The 2020–21 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Matt Painter in his 16th season with the Boilermakers. The Boilers played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 18–10, 13–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament to Ohio State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the South region. They were upset in the first round by No. 13-seeded North Texas.
Previous season The Boilermakers finished the 2019–20 season 16–15, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. Due to tie-breaking rules, they received the No. 10 seed in the Big Ten tournament before the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departureEvan Boudreaux12F6'8"220 lbs.SeniorLake Forest, IllinoisGraduatedTommy Luce15G5'10"155 lbs.SeniorJeffersonville, IndianaGraduatedJahaad Proctor3G6'3"205 lbs.SeniorHarrisburg, PennsylvaniaGraduatedMatt Haarms32C7'3"250 lbs.JuniorAmsterdam, the NetherlandsTransferred to BYUNojel Eastern20G6'6"220 lbs.JuniorEvanston, IllinoisTransferred to Howard
Recruiting classes
2020 recruiting class
2021 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=|Regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#;"|NCAA tournament
Source
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.
References