2025–26 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

2025–26 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten tournament champions
Bahamas Championship champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 8
Record29–8 (13–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMackey Arena
2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Michigan 19 – 1   .950 33 – 3   .917
No. 15 Nebraska 15 – 5   .750 28 – 6   .824
No. 11 Michigan State 15 – 5   .750 27 – 7   .794
No. 13 Illinois 15 – 5   .750 26 – 8   .765
No. 19 Wisconsin 14 – 6   .700 24 – 11   .686
UCLA 13 – 7   .650 24 – 12   .667
No. 8 Purdue † 13 – 7   .650 29 – 8   .784
Ohio State 12 – 8   .600 21 – 13   .618
Iowa 10 – 10   .500 23 – 12   .657
Indiana 9 – 11   .450 18 – 14   .563
Minnesota 8 – 12   .400 15 – 17   .469
USC 7 – 13   .350 18 – 14   .563
Washington 7 – 13   .350 16 – 17   .485
Rutgers 6 – 14   .300 14 – 19   .424
Northwestern 5 – 15   .250 15 – 19   .441
Oregon 5 – 15   .250 12 – 20   .375
Maryland 4 – 16   .200 12 – 21   .364
Penn State 3 – 17   .150 12 – 20   .375
† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 22, 2026
Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represents Purdue University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Matt Painter, who is in his 21st season with the Boilermakers. The Boilermakers play their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Boilermakers were ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP and coaches polls, the first time the school had begun the season ranked in the top spot.[1]

Previous season

Purdue finished the 2024–25 season 24–12, 13–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.[2] As the No. 6 seed In the Big Ten tournament, they defeated USC in the second round[3] before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals.[4] They received an at–large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated High Point in the first round[5] and McNeese in the second round to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the eighth time in 16 seasons under Matt Painter.[6] In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to eventual national runner–up Houston.[7]

Offseason

Departures

Purdue departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Caleb Furst 1 F 6'10" 230 Senior Fort Wayne, IN Graduated
Myles Colvin 5 G 6'5" 205 Sophomore Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Wake Forest[8]
Brian Waddell 11 F 6'7" 195 RS Junior Carmel, IN Transferred to Bellarmine[9]
Josh Furst 20 F 6'6" 200 Sophomore Fort Wayne, IN Walk-on; left team
Camden Heide 23 F 6'7" 205 RS Sophomore Wayzata, MN Transferred to Texas[10]
Will Berg 44 C 7'2" 260 RS Sophomore Stockholm, Sweden Transferred to Wichita State[11]

Incoming transfers

Purdue incoming transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Liam Murphy 5 F 6'7" 225 Senior Staten Island, NY North Florida[12]
Oscar Cluff 45 C 6'11" 260 Senior Sunshine Coast, Queensland South Dakota State

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Antione West Jr.
G 		Toledo, OH Whitmer HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Nov 13, 2024 
Recruit ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:    On3:    ESPN:    (82)
Omer Mayer
G 		Tel Aviv, Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Apr 16, 2025 
Recruit ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:    On3:    
Overall recruit ranking:    247Sports: 55    On3: 106
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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:

  • "Purdue 2025 Basketball Commitments". Rivals. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  • "2025 Purdue Boilermakers Recruiting Class". ESPN. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  • "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  • "2025–26 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team". 247Sports. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  • "2025–26 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team". On3. Retrieved May 8, 2025.

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Sinan Huan
C 		Beijing, China Georgetown Prep 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Nov 12, 2025 
Recruit ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:    On3:    ESPN:    (82)
Luke Ertel
PG 		Mount Vernon, IN Mount Vernon High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Aug 27, 2024 
Recruit ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:    On3:    ESPN:    (84)
Jacob Webber
SF 		Kearney, NE La Lumiere School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sep 2, 2025 
Recruit ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:    On3:    ESPN:    (82)
Rivers Knight
PF 		Durham, NC La Lumiere School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sep 28, 2025 
Recruit ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:    On3:    ESPN:    (78)
Overall recruit ranking:    Rivals: 16    247Sports: 4
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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:

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Purdue was picked to win the conference in a preseason poll of basketball writers.[13] Braden Smith was chosen as the conference's preseason player of the year for the second consecutive year.[14] Trey Kaufman-Renn was also named to the All-Big Ten Preseason team.[13]

Preseason All-American

Braden Smith was named a unanimous AP preseason All-American[15] and the preseason player of the year by many different polls.[16][17]

