NCAA Tournament March Madness

#9 Purdue

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Projected seed: 2

Purdue’s resume commands respect because signature victories include a road win at Alabama and dominant neutral-site routs of Texas Tech and Auburn, and the team backed those up with quality road wins at USC and Wisconsin that show it can win away from home. The biggest blemishes are a heavy loss at Iowa State and a home defeat to Illinois that expose vulnerability against pressure plus a tight road loss at UCLA that highlights occasional fragility in close games away from familiar surroundings. With high-profile chances remaining at home against Michigan and Indiana, a meeting with Michigan State, road tests at Ohio State and Northwestern, and a return matchup with Wisconsin Purdue can either cement its standing with more road and neutral-site success or give the committee reason to move it down if it stumbles in that stretch.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Evansville297W82-51
11/7Oakland138W87-77
11/13@Alabama16W87-80
11/16Akron66W97-79
11/20(N)Memphis99W80-71
11/21(N)Texas Tech17W86-56
11/28E Illinois325W109-62
12/2@Rutgers160W81-65
12/6Iowa St7L81-58
12/10Minnesota80W85-57
12/13Marquette104W79-59
12/20(N)Auburn31W88-60
12/29Kent145W101-60
1/3@Wisconsin30W89-73
1/7Washington47W81-73
1/10Penn St123W93-85
1/14Iowa23W79-72
1/17@USC50W69-64
1/20@UCLA42L69-67
1/24Illinois6L88-82
1/27@Indiana35L72-67
2/1@Maryland126W93-63
2/7Oregon101W68-64
2/10@Nebraska12W80-77
2/14@Iowa2354%
2/17Michigan139%
2/20Indiana3581%
2/26Michigan St1366%
3/1@Ohio St4166%
3/4@Northwestern6880%
3/7Wisconsin3079%