leading the country in rebound margin. The last team to lead the country in rebound margin in consecutive seasons was Quinnipiac (2013-14 and 2014-15).
• When Purdue has a run of 10-0 or larger, the Boilermakers are 14-0.
• Purdue has trailed by six or more points in just seven games this year, posting a 5-2 record in those games.
• Purdue's leading rebounder is 7-foot, 4-inch Zach Edey. The Boilermakers' second-leading rebounder is 6-foot Braden Smith.
• A year ago, Purdue shot 32.2 percent from 3-point range, a number that ranked 281st nationally. This year, Purdue is at 40.6 percent, leading the country. Purdue had one player (Braden Smith) shoot over 36.0 percent from deep a year ago. This year, Purdue has nine players over 36.0 percent.
• Purdue has finished in the top 10 nationally in 3-point percentage in three of the last seven seasons (9th - 2017; 2nd - 2018; 7th - 2022).
• Zach Edey's 24.3 points per game in Big Ten play is the second-highest total in the Big Ten since the turn of the century (2020 - Luka Garza; 26.2). Edey's 13.5 rebounds per game in Big Ten play is the most since Michigan State's Lindsay Hairston in 1974 (14.2).
• Zach Edey currently ranks third in the country in both points per game and rebounds per game. Since the 2000 season, only South Dakota State's Mike Daum (2019), Kansas State's Michael Beasley (2008) and Texas' Kevin Durant (2007) have finished in the top five nationally in both categories. He would be the first one to rank in the top three in both categories.
• Braden Smith has 345 career assists, leading sophomores (or younger) in career assists. Coincidentally, second on the list is Colgate sophomore Braeden Smith (322).
• Based on a 38-game season, Braden Smith is on pace for 485 points, 273 assists and 216 rebounds. Since the 1947-48 season, only BYU's Kyle Collinsworth and UCLA's Lonzo Ball have had 450 points, 250 assists and 200 rebounds in a season.
THE SERIES WITH MICHIGAN • Sunday's meeting closes out the season series with Michigan as Purdue is looking for its first two-game regular-season sweep of the Wolverines since the 2017-18 season. Michigan, however, would defeat Purdue in the 2018 Big Ten Tournament final that season.
• The Boilermakers lead the series by a 92-75 margin, but Michigan has won six of the last nine meetings, and 13 of the last 21.
• A win on Sunday would equal Matt Painter's record against Michigan to 17-17 overall. Michigan and Ohio State are the only Big Ten teams that Painter does not have a winning record against.
• Combined with last year's 75-70 win over the Wolverines, Purdue is looking for its first back-to-back wins in the Crisler Center since Dec. 2010 and Feb. 2012. Purdue is just 5-10 at the Crisler Center under head coach Matt Painter.
[3] Purdue (24-3, 13-3) vs. Michigan (8-19, 3-13)
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024
2:00 p.m. ET | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Crisler Center (12,707)
TELEVISION: CBS (Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• The No. 3-ranked Purdue Boilermakers head to a place that hasn't been kind to them, when it heads to Ann Arbor to close out the season series against Michigan on Sunday afternoon. The Boilermakers are just 2-7 in their last nine trips to the Crisler Center, but are looking for back-to-back wins in the Crisler Center for the first time in 12 years.
• Purdue enters the weekend's play as one of five teams nationally with at least 24 wins, while also being one of seven teams with three or fewer losses. Among major-conference teams, Purdue, Houston and Connecticut are the only high-major programs with fewer than five losses.
• Purdue's senior class has won 55 Big Ten games. The school record for most Big Ten wins by a class is 57 (Class of 2019).
• Purdue has won 20 games under Matt Painter in 14 of his 19 seasons with at least 25 victories in 10 of them. Purdue is looking for its third straight season of at least 29 victories.
• Purdue has averaged at least 1.27 points / possession in nine of its 16 Big Ten games, including 1.52 in the win over Rutgers.
• Over the last three years, Purdue has already won 82 games overall. The school record for wins in a three-year span is 83 (2016, 2017, 2018), needing just one win to tie the record. Entering the weekend, Purdue's 81 wins are tied for the second most during that span in the country (Houston - 88; Kansas - 82).
• Purdue's schedule ranks as the second-most difficult schedule in the country behind Michigan and its non-conference foes currently lead the Southern Conference by two games (Samford), the Atlantic Sun by two games (Eastern Kentucky), the Ohio Valley (Morehead State) and the SEC (Alabama). Marquette (Big East), Tennessee (SEC), Arizona (PAC-12) and Gonzaga (WCC) are currently in second place in their respective conferences.
• Purdue has beaten teams ranked 4th (Arizona), 5th (Tennessee), 7th (Marquette), 12th (Illinois) and 13th (Alabama) in this week's AP poll. The Boilermakers also own wins over teams receiving votes in 27th (Gonzaga) and 28th (Wisconsin).
• Purdue ranks in the NCAA's top 20 in 3-point percentage (1st), wins (2nd), off. efficiency (2nd), rebound margin (2nd), assists per game (6th), scoring offense (9th), scoring margin (10th), fewest fouls per game (11th), field goal percentage (16th) and assist / turnover ratio (20th).
• Purdue leads the country in quad-1 wins (9) and quad-1 and 2 wins combined (16). No one in the country has more than 13 Q-1 and Q-2 wins.