Roster

2025–26 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 C.J. Cox 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Milton Academy Lexington, MA
G 1 Antione West Jr. 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Whitmer HS Toledo, OH
G 2 Fletcher Loyer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Homestead HS Fort Wayne, IN
G 3 Braden Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Westfield HS Westfield, IN
F 4 Trey Kaufman-Renn 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Silver Creek HS Sellersburg, IN
F 5 Liam Murphy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr St. Peter's Boys HS Staten Island, NY
G 6 Aaron Fine 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Noblesville HS Noblesville, IN
F 7 Sam King 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Columbus North HS Columbus, IN
G 9 Jack Lusk 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Elkhorn North HS Elkhorn, NE
C 12 Daniel Jacobsen 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Brewster Academy Chicago, IL
G 14 Jack Benter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Brownstown Central HS Brownstown, IN
G 17 Omer Mayer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Tel Aviv, Israel
G 24 Gicarri Harris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Grayson HS Atlanta, GA
G 32 Jace Rayl 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Kokomo HS Kokomo, IN
F 34 Raleigh Burgess 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Sycamore HS Cincinnati, OH
C 45 Oscar Cluff 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Sr Kawana Waters Sunshine Coast, AUS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: May 8, 2025

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 24, 2025*
6:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 1 at No. 9 Kentucky L 65–78  −
  19 – Kaufman-Renn   5 – Tied   5 – Smith  Rupp Arena (19,906)
Lexington, KY
October 29, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 1 Indianapolis W 92–46  –
  20 – Harris   8 – Jacobsen   7 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
Regular season
November 4, 2025*
6:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 1 Evansville W 82–51  1–0
  30 – Loyer   10 – Cluff   11 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
November 7, 2025*
7:00 p.m., Peacock 		No. 1 Oakland W 87–77  2–0
  20 – Smith   9 – Cluff   9 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
November 13, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 2 at No. 8 Alabama W 87–80  3–0
  29 – Smith   15 – Kaufman-Renn   5 – Kaufman-Renn  Coleman Coliseum (13,474)
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 16, 2025*
7:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 Akron W 97–79  4–0
  17 – Kaufman-Renn   15 – Kaufman-Renn   10 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
November 20, 2025*
6:00 p.m., CBSSN 		No. 1 vs. Memphis
Bahamas Championship semifinals 		W 80–71  5–0
  20 – Loyer   11 – Kaufman-Renn   11 – Smith  Baha Mar Convention Center 
Nassau, The Bahamas
November 21, 2025*
9:30 p.m., CBSSN 		No. 1 vs. No. 15 Texas Tech
Bahamas Championship Game 		W 86–56  6–0
  15 – Cluff   15 – Cluff   7 – Smith  Baha Mar Convention Center 
Nassau, The Bahamas
November 28, 2025*
12:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 1 Eastern Illinois W 109–62  7–0
  24 – Jacobsen   9 – Jacobsen   10 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
December 2, 2025
8:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 1 at Rutgers W 81–65  8−0
(1−0) 		 19 – Kaufman-Renn   13 – Kaufman-Renn   8 – Smith  Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000)
Piscataway, NJ
December 6, 2025*
12:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 1 No. 10 Iowa State L 58–81  8–1
  11 – Smith   9 – Kaufman-Renn   8 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
December 10, 2025
7:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 6 Minnesota W 85–57  9–1
(2–0) 		 15 – Smith   11 – Cluff   12 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
December 13, 2025*
2:00 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN 		No. 6 Marquette W 79–59  10–1
  22 – Cluff   11 – Cluff   10 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
December 20, 2025*
6:30 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN 		No. 6 vs. No. 21 Auburn
Indy Classic 		W 88–60  11–1
  18 – Kaufman-Renn   7 – Cluff   14 – Smith  Gainbridge Fieldhouse (16,912)
Indianapolis, IN
December 29, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 5 Kent State W 101–60  12–1
  20 – Benter   12 – Kaufman-Renn   8 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
January 3, 2026
8:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 5 at Wisconsin W 89–73  13–1
(3–0) 		 20 – Loyer   11 – Cluff   12 – Smith  Kohl Center (15,421)
Madison, WI
January 7, 2026
8:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 5 Washington W 81–73  14–1
(4–0) 		 23 – Smith   14 – Kaufman-Renn   6 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
January 10, 2026
2:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 5 Penn State W 93–85  15–1
(5–0) 		 26 – Smith   9 – Kaufman-Renn   14 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
January 14, 2026
6:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 5 Iowa W 79–72  16–1
(6–0) 		 16 – Smith   9 – Jacobsen   8 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
January 17, 2026
6:00 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN 		No. 5 at USC W 69–64  17–1
(7–0) 		 22 – Smith   7 – Benter   5 – Smith  Galen Center (8,629)
Los Angeles, CA
January 20, 2026
10:00 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN 		No. 4 at UCLA L 67–69  17–2
(7–1) 		 16 – Cox   7 – Kaufman-Renn   5 – Kaufman-Renn  Pauley Pavilion (10,235)
Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 2026
3:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 4 No. 11 Illinois L 82–88  17–3
(7–2) 		 27 – Smith   4 – Cluff   12 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
January 27, 2026
9:00 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN 		No. 12 at Indiana
Rivalry 		L 67–72  17–4
(7–3) 		 23 – Kaufman-Renn   6 – Tied   5 – Smith  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
February 1, 2026
1:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 12 at Maryland W 93–63  18–4
(8–3) 		 29 – Loyer   10 – Kaufman-Renn   6 – Smith  Xfinity Center (16,026)
College Park, MD
February 7, 2026
1:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 12 Oregon W 68–64  19–4
(9–3) 		 18 – Loyer   8 – Kaufman-Renn   4 – Tied  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
February 10, 2026
7:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 13 at No. 7 Nebraska W 80–77 OT 20–4
(10–3) 		 18 – Loyer   19 – Kaufman-Renn   10 – Smith  Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,185)
Lincoln, NE
February 14, 2026
5:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 13 at Iowa W 78–57  21–4
(11–3) 		 14 – Tied   12 – Kaufman-Renn   12 – Smith  Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998)
Iowa City, IA
February 17, 2026
6:30 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN 		No. 7 No. 1 Michigan L 80–91  21–5
(11–4) 		 27 – Kaufman–Renn   12 – Kaufman–Renn   6 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
February 20, 2026
8:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 7 Indiana
Rivalry 		W 93–64  22–5
(12–4) 		 20 – Kaufman–Renn   8 – Cluff   8 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
February 26, 2026
8:00 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN 		No. 8 No. 13 Michigan State L 74–76  22–6
(12–5) 		 12 – Smith   6 – Kaufman–Renn   10 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
March 1, 2026
1:30 p.m., CBS 		No. 8 at Ohio State L 74–82  22–7
(12–6) 		 20 – Smith   9 – Kaufman–Renn   7 – Smith  Value City Arena (15,524)
Columbus, OH
March 4, 2026
8:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 15 at Northwestern W 70–66  23–7
(13–6) 		 27 – Cox   10 – Kaufman-Renn   9 – Smith  Welsh–Ryan Arena (7,039)
Evanston, IL
March 7, 2026
4:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 15 Wisconsin L 93–97  23–8
(13–7) 		 23 – Loyer   8 – Cluff   9 – Smith  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten tournament
March 12, 2026
6:30 p.m., BTN 		(7) No. 18 vs. (15) Northwestern
Third round 		W 81–68  24–8
  19 – Tied   10 – Cluff   16 – Smith  United Center (16,861)
Chicago, IL
March 13, 2026
6:30 p.m., BTN 		(7) No. 18 vs. (2) No. 11 Nebraska
Quarterfinal 		W 74–58  25–8
  19 – Loyer   9 – Tied   10 – Smith  United Center (18,988)
Chicago, IL
March 14, 2026
3:30 p.m., CBS 		(7) No. 18 vs. (6) UCLA
Semifinal 		W 73–66  26–8
  17 – Cluff   14 – Cluff   9 – Smith  United Center (17,923)
Chicago, IL
March 15, 2026
3:30 p.m., CBS 		(7) No. 18 vs. (1) No. 3 Michigan
Championship 		W 80–72  27–8
  21 – Cluff   5 – Tied   11 – Smith  United Center (16,807)
Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2026
7:35 p.m., truTV 		(2 W) No. 8 vs. (15 W) Queens
Round of 64 		W 104–71  28–8
  26 – Smith   11 – Cluff   8 – Smith  Enterprise Center (17,726)
St. Louis, MO
March 22, 2026
12:10 p.m., CBS 		(2 W) No. 8 vs. (7 W) No. 25 Miami (FL)
Round of 32 		W 79–69  29–8
  24 – Loyer   9 – Kaufman-Renn   8 – Smith  Enterprise Center (16,348)
St. Louis, MO
March 26, 2026
7:10 p.m., CBS 		(2 W) No. 8 vs. (11 W) Texas
Sweet Sixteen 		      SAP Center 
San Jose, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[18]

Rankings

See also: 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP1 (35)2 (36)1 (44)1 (46)1 (40)66555541212137815188
Coaches1 (18)1 (21)1 (20)1 (23)1 (21)665655412121278141813

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