The 2009–10 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented

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. The head coach was

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, then in his fifth season with the Boilers. The team played its home games in

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, as a member of the

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. They made the NCAA Tournament where they were the 4th seed. They defeated #13 Siena in the first round, #5 Texas A&M in the second round, before losing to the champions #1 Duke in the Sweet Sixteen.

Season notes

* Junior guard

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, forward

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, forward/center JaJuan Johnson, along with senior guard Keaton Grant, each scored their 1,000th career point. * Keaton Grant broke the school record with most career games, eclipsing Marcus Green's 132 mark set last season with 138. * Robbie Hummel broke the school record of consecutive free throws made, making 36, breaking

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's prior mark of 34. * Robbie Hummel made 8 three point-field goals in a game, tying

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's sixteen-year-old school record. * Senior guard

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broke Brian Cardinal's 259 career steals mark, giving Kramer the school's career steals record with an eventual 274. * The team's 14–0 start on the season is tied for the best in Purdue Men's basketball history, along with its first undefeated preseason record since the 1993–94 season. * With a victory over

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on January 5, 2010, Purdue won its 500th game at

. * Robbie Hummel became the first Boilermaker to score 35 points in a game since Carl Landry did in 2005. * Head coach

won his 100th game as Purdue's head coach with a victory over

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on January 28, 2010. * Purdue became the first and only team in Big Ten Conference history to beat

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, and Minnesota on the road in a single season. * Purdue received a #3 ranking in both major polls, giving the program its highest since 1994. * Robbie Hummel suffered a torn

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on February 24, 2010, in a road game against Minnesota, prematurely ending his season. * The 2010 senior class became the winningest class in school history, surpassing the 98 wins mark with 102. * Purdue won its 22nd Big Ten Conference title, the most of any Big Ten school and its first in fourteen years. * Coach Matt Painter was named the ''Big Ten Coach of the Year'' for the second time in three years. * Both E'Twaun Moore and Robbie Hummel were named ''First Team All-Big Ten'', the first time for multiple Boilermakers since 1988. * Kelsey Barlow was named to the ''Big Ten All-Freshman Team'', becoming the fifth Boiler in four years with the honor. * Chris Kramer received his second ''Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year'' honors. * Purdue reached a second straight Sweet Sixteen appearance in the NCAA tournament. * Purdue's 29 wins on the season tied the most in school history with the 1993–94 team.

Roster

Incoming recruits

Schedule

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South Region

Rankings

Gallery

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, JaJuan Johnson and

at press conference (2010-01-23) Image:20091219 Purdue Boilermakers.jpg, The Boilermakers after defeating Ball State in the 2009 Wooden Tradition. Image:20091219 Purdue Boilermakers boxing out.jpg,

, JaJuan Johnson and

on defense (2009-12-19)

2010 signing class

References

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