GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- EXHIBITION GAME
[14] Purdue (0-0) vs. Grand Valley State (0-0)
7 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876 - SOLD OUT)
ONLINE STREAM: B1G+ (Max Bury, Craig Combs, Ellie Fideli)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• No. 14-ranked Purdue ends its regular-season preparation with its lone home appearance of the preseason on Wednesday night, when it hosts Grand Valley State in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers played Creighton in a charity exhibition game on Saturday night in Omaha, while Grand Valley State is coming off setbacks to Toledo (76-71) and Nebraska (73-53) in its two previous exhibition games.
• On Saturday, the Boilermakers appeared in a charity exhibition game benefiting areas affected by deadly tornadoes for the second straight season. A year ago, Purdue fell to Arkansas 81-77 in overtime, and four days ago, Purdue fell to Creighton 93-87.
• Grand Valley State is coached by former-Cuonzo Martin assistant Cornell Mann. Martin played at Purdue from 1992-95 and was an assistant at Purdue under Matt Painter for three years from 2006-08 (also assistant under Gene Keady from 2001-05).
• In Purdue's loss to Creighton on Saturday, the trio of Braden Smith (31), Trey Kaufman-Renn (22) and Fletcher Loyer (17) combined for 70 points. The Purdue trio of Loyer (27), Smith (26) and Zach Edey (22) combined for 75 points in the win over No. 1 Arizona last season, but prior to that game, it hadn't been done since March, 23, 2019 vs. Villanova (Carsen Edwards - 42, Matt Haarms - 18, Ryan Cline - 12).
• Purdue outrebounded (33-31) and had fewer turnovers (7-13) than Creighton. In the reg.-season under Painter, Purdue is 154-15 when that happens.
• Including exhibition games, Purdue has won 24 straight games in the month of November, the last loss coming Nov. 26, 2020, against Clemson in the Space Coast Challenge. Including exhibition games, Purdue is 119-23 (.838) under Matt Painter during the month of November.
• The Boilermakers open the 2024-25 campaign ranked No. 14 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll released Oct. 14.
• The Boilermakers have now been ranked in the preseason AP Top 25 poll in eight of the last 10 preseason polls dating to the 2015-16 season. The two seasons they weren't ranked came in 2022-23 (29-6 record; No. 1 seed) and 2020-21 (18-10 record; No. 4 seed).
• The preseason poll marks the first time since the Nov. 21, 2022 (ranked 24th) that Purdue hasn't been ranked in the AP top 5, ending a streak of 37 straight polls ranked in the top 5. Purdue was ranked in the top 3 in 32-of-37 of those polls. The 37 straight weeks in the top 5 was the third-longest streak in Big Ten history (41 by Ohio State, 1960-63; 38 by Indiana, 1975-77).
• Purdue has been ranked in 39 straight AP Top 25 polls, the sixth-longest active streak in the country and the third longest in school history.
• Purdue is looking to become the first team to win three straight outright Big Ten titles since the Boilermakers did it in 1994-96. Ohio State also accomplished the feat in 1960-62 as the only programs to record an outright "threepeat".
• 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).
• The Boilermakers have won 35 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 19 games (Houston - 16). The 35-game streak is the ninth-longest streak in NCAA history and just three programs have streaks of 40 or more. During the streak, Purdue has defeated seven teams ranked in the AP top 10.
• Purdue, Duke, Gonzaga and Houston are the only programs in America to have made at least a Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four in the last five NCAA Tournaments. Purdue reached the Sweet 16 in 2022, the Elite 8 in 2019 and the Final Four in 2024.
• Matt Painter ranks fifth on the Big Ten's list for career wins with 447, trailing only Tom Izzo (707), Bob Knight (662) and Gene Keady (512) in Big Ten history. On the Big Ten games-only chart, Painter is fifth (226 wins), needing two wins to tie Hall of Famer, Ward "Piggy" Lambert of Purdue with 228 victories.
