The 2025–26 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Matt Painter, who is in his 21st season with the Boilermakers. The Boilermakers played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference.
The Boilermakers were ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP and coaches polls, the first time the school had begun the season ranked in the top spot. Prior to the regular season, they won the Bahamas Championship, defeating Texas Tech in the final. The Boilermakers finished the regular season 23–8 (13–7 in the Big Ten). They then won the Big Ten Championship, defeating Michigan in the final. As champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the West region. There they defeated Queens in the first round and Miami in the second round to make the Sweet 16 for the third year in a row. They then defeated Texas to make the Elite 8, where they lost to Arizona.
Previous season Purdue finished the 2024–25 season 24–12, 13–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the No. 6 seed In the Big Ten tournament, they defeated USC in the second round before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals. They received an at–large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated High Point in the first round and McNeese in the second round to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the eighth time in 16 seasons under Matt Painter. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to eventual national runner–up Houston.
Offseason Departures Purdue departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Caleb Furst 1 F 6'10" 230 Senior Fort Wayne, IN Graduated Myles Colvin 5 G 6'5" 205 Sophomore Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Wake Forest Brian Waddell 11 F 6'7" 195 RS Junior Carmel, IN Transferred to Bellarmine Josh Furst 20 F 6'6" 200 Sophomore Fort Wayne, IN Walk-on; left team Camden Heide 23 F 6'7" 205 RS Sophomore Wayzata, MN Transferred to Texas Will Berg 44 C 7'2" 260 RS Sophomore Stockholm, Sweden Transferred to Wichita State
Incoming transfers Purdue incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Liam Murphy 5 F 6'7" 225 Senior Staten Island, NY North Florida Oscar Cluff 45 C 6'11" 260 Senior Sunshine Coast, Queensland South Dakota State
Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class
2026 recruiting class
Preseason
Preseason Big Ten poll Purdue was picked to win the conference in a preseason poll of basketball writers. Braden Smith was chosen as the conference's preseason player of the year for the second consecutive year. Trey Kaufman-Renn was also named to the All-Big Ten Preseason team.
Preseason All-American Braden Smith was named a unanimous AP preseason All-American and the preseason player of the year by many different polls.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Source
Rankings
References