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2019–20 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record16–15 (9–11 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMackey Arena
Seasons
2019–20 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Wisconsin 14 – 6   .700 21 – 10   .677
No. 9 Michigan State 14 – 6   .700 22 – 9   .710
No. 12 Maryland 14 – 6   .700 24 – 7   .774
No. 21 Illinois 13 – 7   .650 21 – 10   .677
No. 25 Iowa 11 – 9   .550 20 – 11   .645
Penn State 11 – 9   .550 21 – 10   .677
No. 19 Ohio State 11 – 9   .550 21 – 10   .677
Rutgers 11 – 9   .550 20 – 11   .645
Michigan 10 – 10   .500 19 – 12   .613
Purdue 9 – 11   .450 16 – 15   .516
Indiana 9 – 11   .450 20 – 12   .625
Minnesota 8 – 12   .400 15 – 16   .484
Northwestern 3 – 17   .150 8 – 23   .258
Nebraska 2 – 18   .100 7 – 25   .219
Note: The 2020 Big Ten tournament was canceled prior to the second round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Matt Painter in his 15th season with the Boilers. The team played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Boilers finished the season 16–15, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. Due to tie-breaking rules, they received the No. 10 seed in the Big Ten tournament before the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Previous season

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The Boilermakers finished the 2018–19 season 26–10, 16–4 in Big Ten play to win a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, the school's conference-record 24th championship. As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were upset by Minnesota in the quarterfinals.[2] The received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South region. They defeated Old Dominion in the First Round[3] before beating defending champion Villanova to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.[4] In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated Tennessee in overtime to advance to the Elite Eight.[5] There they lost to No. 1 seed Virginia in overtime.[6]

Offseason

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Coaching changes

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In March 2019, assistant Greg Gary was hired as the new head coach at Mercer.[7] As a result, Painter hired Micah Shrewsberry to return as associate head coach in May 2019.[8]

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Ryan Cline 14 G 6'6" 195 SR Carmel, Indiana Graduated
Carsen Edwards 3 G 6'1" 200 JR Atascocita, Texas NBA
Grady Eifert 24 F 6"6" 220 SR Fort Wayne, Indiana Graduated
Kyle King 24 F 6'6" 215 FR St. Charles, Illinois Walk-on; left team for personal reasons

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Jahaad Proctor 3 G 6'3" 215 RS Senior Harrisburg, PA High Point
Jared Wulbrun 14 G 5'11" 185 Sophomore Stanford, CA Cal Lutheran

2019 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Isaiah Thompson
PG 		Zionsville, IN Zionsville Community High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jan 7, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Mason Gillis
PF 		New Castle, IN New Castle High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jun 24, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN: N/A
Brandon Newman
SG 		Valparaiso, IN Valparaiso High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sep 19, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2019 Purdue Commits". Rivals.com.
  • "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2020 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Ethan Morton
SG 		Butler, PA Butler Senior High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) May 9, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Jaden Ivey
SG 		Mishawaka, IN Marian High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 24, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2019–20 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Mason Gillis Injured Current redshirt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr New Castle High School New Castle, Indiana
F 1 Aaron Wheeler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS So Brewster Academy Stamford, Connecticut
G 2 Eric Jr. Hunter 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Tindley Prep Indianapolis, Indiana
G 3 Jahaad Proctor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr High Point Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
C 4 Emmanuel Dowuona 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Fr Westwood Christian School Miami, Florida
G 5 Brandon Newman Injured Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Valparaiso High School Valparaiso, Indiana
G 11 Isaiah Thompson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Zionsville High School Zionsville, Indiana
F 12 Evan Boudreaux 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Dartmouth Lake Forest, Illinois
G 14 Jared Wulbrun (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Cal Lutheran Stanford, California
G 15 Tommy Luce 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Sr Jeffersonville High School Jeffersonville, Indiana
G 20 Nojel Eastern 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Evanston Township High School Evanston, Illinois
F 21 Matt Frost (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Columbus East High School Columbus, Indiana
F 32 Matt Haarms 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 250 lb (113 kg) RS Jr Sunrise Christian Academy Amsterdam, the Netherlands
F 50 Trevion Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 280 lb (127 kg) So Henry Ford Academy Chicago, Illinois
G 55 Sasha Stefanovic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Crown Point High School Crown Point, Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 9, 2019