[14] Purdue (0-0) vs. Grand Valley State (0-0)
7 p.m. ET | West Lafayette, Indiana
Mackey Arena (14,876 - SOLD OUT)
ONLINE STREAM: B1G+ (Max Bury, Craig Combs, Ellie Fideli)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
THE NOTES TO KNOW
• No. 14-ranked Purdue ends its regular-season preparation with its lone home appearance of the preseason on Wednesday night, when it hosts Grand Valley State in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers played Creighton in a charity exhibition game on Saturday night in Omaha, while Grand Valley State is coming off setbacks to Toledo (76-71) and Nebraska (73-53) in its two previous exhibition games.
• On Saturday, the Boilermakers appeared in a charity exhibition game benefiting areas affected by deadly tornadoes for the second straight season. A year ago, Purdue fell to Arkansas 81-77 in overtime, and four days ago, Purdue fell to Creighton 93-87.
• Grand Valley State is coached by former-Cuonzo Martin assistant Cornell Mann. Martin played at Purdue from 1992-95 and was an assistant at Purdue under Matt Painter for three years from 2006-08 (also assistant under Gene Keady from 2001-05).
• In Purdue's loss to Creighton on Saturday, the trio of Braden Smith (31), Trey Kaufman-Renn (22) and Fletcher Loyer (17) combined for 70 points. The Purdue trio of Loyer (27), Smith (26) and Zach Edey (22) combined for 75 points in the win over No. 1 Arizona last season, but prior to that game, it hadn't been done since March, 23, 2019 vs. Villanova (Carsen Edwards - 42, Matt Haarms - 18, Ryan Cline - 12).
• Purdue outrebounded (33-31) and had fewer turnovers (7-13) than Creighton. In the reg.-season under Painter, Purdue is 154-15 when that happens.
• Including exhibition games, Purdue has won 24 straight games in the month of November, the last loss coming Nov. 26, 2020, against Clemson in the Space Coast Challenge. Including exhibition games, Purdue is 119-23 (.838) under Matt Painter during the month of November.
• The Boilermakers open the 2024-25 campaign ranked No. 14 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll released Oct. 14.
• The Boilermakers have now been ranked in the preseason AP Top 25 poll in eight of the last 10 preseason polls dating to the 2015-16 season. The two seasons they weren't ranked came in 2022-23 (29-6 record; No. 1 seed) and 2020-21 (18-10 record; No. 4 seed).
• The preseason poll marks the first time since the Nov. 21, 2022 (ranked 24th) that Purdue hasn't been ranked in the AP top 5, ending a streak of 37 straight polls ranked in the top 5. Purdue was ranked in the top 3 in 32-of-37 of those polls. The 37 straight weeks in the top 5 was the third-longest streak in Big Ten history (41 by Ohio State, 1960-63; 38 by Indiana, 1975-77).
• Purdue has been ranked in 39 straight AP Top 25 polls, the sixth-longest active streak in the country and the third longest in school history.
• Purdue is looking to become the first team to win three straight outright Big Ten titles since the Boilermakers did it in 1994-96. Ohio State also accomplished the feat in 1960-62 as the only programs to record an outright "threepeat".
• 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).
• The Boilermakers have won 35 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 19 games (Houston - 16). The 35-game streak is the ninth-longest streak in NCAA history and just three programs have streaks of 40 or more. During the streak, Purdue has defeated seven teams ranked in the AP top 10.
• Purdue, Duke, Gonzaga and Houston are the only programs in America to have made at least a Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four in the last five NCAA Tournaments. Purdue reached the Sweet 16 in 2022, the Elite 8 in 2019 and the Final Four in 2024.
• Matt Painter ranks fifth on the Big Ten's list for career wins with 447, trailing only Tom Izzo (707), Bob Knight (662) and Gene Keady (512) in Big Ten history. On the Big Ten games-only chart, Painter is fifth (226 wins), needing two wins to tie Hall of Famer, Ward "Piggy" Lambert of Purdue with 228 victories.