WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men's basketball team will officially start its quest to the 2025 Final Four on Monday, when it holds the first of 30 preseason practices in advance of its season opener on Monday, Nov. 4, against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Head coach Matt Painter welcomes back three starters and seven regulars from a squad that reached last year's National Championship game, won the Big Ten regular-season title by three games and won a school-record 34 games.
DATES TO KNOW
• Sept. 23 – First official practice
• Oct. 3 – Big Ten Media Day
• Oct. 8 – Single-game tickets on sale to John Purdue Club members
• Oct. 11 – Single-game tickets available to general public
• Oct. 19 – Fan Day
• Oct. 26 – Charity Exhibition game at Creighton
• Oct. 30 – Exhibition game vs. Grand Valley State
• Nov. 4 – Season opener vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
PRESEASON NOTEBOOK
• With three starters back, Purdue must overcome the loss of two of its top three-leading scorers from a year ago (Zach Edey, Lance Jones), returning just over 46 percent of its scoring from last year.
• In 2024-25, Purdue will return 117 of a possible 195 starts from the 2022-24 season, marking the 11th time in 20 seasons that Painter returns at least 60 percent of starts from the previous season.
• In eight previous years that Purdue returns at least 110 starts from the previous season, the Boilermakers have posted a 228-61 (.789) combined record, reaching the Sweet 16 (and beyond) six times.
• Entering the postseason, Purdue's 17 straight home wins are tied for the sixth-longest streak in the country.
• Purdue enters the season having won 35 consecutive regular-season, non-conference games.
• Purdue became the first Big Ten team in league history with three straight undefeated non-conference regular seasons.
• Purdue has won 35 straight non-conference, regular-season games, the ninth-longest streak in NCAA history. Purdue joined Syracuse (2009, 2010, 2011) and Duke (1992, 1993, 1994) as the only schools over the last 50 years to go unbeaten in non-conference play for three straight years.
• Purdue needs two wins to move into a spot in the top five.
• Purdue enters the 2024-25 season having won 35 straight non-conference, regular-season games, the longest streak in the country. The streak will span 1,428 days entering next season (Nov. 4, 2024), last losing on Dec. 8, 2020, vs. Miami, Fla.
• Purdue's non-conference, regular-season winning streak is now 20 games longer than any other team after the Boilermakers ended Arizona's 19-game streak on Dec. 16, 2023. Houston now has the second-longest streak at 15 games.
• Since the start of the 2020-21 season, Purdue is 38-2 during non-conference play, the best mark in the country.
• The Boilermakers have won 26 straight non-conference games in Mackey Arena, dating to a loss on Nov. 9, 2019, vs. Texas.
• Purdue needs one wins to tie the school record of consecutive non-conference home games entering next season.
• Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Purdue is 56-2 in Mackey Arena against non-conference opposition (Villanova - Nov. 13, 2016; Texas - Nov. 9, 2019).
• Purdue's 92 wins (92-19) since the start of the 2021-22 season are the second-most nationally.
• The senior class of Caleb Furst needs just 18 victories to set the school record for most wins by a senior class -- set by last year's senior class (110)
• Purdue's winning percentage of .835 is second nationally over the last three years (Houston - .866).
• Purdue's 92 wins over the last three years are the second most nationally (Houston – 97).
• Since the 2016-17 season, Purdue owns the second-most wins against teams ranked in the KenPom Top 100, with 140 victories.
• Purdue boasts the third-best conference record among all power-conference teams since the start of the 2016-17 season.
• The Boilermakers' 113 conference wins over the last eight seasons are the most nationally among power-conference programs (Virginia - 112), and fifth overall (Gonzaga - 121; Belmont - 120; Houston - 116; Vermont - 115).
• Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Purdue's 235 victories rank sixth among all Division I teams.
• Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Purdue has 39 wins over nationally-ranked teams, the second-most wins nationally (Kansas – 50). Purdue is 39-27 against ranked teams during that span. The 59.1 win percentage is also second best in the country.
• Purdue is 20-6 against top-25 teams since the start of the 2021-22 season, the best record for any team that has played at least 10 games against nationally-ranked teams in that span.
• Purdue owns a 10-2 record against top-10 teams since the start of the 2021-22 season, the best mark in the country (min. 5 games).
• Purdue is one of five teams to rank in the nation's top 50 in offensive efficiency in each of the last nine years.
• Over the last 10 seasons (including the 2024-25 campaign), Purdue (125-48) owns the Big Ten's best record by a whopping 15 games over Michigan State (110-63).
• Perhaps even more impressive is over the last two full seasons, Purdue is 32-8 overall, a full seven games better than Illinois (25-15).
• After the 2016 season, Indiana had tied Purdue for the most Big Ten titles in conference history when it won its 22nd Big Ten title. Since then, Purdue has won four Big Ten titles in the last eight years (2017, 2019, 2023, 2024) to stake claim to 26 Big Ten Championships.
• In the 2024 final conference standings, there are only two power-5 conference teams, Purdue (Big Ten) and Arizona (PAC-12), that have finished in the top three of their respective conference races in three straight years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24).
• Head coach Matt Painter is one of five coaches (Few, Self, Izzo, Painter, Calipari) to have led his respective team to 15 NCAA Tournament appearances since the 2006-07 season (Painter's second year at Purdue).
• Head coach Matt Painter is one of seven coaches nationally to average at least 25 wins over the last nine seasons (2016-24).
• Purdue has finished first or second in the Big Ten standings in nine of the last 18 seasons, since Painter's second season at Purdue.
• It has finished in the top four in 14 of the last 18 seasons.
• With 7-foot, 4-inch Daniel Jacobsen and 7-foot, 2-inch Will Berg on the roster, Purdue has now had a 7-footer on the roster for 13 straight years.
