The 2011–12 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented

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. The head coach of the Boilermakers was

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

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, U.S., and was a member of the

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Season notes

*On October 27, senior forward

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was named to the ''Preseason First Team All-Big Ten'' for the third time in his Purdue career. *On November 11, newly renovated

was re-dedicated in conjunction with the team's game against

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. They won the game by 63 points, the program's highest win margin in 100 years. *On March 5, senior forward Robbie Hummel was named ''First-Team All-Big Ten'' for the third time, making him only the 12th player in the history of the conference to be so honored three times and the first Boilermaker since

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. * On March 5, senior point guard Lewis Jackson was named ''Honorable Mention All-Big Ten'' for a second year in a row. *On March 5, junior DJ Byrd was named the ''Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year'', as well as an ''Honorable Mention All-Big Ten''. *On three occasions, Purdue committed a school-record 3 turnovers, losing to Wisconsin, Indiana, and @ Ohio State. *Purdue led the nation in turnovers per game, averaging 8.7 per contest. *On March 3 in a regular season finale loss @ Indiana, Robbie Hummel scored his 1,720th career point, putting him at the ninth spot on the career scoring list at Purdue. He joined recruiting classmates

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and JaJuan Johnson in the top ten. *In conference play, Lewis Jackson led the Big Ten in assist/turnover margin. *With 438 career assists at the culmination of the regular season, Lewis Jackson is only 5 short of

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's Jordan Taylor's 443 to lead the Big Ten amongst active players. *Against

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in the Big Ten tournament on March 8, Purdue tallied their 258th three-point field goal on the season, setting a program single-season record.

Roster

Incoming recruits

Schedule

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Rankings

Note: Purdue was seeded 37th by the NCAA Tournament selection committee.

2012 signing class

References

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