1987–88 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1987–88 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular season champions (tie)
1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1987–88 record	29–4 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady
Assistant coach	Tom Reiter
Assistant coach	Kevin Stallings
Assistant coach	Bruce Weber
Home arena	Mackey Arena

1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Purdue	16	–	2	.889	29	–	4	.879
#10 Michigan	13	–	5	.722	26	–	8	.765
#17 Iowa	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
#16 Illinois	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Indiana	11	–	7	.611	19	–	10	.655
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Wisconsin	6	–	12	.333	12	–	16	.429
Michigan State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	18	.357
Minnesota	4	–	14	.222	10	–	18	.357
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

During the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Purdue qualified for the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to Kansas State.

NCAA basketball tournament

Midwest
- Purdue (#1 seed) 94, Fairleigh Dickinson (#16 seed) 79
- Purdue 100, Memphis (#9 seed) 73
- Kansas State (#4 seed) 73, Purdue 70

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	31	Everette Stephens	Philadelphia 76ers
2	43	Todd Mitchell	Denver Nuggets

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References

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

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