Head coach Matt Painter welcomes back three starters and seven regulars from a squad that reached last year's National Championship game, won the Big Ten regular-season title by three games and won a school-record 34 games.
DATES TO KNOW
• Sept. 23 – First official practice
• Oct. 3 – Big Ten Media Day
• Oct. 8 – Single-game tickets on sale to John Purdue Club members
• Oct. 11 – Single-game tickets available to general public
• Oct. 19 – Fan Day
• Oct. 26 – Charity Exhibition game at Creighton
• Oct. 30 – Exhibition game vs. Grand Valley State
• Nov. 4 – Season opener vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
PRESEASON NOTEBOOK
• With three starters back, Purdue must overcome the loss of two of its top three-leading scorers from a year ago (Zach Edey, Lance Jones), returning just over 46 percent of its scoring from last year.
• In 2024-25, Purdue will return 117 of a possible 195 starts from the 2022-24 season, marking the 11th time in 20 seasons that Painter returns at least 60 percent of starts from the previous season.
• In eight previous years that Purdue returns at least 110 starts from the previous season, the Boilermakers have posted a 228-61 (.789) combined record, reaching the Sweet 16 (and beyond) six times.
• Entering the postseason, Purdue's 17 straight home wins are tied for the sixth-longest streak in the country.
• Purdue enters the season having won 35 consecutive regular-season, non-conference games.
• Purdue became the first Big Ten team in league history with three straight undefeated non-conference regular seasons.
• Purdue has won 35 straight non-conference, regular-season games, the ninth-longest streak in NCAA history. Purdue joined Syracuse (2009, 2010, 2011) and Duke (1992, 1993, 1994) as the only schools over the last 50 years to go unbeaten in non-conference play for three straight years.
• Purdue needs two wins to move into a spot in the top five.
• Purdue enters the 2024-25 season having won 35 straight non-conference, regular-season games, the longest streak in the country. The streak will span 1,428 days entering next season (Nov. 4, 2024), last losing on Dec. 8, 2020, vs. Miami, Fla.
• Purdue's non-conference, regular-season winning streak is now 20 games longer than any other team after the Boilermakers ended Arizona's 19-game streak on Dec. 16, 2023. Houston now has the second-longest streak at 15 games.
• Since the start of the 2020-21 season, Purdue is 38-2 during non-conference play, the best mark in the country.
• The Boilermakers have won 26 straight non-conference games in Mackey Arena, dating to a loss on Nov. 9, 2019, vs. Texas.
• Purdue needs one wins to tie the school record of consecutive non-conference home games entering next season.
• Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Purdue is 56-2 in Mackey Arena against non-conference opposition (Villanova - Nov. 13, 2016; Texas - Nov. 9, 2019).
• Purdue's 92 wins (92-19) since the start of the 2021-22 season are the second-most nationally.
• The senior class of Caleb Furst needs just 18 victories to set the school record for most wins by a senior class -- set by last year's senior class (110)
• Purdue's winning percentage of .835 is second nationally over the last three years (Houston - .866).
• Purdue's 92 wins over the last three years are the second most nationally (Houston – 97).
• Since the 2016-17 season, Purdue owns the second-most wins against teams ranked in the KenPom Top 100, with 140 victories.
• Purdue boasts the third-best conference record among all power-conference teams since the start of the 2016-17 season.
• The Boilermakers' 113 conference wins over the last eight seasons are the most nationally among power-conference programs (Virginia - 112), and fifth overall (Gonzaga - 121; Belmont - 120; Houston - 116; Vermont - 115).
• Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Purdue's 235 victories rank sixth among all Division I teams.
• Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Purdue has 39 wins over nationally-ranked teams, the second-most wins nationally (Kansas – 50). Purdue is 39-27 against ranked teams during that span. The 59.1 win percentage is also second best in the country.
• Purdue is 20-6 against top-25 teams since the start of the 2021-22 season, the best record for any team that has played at least 10 games against nationally-ranked teams in that span.
• Purdue owns a 10-2 record against top-10 teams since the start of the 2021-22 season, the best mark in the country (min. 5 games).
• Purdue is one of five teams to rank in the nation's top 50 in offensive efficiency in each of the last nine years.
• Over the last 10 seasons (including the 2024-25 campaign), Purdue (125-48) owns the Big Ten's best record by a whopping 15 games over Michigan State (110-63).
• Perhaps even more impressive is over the last two full seasons, Purdue is 32-8 overall, a full seven games better than Illinois (25-15).
• After the 2016 season, Indiana had tied Purdue for the most Big Ten titles in conference history when it won its 22nd Big Ten title. Since then, Purdue has won four Big Ten titles in the last eight years (2017, 2019, 2023, 2024) to stake claim to 26 Big Ten Championships.
• In the 2024 final conference standings, there are only two power-5 conference teams, Purdue (Big Ten) and Arizona (PAC-12), that have finished in the top three of their respective conference races in three straight years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24).
• Head coach Matt Painter is one of five coaches (Few, Self, Izzo, Painter, Calipari) to have led his respective team to 15 NCAA Tournament appearances since the 2006-07 season (Painter's second year at Purdue).
• Head coach Matt Painter is one of seven coaches nationally to average at least 25 wins over the last nine seasons (2016-24).
• Purdue has finished first or second in the Big Ten standings in nine of the last 18 seasons, since Painter's second season at Purdue.
• It has finished in the top four in 14 of the last 18 seasons.
• With 7-foot, 4-inch Daniel Jacobsen and 7-foot, 2-inch Will Berg on the roster, Purdue has now had a 7-footer on the roster for 13 straight years.