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2019*
8:00 p.m., BTN Plus 		No. 23 Southern Indiana W 88–59  –
  17 – Wheeler   6 – Tied   4 – Tied  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
Regular season
November 6, 2019*
7:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 23 Green Bay W 79–57  1–0
  26 – Proctor   9 – Wheeler   6 – Hunter  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
November 9, 2019*
7:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 23 Texas L 66–70  1–1
  14 – Stefanovic   8 – Williams   6 – Eastern  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
November 13, 2019*
9:00 p.m., FS1 		at Marquette
Gavitt Tipoff Games 		L 55–65  1–2
  14 – Haarms   8 – Haarms   5 – Wheeler  Fiserv Forum (17,500)
Milwaukee, WI
November 16, 2019*
2:00 p.m., BTN Plus 		Chicago State
Emerald Coast Classic campus game 		W 93–49  2–2
  17 – Thompson   10 – Wheeler   5 – Hunter  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
November 23, 2019*
8:00 pm, BTN 		Jacksonville State
Emerald Coast Classic campus game 		W 81–49  3–2
  17 – Haarms   10 – Haarms   5 – Thompson  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
November 29, 2019*
9:30 pm, CBSSN 		vs. No. 20 VCU
Emerald Coast Classic Semifinals 		W 59–56  4–2
  12 – Tied   7 – Williams   4 – Eastern  The Arena at NFSC (2,500)
Niceville, FL
November 30, 2019*
7:00 pm, CBSSN 		vs. Florida State
Emerald Coast Classic Championship 		L 60–63 OT 4–3
  16 – Haarms   8 – Tied   4 – Hunter Jr.  The Arena at NFSC (2,500)
Niceville, FL
December 4, 2019*
7:15 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 5 Virginia
ACC–Big Ten Challenge 		W 69–40  5–3
  20 – Stefanovic   7 – Willams   4 – Hunter Jr.  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
December 8, 2019
5:00 p.m., BTN 		Northwestern W 58–44  6–3
(1–0) 		 14 – Stefanovic   7 – Tied   3 – Tied  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
December 15, 2019
4:00 p.m., BTN 		at Nebraska L 56–70  6–4
(1–1) 		 18 – Williams   16 – Williams   3 – Williams  Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,654)
Lincoln, NE
December 17, 2019*
9:00 p.m., ESPN2 		at Ohio W 69–51  7–4
  18 – Hunter   6 – 2 tied   4 – Proctor  Convocation Center (5,663)
Athens, OH
December 21, 2019*
2:30 p.m., BTN 		vs. No. 17 Butler
Crossroads Classic 		L 61–70  7–5
  12 – Williams   10 – Williams   3 – Tied  Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,538)
Indianapolis, IN
December 28, 2019*
12:00 p.m., BTN 		Central Michigan W 97–62  8–5
  23 – Stefanovic   12 – Williams   6 – Hunter  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
January 2, 2020
7:00 p.m., BTN 		Minnesota W 83–78 2OT 9–5
(2–1) 		 26 – Haarms   9 – Tied   5 – Tied  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
January 5, 2020
8:00 p.m., FS1 		at Illinois L 37–63  9–6
(2–2) 		 8 – Stefanovic   7 – Williams   3 – Eastern  State Farm Center (12,153)
Champaign, IL
January 9, 2020
7:00 p.m., FS1 		at No. 19 Michigan L 78–84 2OT 9–7
(2–3) 		 36 – Williams   20 – Williams   2 – Tied  Crisler Center (12,707)
Ann Arbor, MI
January 12, 2020
12:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 8 Michigan State W 71–42  10–7
(3–3) 		 16 – Williams   7 – Tied   4 – Tied  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
January 18, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN2 		at No. 17 Maryland L 50–57  10–8
(3–4) 		 14 – Eastern   8 – Stefanovic   3 – Stefanovic  Xfinity Center (16,099)
College Park, MD
January 21, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 21 Illinois L 62–79  10–9
(3–5) 		 14 – Eastern   6 – Haarms   2 – Eastern  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
January 24, 2020
7:00 p.m., FS1 		Wisconsin W 70–51  11–9
(4–5) 		 14 – Thompson   13 – Boudreaux   6 – Hunter Jr.  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
January 28, 2020
8:00 p.m., BTN 		at No. 25 Rutgers L 63–70  11–10
(4–6) 		 19 – Proctor   13 – Williams   4 – Proctor  Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,000)
Piscataway, NJ
February 1, 2020
9:00 p.m., BTN 		at Northwestern W 61–58  12–10
(5–6) 		 13 – Tied   7 – Williams   4 – Eastern  Welsh–Ryan Arena (5,874)
Evanston, IL
February 5, 2020
7:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 17 Iowa W 104–68  13–10
(6–6) 		 18 – Boudreaux   8 – Boudreaux   7 – Hunter Jr.  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
February 8, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN 		at Indiana
Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup 		W 74–62  14–10
(7–6) 		 12 – Hunter   5 – Hunter   5 – Eastern  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
February 11, 2020
6:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 13 Penn State L 76–88  14–11
(7–7) 		 17 – Williams   10 – Williams   4 – Proctor  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
February 15, 2020
12:00 p.m., FOX 		at Ohio State L 52–68  14–12
(7–8) 		 17 – Boudreaux   8 – Williams   3 – Williams  Value City Arena (18,809)
Columbus, OH
February 18, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		at Wisconsin L 65–69  14–13
(7–9) 		 17 – Williams   11 – Williams   4 – Eastern  Kohl Center (17,042)
Madison, WI
February 22, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN 		Michigan L 63–71  14–14
(7–10) 		 18 – Williams   15 – Boudreaux   2 – Tied  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
February 27, 2020
7:00 p.m., FS1 		Indiana
Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup 		W 57–49  15–14
(8–10) 		 19 – Williams   8 – Williams   2 – Tied  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
March 3, 2020
9:00 p.m., BTN 		at No. 18 Iowa W 77–68  16–14
(9–10) 		 19 – Hunter   14 – Boudreaux   6 – Eastern  Carver–Hawkeye Arena (13,216)
Iowa City, IA
March 7, 2020
2:00 p.m., BTN 		Rutgers L 68–71 OT 16–15
(9–11) 		 22 – Stefanovic   10 – Boudreaux   5 – Stefanovic  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten tournament
Canceled
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP23RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV—RV———RVNot released
Coaches2222^RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV———RV————

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Big Ten tournament canceled Thursday amid coronavirus pandemic concerns". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Minnesota vs. Purdue - Game Summary - March 15, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "Old Dominion vs. Purdue - Game Recap - March 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  4. ^ "Villanova vs. Purdue - Game Recap - March 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Tennessee basketball races back against Purdue, then falls in overtime in Sweet 16". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  6. ^ Depaolo, Joe (March 31, 2019). "Virginia Fends Off Purdue and Naysayers to Reach the Final Four". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  7. ^ "Purdue assistant Greg Gary named head coach at Mercer". coachesdatabase.com. Coaches Database. March 26, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  8. ^ "Purdue basketball bringing back Micah Shrewsberry as assistant coach". Lafayette Journal & Courier. May 8, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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