• Since the start of last season, Purdue is 53-9, the fourth-most wins nationally, while the nine losses are the second fewest behind Houston (7). The eight losses during that span have come by 1, 5, 6, 14, 8, 5, 4 (OT), 16 and 4 points. Forty of the 53 wins have come against teams ranked in the KenPom top-100, including 27 against teams ranked in the top-50.
• Purdue has won at least 12 games in Big Ten Conference play for the ninth time in the last 10 years. No other team currently has more than six years (in 10) of at least 12 victories (Wisconsin). Purdue has finished in the top three of the Big Ten in seven of the previous nine seasons.
• Purdue was voted No. 3 in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday, dropping one spot after being No. 2 for five straight weeks. With its No. 3 ranking this week, Purdue has now been ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll for 32 straight weeks, the longest-active streak in America by 17 weeks (UConn - 15). It has been ranked in the top 3 in 26 of those 32 weeks. The 32 weeks of being ranked in the top 5 is the longest streak by a Big Ten team in the last 45 years. One more week in the top 5 will tie for the third-longest streak in Big Ten history (Michigan; 1964-66).
• With his 200th career block coming against Wisconsin on Feb. 4, Zach Edey became the third player in NCAA history with 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 200 blocks and to shoot at least 60.0 percent from the field (Patrick Ewing, David Robinson).
• Zach Edey needs 161 points to become the school's leader in career points (record: 2,323) and career rebounds (already owns it -- 1,163). • A win over Michigan would give Purdue a 14-3 Big Ten start for the fifth time under Matt Painter (2007-08, 2010-11, 2017-18, 2018-19). Coincidentally, Purdue won the Big Ten regular-season title in just one of those seasons (2019). • Purdue's next Big Ten victory will give it 14 league wins on the season for the third straight year. With one win in its next four games, Purdue will have won at least 14 Big Ten games in five of the last seven seasons. The Boilermakers went 13-6 in 2021, missing a home game vs. Nebraska due to CoVid issues.
• Purdue has won nine of its last 10 games, and 17 of its last 19 contests.
• Purdue is one of six teams (Auburn, UConn, Florida, Houston, San Diego State) without a loss outside Quad-1.
• Purdue owns a nation's-best 17 wins over the NCAA NET top-100 teams. Purdue has seven wins over teams ranked in the NET top 25.
• Five teams (Purdue, James Madison, Appalachian State, Weber State, UNC Wilmington) have at least one Quad-1A win (top 15 home, top 25 neutral, top 40 road) while being undefeated in those games. The other four teams mentioned above are 1-0. Purdue is 7-0 in that category.
• Purdue is 15-0 when holding teams under 69 points. The Boilermakers are 9-3 when allowing 70 or more points.
• Purdue ranks second nationally behind Saint Mary's in rebound margin, one year after leading the country in rebound margin. The last team to lead the country in rebound margin in consecutive seasons was Quinnipiac (2013-14 and 2014-15).
• When Purdue has a run of 10-0 or larger, the Boilermakers are 14-0.
• Purdue has trailed by six or more points in just seven games this year, posting a 5-2 record in those games.
• Purdue's leading rebounder is 7-foot, 4-inch Zach Edey. The Boilermakers' second-leading rebounder is 6-foot Braden Smith.
• A year ago, Purdue shot 32.2 percent from 3-point range, a number that ranked 281st nationally. This year, Purdue is at 40.6 percent, leading the country. Purdue had one player (Braden Smith) shoot over 36.0 percent from deep a year ago. This year, Purdue has nine players over 36.0 percent.
• Purdue has finished in the top 10 nationally in 3-point percentage in three of the last seven seasons (9th - 2017; 2nd - 2018; 7th - 2022).
• Zach Edey's 24.3 points per game in Big Ten play is the second-highest total in the Big Ten since the turn of the century (2020 - Luka Garza; 26.2). Edey's 13.5 rebounds per game in Big Ten play is the most since Michigan State's Lindsay Hairston in 1974 (14.2).
• Zach Edey currently ranks third in the country in both points per game and rebounds per game. Since the 2000 season, only South Dakota State's Mike Daum (2019), Kansas State's Michael Beasley (2008) and Texas' Kevin Durant (2007) have finished in the top five nationally in both categories. He would be the first one to rank in the top three in both categories.
• Braden Smith has 345 career assists, leading sophomores (or younger) in career assists. Coincidentally, second on the list is Colgate sophomore Braeden Smith (322).
• Based on a 38-game season, Braden Smith is on pace for 485 points, 273 assists and 216 rebounds. Since the 1947-48 season, only BYU's Kyle Collinsworth and UCLA's Lonzo Ball have had 450 points, 250 assists and 200 rebounds in a season.
THE SERIES WITH MICHIGAN • Sunday's meeting closes out the season series with Michigan as Purdue is looking for its first two-game regular-season sweep of the Wolverines since the 2017-18 season. Michigan, however, would defeat Purdue in the 2018 Big Ten Tournament final that season.
• The Boilermakers lead the series by a 92-75 margin, but Michigan has won six of the last nine meetings, and 13 of the last 21.
• A win on Sunday would equal Matt Painter's record against Michigan to 17-17 overall. Michigan and Ohio State are the only Big Ten teams that Painter does not have a winning record against.
• Combined with last year's 75-70 win over the Wolverines, Purdue is looking for its first back-to-back wins in the Crisler Center since Dec. 2010 and Feb. 2012. Purdue is just 5-10 at the Crisler Center under head coach Matt Painter.