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Purdue Basketball Uses Second Half Surge to Overcome Hot Shooting Hawkeyes 79-72
On yet another snowy night in West Lafayette, the Boilermaker faithful trudged through the wind and below freezing temperatures to see their favorite team in action this time against the Iowa Hawkeyes. John Wooden Memorial Player of the Game (JMPOTG): Maybe not the one that jumps out at you, but CJ Cox had a great […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #5 Purdue (15-1, 5-0) vs. Iowa (12-4, 2-3) & Fan Discussion
We’ve made it folks. We are through the games where the Paint Crew is gone for the winter break. The students have returned. The Paint Crew will be out in full force as Iowa comes into Mackey Arena to try and improve to 6-0 in conference play. They couldn’t come back at a better time […]
Purdue Football Changing Their Schedule, Good or Bad? Staff Roundtable
You might have seen the report from Nathan Baird that the way Purdue football schedules could be about to change. If not, I’ve included his tweet with a link to his article below. With that in mind I asked the staff, is this a good move or a bad move? Ledman: To me this is […]
Purdue Basketball: Iowa Preview – Stats, Analytics, Analysis
2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 12-4 Big 10 Record: 2-3 Previous 3 Games 1/11: L – 69-75 vs Illinois @ Home 1/6: L – 67 – 70 vs Minnesota @ Away 1/3: W – 74 – 61 vs UCLA @ Home Iowa Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank in ()) KenPom Ranking – 21 Offense Adjusted […]
Non-Conference Opponents Update: January 14
Things are beginning to level out. For the past few weeks Purdue has been slightly behind a few other schools in the pursuit for a No. 1 seed. With Michigan and Iowa State getting their first losses that gap has narrowed. UConn has also had a few narrow escapes of late, making the top 10 […]
Game Preview: Iowa at #5 Purdue
#5 Purdue 15-1 (5-0) will host Iowa 12-4 (2-3) on Wednesday night. Purdue is off to a clean start in the Big Ten. Ben McCollum’s first year at Iowa has hit a recent speed bump after a hot start to the season. Iowa has lost its last two games, dropping a game at Minnesota and […]
Purdue Hammer and Rails Readers Reacts Survey – Purdue’s West Coast Swing
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. We are back to the survey questions this week. Decided to go with one football and […]
Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings at the Quarter Pole
After this weekend’s action everyone in the conference has played at least five of their 20 Big Ten games, so we’re starting to get som separation in what is a bloated league. only two teams are at the top with undefeated league records. One is not a surprise, in preseason No. 1 Purdue. We live […]
College Basketball Rankings January 12: Purdue Holds at 5
With Michigan getting upset by Wisconsin on Saturday I had hoped that Purdue could have leapfrogged them into the top 4, but the Wolverines only dropped two spots in this week’s poll after dropping their first game of the season. I think that is pretty fair, too. They have been very impressive until this past […]
Boiler Alert Podcast: Purdue Men’s Basketball Moves to 5-0
Ryan and I are back with you to discuss the week that was in the Big Ten conference. Who did Purdue a favor by taking down a conference contender and who failed to do so? Plus, is Nebraska for real? Really seems like they might be. Ryan and I get into that in the first […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball: By The Numbers: Purdue 93 Penn State 85
The Purdue Boilermakers fought off a valiant effort from Penn State to move to 5-0 in the B1G and push the Nittany Lions to 0-5 as well. It was a much more difficult game than most expected as Penn State shot 12% above their season average behind the arc on their way to making twelve […]
By The Numbers: Purdue 93 Penn State 85
The Purdue Boilermakers fought off a valiant effort from Penn State to move to 5-0 in the B1G and push the Nittany Lions to 0-5 as well. It was a much more difficult game than most expected as Penn State shot 12% above their season average behind the arc on their way to making twelve […]
Purdue 93, Penn State 85: Postgame Video
Today’s postgame video post is a little late today, as I scalped a couple tickets and took my son up at the last minute this morning. It marked the first time in probably more than a decade that I have been to Mackey solely as a fan instead of sitting with the media, and it […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball Takes Down Penn State 93-85
