NCAA Tournament March Madness

#7 Purdue

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Projected seed: 3

Purdue’s resume looks like a tournament team because it combines a high-powered offense with marquee wins away from home and on neutral courts, most notably a dominant neutral-site victory over Texas Tech and hard-fought road wins at Alabama and Iowa. Those headline moments give the profile clear top-end quality, but they are tempered by costly home setbacks to Michigan, Illinois and Michigan State that expose defensive lapses and cap the upside. Tight losses at UCLA and competitive trips to Ohio State and Indiana show the roster can travel and remain dangerous even when it comes up short, and a looming home date with Wisconsin is a straightforward chance to fortify the résumé. The mix of signature neutral and road wins, ugly home defeats, and meaningful remaining opportunities is exactly the profile that lands a team comfortably into the field rather than stranded on the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Evansville305W82-51
11/7Oakland165W87-77
11/13@Alabama18W87-80
11/16Akron60W97-79
11/20(N)Memphis131W80-71
11/21(N)Texas Tech14W86-56
11/28E Illinois324W109-62
12/2@Rutgers133W81-65
12/6Iowa St8L81-58
12/10Minnesota72W85-57
12/13Marquette91W79-59
12/20(N)Auburn40W88-60
12/29Kent156W101-60
1/3@Wisconsin25W89-73
1/7Washington52W81-73
1/10Penn St137W93-85
1/14Iowa23W79-72
1/17@USC69W69-64
1/20@UCLA34L69-67
1/24Illinois5L88-82
1/27@Indiana41L72-67
2/1@Maryland134W93-63
2/7Oregon100W68-64
2/10@Nebraska12W80-77
2/14@Iowa23W78-57
2/17Michigan2L91-80
2/20Indiana41W93-64
2/26Michigan St10L76-74
3/1@Ohio St27L82-74
3/4@Northwestern66W70-66
3/7Wisconsin2579%