The co-Big Ten champions, Purdue heads into the postseason locked into a solid seeding to the NCAA Tournament later this month.
Thanks to a surprisingly success Big Ten regular season, an excellent strength of schedule, strong metrics, etc., the Boilermakers appear bound for a top-three seed.
Here's a look at their current résumé.
PURDUE PROFILE
Record: 23-8
Big Ten Record: 16-4 (co-champion)
NET: 12
AP:13
Coaches: 12
BPI: 10
KenPom: 10
Sagarin: 10
Sagarin Strength of Schedule: 7
Official SOS vs. D1: 13
Purdue's Average Win (NET): 89
Purdue's Average Loss (NET): 35
QUAD 1 (Home 1-30; Neutral 1-50; Road 1-75)
RECORD 7-7
Wins
#8 Michigan State (Home)
#15 Wisconsin (Road)
#26 Maryland (Home)
#55 Ohio State (Road)
#49 Penn State (Road)
#51 Indiana (Road)
#52 Nebraska (Road)
Losses
#8 Michigan State (Road)
#10 Michigan (Road)
#11 Virginia Tech (Neutral)
#19 Florida State (Road)
#38 Texas (Road)
#26 Maryland (Road)
#56 Minnesota (Road)
QUAD 2 (Home 31-75; Neutral 51-100; Road 76-135)
RECORD 9-0
Wins
#51 Indiana (Home)
#43 Iowa (Home)
#68 Davidson (Neutral)
#46 Belmont (Home)
#49 Penn State (Home)
#52 Nebraska (Home)
#55 Ohio State (Home)
#56 Minnesota (Home)
#88 Northwestern (Road)
QUAD 3 (Home 76-160; Neutral 101-200; Road 136-240)
RECORD: 3-1
Wins
#123 Ball State (Home)
#105 Illinois (Home)
#100 Rutgers (Home)
Loss
#111 Notre Dame (Neutral)
QUAD 4 (Home 161-plus; Neutral 201-Higher; Away 241-Higher)
RECORD: 4-0
Wins
#175 Ohio (Home)
#231 Robert Morris (Home)
#216 Appalachian State (Neutral)
#293 Fairfield (Home)
BOTTOM LINE
Purdue seems to be headed into the Big Ten Tournament with little mobility, likely locked into a No. 3 seed.
Jerry Palm of CBS has the Boilermakers pegged for Hartford as a 3; so does ESPN's Joe Lunardi. USA Today has Purdue as a 3 in Jacksonville. Most of the brackets taken into account by Bracket Matrix have the Boilermakers as a 3 seed, none higher than 3, none below 4.
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