Purdue’s men’s basketball season came to an end on Sunday, falling to Arizona in the Elite Eight. It was a disappointing, but appropriate, end for a team ranked #1 in the pre-season and expected to compete for a national title but struggled throughout the conference schedule. While home tickets remained hard to come by this season, I did manage to see six games in five arenas across four states, thanks to a January trip out west to California, a Valentine’s Day visit to Iowa City, and the Big Ten Tournament here at the United Center, tied for the greatest number of games I’ve attended in a single season while adding both the Galen Center and Pauley Pavilion to my collection.
2026 Team Records – Men
| TeamName | Won | Loss | Winning Pctg |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Bruins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Purdue Boilermakers | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| USC Trojans | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Penn State Nittany Lions | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Northwestern Wildcats | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
