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The Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a men's college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference.. Purdue basketball has the most Big Ten regular season championships with 26 conference titles, and in 2024 became the first Big Ten program to be ranked as the #1 team in America for three consecutive seasons.
This was the last Purdue team to reach the Final Four until 2024. ... Roster. 1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team Players Coaches Pos. #
The Boilermakers beat Tennessee 72-66 on Sunday to make their first Final Four since 1980. The win came a year and two weeks after Purdue became only the second No. 1 seed to fall in the first ...
Here’s a look at what most of the 1980 Purdue men’s basketball team is up to since that magical Final Four run 44 years ago.
Purdue's first trip to the Final Four came in 1969, when the event hosted just 25 teams. That year saw George King's Boilermakers get a bye in the first round, meaning the Boilermakers' first game ...
Three teams - Drake, Purdue and Trinity University - made their tournament debuts. While Drake and Purdue made the Final Four in their first appearances, Trinity, an independent school from San Antonio, did not win their regional quarterfinal game against Texas A&M.
Purdue forfeited 18 regular season wins (6 conference wins) and vacated 1 NCAA Tournament win and 1 NCAA Tournament loss due to use of an ineligible player during the 1995–96 season. [ 4 ] References
It remains Purdue's last Final Four appearance, setting a standard for all Purdue teams that followed. Purdue has reached as far as the Elite Eight three times since, most recently in 2009.