The Boilermakers won the Rose Bowl in 1966 and began 1968 ranked No. 1.
Not exact matches
The Ohio State Buckeyes made it a clean sweep of top - seeded teams to advance in the Big Ten Tournament on Friday with an 88 - 71
win over the Purdue
Boilermakers in the night cap.
The Purdue
Boilermakers are 7 - 6, and finally has another
winning season.
They're the only team in FBS history to
win 3 straight games in overtime, but didn't need it against the
Boilermakers in a 23 - 13
win.
The
Boilermakers had six
wins in three years before
winning seven this fall.
Whether or not mammoth center Isaac Haas makes a miraculous return to the court after fracturing his right elbow in Friday's opening - round
win over Cal State — Fullerton, the
Boilermakers have enough offensive firepower to compromise Texas Tech's stout defense, which ranks fourth in Pomeroy's adjusted efficiency.
Vermont will give Purdue all it can handle before the
Boilermakers make enough plays down the stretch to get a
win that lets Matt Painter to avoid a billion questions about why he can't beat anybody in the postseason.
The No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks are facing off with the No. 10 Purdue
Boilermakers as both teams attempt to pick up the
win and advance to the Sweet 16.
Purdue's defense could ultimately keep the
Boilermakers from
winning the Big Ten.
Danny Hope's Purdue
Boilermakers almost
won at Notre Dame and Ohio State but lost to Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota by an average of 24 points.
The Huskers didn't play poorly either — 61 points is plenty many nights in the B1G — turning the ball over just eight times all game, but they couldn't stop the
Boilermakers, and defense
wins championships, as any coach will tell you.
Indiana's leading scorer (20.7 points per game) almost certainly must avenge an earlier loss to the No. 5 Spartans and, on Tuesday (ESPN, 7 p.m.), another to the No. 21
Boilermakers if the No. 16 Hoosiers are to
win their first regular - season conference title since 1993.
The
Boilermakers have
won six straight, including four games against top 50 opponents.