Purdue came into this game undefeated in Big Ten play and looking to keep pace with a Nebraska team who just came back from a 16 point second half deficit to take down IU on the road and a Michigan team who was locked into a fight against the Wisconsin Badgers (a fight they would […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #5 Purdue (14-1, 4-0) vs. Penn State (9-6, 0-4) & Fan Discussion
Purdue sits at 4-0 in conference play with Penn State coming to town today to give Purdue the opportunity to start the Big Ten season 5-0. With a 20 game Big Ten season that means that after today Purdue will be 25% done with conference play. It’s unbelievable that we are already that far into […]
Game Preview: Penn State at #5 Purdue
#5 Purdue 14-1 (4-0) will play host to Penn State 9-6 (0-4) on Saturday afternoon in Mackey Arena. Purdue is coming off six straight victories, and despite a final score against Washington that made the game appear closer than it was, the Boilers are playing its best basketball of the season. It has yet to […]
Hammer and Rails Reader Survey Results: Big Ten Champion Prediction
It’s Friday night and we are just a few hours away from seeing Purdue back in action in Mackey Arena so naturally this week I wanted to ask survey questions focused on the basketball team. The first question this week is about who you all believe will come out of this season as the Big […]
Big Ten Basketball Contenders: Staff Roundtable
It’s the end of the week and I wanted to do a second roundtable this week. While we focused on football on Wednesday’s post this one is all about men’s basketball. I wanted to know who is Purdue’s biggest challenger and maybe a dark horse for the Big Ten title this season. Ledman: The obvious […]
Boiler Alert Podcast: Recapping Purdue Men’s Basketball Over Washington and Looking to Penn State
Purdue and Washington played a Big Ten conference game on Wednesday, it’s weird to say that still. Purdue went up by as many as 23 before things started to fall apart. It was tough to watch, but Ryan and I discuss it and what exactly went wrong in this one. I try my best not […]
Purdue Football Transfer Portal: Week One Recap
The Boilermaker Football Staff has been busy. After one week, The Boilers have the 9th ranked Portal class. Here is a quick look, by position group. Quarterback – 0 As it stands, Purdue appears as if it will run it back with Ryan Browne as the incumbent. Presumably, there is belief with better talent, that […]
The Transfer Portal: Week One Recap
The Boilermaker Football Staff has been busy. After one week, The Boilers have the 9th ranked Portal class. Here is a quick look, by position group. Quarterback – 0 As it stands, Purdue appears as if it will run it back with Ryan Browne as the incumbent. Presumably, there is belief with better talent, that […]
Purdue 81, Washington 73: Postgame Video
What is it about those first home games after the holiday break without the full Paint Crew that makes Purdue struggle so much? Purdue has done better in recent years, but this has traditionally been a game where Purdue has struggled. After jumping out to a 9-0 lead in less than two minutes tonight it […]
Purdue Basketball Wins Ugly at Mackey: Purdue 81 Washington 73
Certain games you can just feel that the opponent is overmatched. You can feel that no matter what they do they aren’t going to walk out of Mackey Arena victorious. This was one such game. Poor Washington. They came into Mackey Arena with numerous injuries and only dressed nine guys (and one of them, an […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #5 Purdue (13-1, 3-0) at Washington (9-5, 1-2) & Fan Discussion
Big Ten rival Washington comes into Mackey Arena tonight as the Boilermakers look to improve to 4-0 in conference play. Who could ever forget the storied games these two teams have had throughout the long history of this bitter rivalry. Okay, but seriously, still weird that Washington is in the Big Ten, but here we […]
Purdue Football: How Do You Fix It?
With the new year now officially in full swing and all of us back to regular schedules, it’s time to fire up the roundtable machine and ask the staff a question again. This week, I wanted to know how you can fix Purdue football, but I made them go deeper than just sending me the […]
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