2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2016–17 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Matt Painter (12th year)
Assistant coach	Jack Owens
Assistant coach	Brandon Brantley
Assistant coach	Greg Gary
Home arena	Mackey Arena
« 2015–16	2017–18 »

The 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University. Their head coach is Matt Painter, in his twelfth season with the Boilers. The team played its home games in Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Boilermakers finished the season 26–9, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a four way tie for third place. They defeated Illinois and Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament to advance to the championship game where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where, as a #5 seed, they lost to Arkansas–Little Rock in the first round.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Johnny Hill	1	G	6'3"	180	RS Senior	Glendale Heights, IL	Graduated
Stepehn Toyra	11	G	6'3"	180	Senior	Lafayette, IN	Walk-on; graduated
A. J. Hammons	20	C	7'0"	261	Senior	Carmel, IN	Graduated
Kendall Stephens	21	G	6'6"	197	Junior	St. Charles, IL	Transferred to Nevada
Grant Weatherford	22	G	6'2"	215	Freshman	Cicero, IN	Transferred
Raphael Davis	35	G	6'5"	217	Senior	Fort Wayne, IN	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Spike Albrecht	55	G	5'11"	175	RS Senior	Crown Point, IN	Transferred from Michigan. Will be eligible to play immediately since Albrecht graduated from Michigan.

Roster

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
G	2	Jon McKeeman (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	Fort Wayne, IN
G	3	Carsen Edwards	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Humble, TX
F	5	Basil Smotherman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Jr	Indianapolis, IN
G	11	P.J. Thompson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	So	Indianapolis, IN
F	12	Vince Edwards	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Middletown, OH
G	14	Ryan Cline	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Carmel, IN
F	23	Jacquil Taylor	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Cambridge, MA
F	24	Grady Eifert (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	So	Fort Wayne, IN
G	31	Dakota Mathias	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Elida, OH
C	44	Isaac Haas	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	282 lb (128 kg)	Jr	Piedmont, AL
F	50	Caleb Swanigan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	So	Fort Wayne, IN
G	55	Spike Albrecht (C)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Sr	Crown Point, IN

Head coach

Matt Painter (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Jack Owens (Eastern Illinois)
Greg Gary (Tulane)
Brandon Brantley (Purdue)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Class of 2016 recruits

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Carsen Edwards #16 PG	Humble, TX	Atascocita High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 11, 2015
Carsen Edwards #16 PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 82
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 27
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: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
*		–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14, 2016*	Villanova Gavitt Tipoff Games	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
*	TBA Cancún Challenge	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
*	TBA Cancún Challenge	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Nov 22, 2016*	vs. TBA Cancún Challenge	–	–	–	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico
Nov 23, 2016*	vs. TBA Cancún Challenge	–	–	–	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico
Nov 30, 2016*	at Louisville ACC–Big Ten Challenge	–	–	–	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
Dec 6, 2016*	vs. Arizona State Jimmy V Classic	–	–	–	Madison Square Garden New York City, NY
Dec 17, 2016*	vs. Notre Dame Crossroads Classic	–	–	–	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Big Ten regular season
		–	–	–
Big Ten Tournament
	vs.	–	–	–	Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP																				N/A*
Coaches

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

References

v t e Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	History Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!"
People	Head coaches Award winners
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Roster

Class of 2016 recruits

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References

Navigation menu

Personal tools

Namespaces

Variants

Views

More

Search

Navigation

Tools

2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Indiana	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Iowa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Maryland	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Minnesota	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Nebraska	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northwestern	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Penn State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Purdue	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Rutgers	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wisconsin	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll