WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The promotional schedule for the 2026-27 Purdue men’s basketball season has been unveiled, featuring bobblehead games, the annual T-shirt game and the annual Food Drive /poster giveaway game to support Food Finders.
For the season opener against Valparaiso on Nov. 6, the 2026 Big Ten Tournament champion banner will be unveiled and replica championship rings will be given to the first 2,000 fans in attendance.
Against Iowa on Dec. 1, Walter Jordan bobbleheads will be distributed. Jordan ranks 12th in school history in scoring and sixth in rebounding and was a two-time first-team All-Big Ten honoree in 1977 and 1978.
The annual Food Drive / movie poster giveaway is Dec. 11, vs. Tennessee. Over the years, the promotion has resulted in over 75,000 meals for area families.
The Jan. 2, game against Rutgers will be Purdue’s annual Hammer Down Cancer and jersey auction game. Fans are able to buy Purdue’s game-worn jerseys with the proceeds going to the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research.
On Jan. 23, against Maryland, the second bobblehead of the year will be distributed as Billy Keller is immortalized in bobblehead form. Keller helped the Boilermakers to the 1969 Final Four and spent eight years with Indiana in the ABA, winning three ABA Championships.
The Jan. 26, contest against Nebraska is the Coaches vs. Cancer game. Purdue coaches and players will receive and wear custom-designed Nike shoes from kids at Riley’s Children’s Hospital, then auction the shoes off with proceeds going back to Riley’s.
The Feb. 12, game against Illinois will be the annual T-shirt game.
Halftime acts this year include the Pacers Dunk Team (Nov. 17), the Wonderdogs (Dec. 21), Red Panda (Dec. 30) and the Firecrackers (Jan. 23), among others.
Tickets remain for sale for the Dec. 21, contest against Cal Baptist and the Dec. 30, game against USC.