The 2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. Their head coach is

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, who coached his 18th season with the Boilermakers. The Boilermakers played their home games at

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as members of the

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. With Northwestern's loss to

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on February 26, 2023, Purdue clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. With

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's loss to

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on March 2, Purdue clinched the outright regular season championship, its first outright championship since

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. The championship marked the school's 25th, the most in Big Ten history. In the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Rutgers, Ohio State, and Penn State to win the tournament championship, the school's second. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the East region. In the first round of the tournament they were upset by Farleigh Dickinson, becoming the second men's No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed ever, following Virginia's 2018 loss to UMBC.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2021–22 season 29–8, 14–6 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They defeated

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and

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in the Big Ten tournament to advance to the championship game where they lost to

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. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. There they defeated

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and

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to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they were upset by No. 15-seeded Saint Peter's.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting classes

2022 recruiting class

2023 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

References

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Big Ten men's basketball tournament championship seasons