The 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. Their head coach was

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, in his 12th season with the Boilers. The team played their home games in

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and were members of the

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. With their win over

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on February 28, 2017, Purdue clinched their first Big Ten Championship since 2009, 22nd overall. With

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's loss on March 2, Purdue clinched an outright championship, their 23rd championship, the most in Big Ten history. They finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in to win the Big Ten regular season championship. In the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to

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. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region where they beat

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and

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to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In their first trip to the Sweet Sixteen since

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, they lost to No. 1-seeded and No. 3-ranked

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 26–9, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated

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and

to advance to the championship game. In the championship game, they lost to

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. The Boilermakers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a No. 5 seed, they were upset by No. 12-seeded

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in the First Round.

Preseason

Purdue was picked to finish second in the Big Ten in preseason polls by

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Caleb Swanigan Caleb Sylvester Swanigan (April 18, 1997 – June 20, 2022) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers. He was ranked among the top prep ...

was named to the preseason All-Big Ten team as voted by a panel of conference media.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Roster

Class of 2016 recruits

Carsen Edwards Carsen Cade Edwards (born March 12, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers, where he was twice name ...

accepted Purdue's offer August 11, 2015. He knew other guards had official visits to the university scheduled, and wanted to accept his offer while he had the chance. He said, "If I were to wait and let them get there, I may miss a good opportunity, so I went ahead and took it."

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had his first official visit to Purdue in September 2016. Haarms liked Purdue's history of developing centers and forwards, saying "some of the greatest big men are coming out of Purdue." He committed to Purdue in October 2016.

Class of 2017 recruits

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Awards and honors

Caleb Swanigan

* Big Ten Player of the Year (media and coaches) (unanimous selection) * All-Big Ten First Team (media and coaches) (unanimous selection) * AP Big Ten Player of the year (unanimous selection) * AP All-Big Ten First Team (unanimous selection)

Dakota Mathias

* All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media) * All-Big Ten Defensive Team

Vincent Edwards

* All-Big Ten Third Team (media) * All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches)

References

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