2008–09 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2008–09 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University . The head coach was Matt Painter , then in his 4th season with the Boilers. The team played its home games in Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana , and is a member of the Big Ten Conference . The Boilermakers finished tied for second in the conference's regular season, and captured their first Big Ten tournament crown, defeating Ohio State 65–61 in the final game. In the NCAA tournament , the Boilers reached the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2000, where they fell to the Connecticut Huskies .
Season Notes
On November 14, 2008, Purdue set a school record in the first game of the season against Detroit with only 3 turnovers in a game. The prior record was set during the 1969 NCAA tournament championship game against UCLA .
By playing three games in their conference tournament championship and three games in the NCAA Tournament giving the Boilers a total of 37 games, Purdue played more games in the 2008–09 season than any other season in the program's history.
Keaton Grant, Marcus Green, JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore hold the school record for most games played in a season with 37 each.
Although opening his first season as Purdue's head coach with only 9 wins, Matt Painter collected more wins in his first four seasons (2005–2009) than Gene Keady's (1980–1984) 82, with 83.
Senior forward Marcus Green set a school record with career games as a Boiler (2005–2009) with 183, breaking Brian Cardinal and Mike Robinson's 182 mark.
Freshman guard Lewis Jackson set the Freshman record with most games played in a Freshman season with 36.
JaJuan Johnson was named First Team All-Big Ten .
Lewis Jackson became the fourth Boilermaker in three years to be named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team .
Roster
E'Twaun Moore led the team in scoring.
Name [ 1]
#
Position
Height
Weight
Year
Home Town
Season Honors
Nemanja Calasan
44
Forward
6–9
250
Senior
Srbinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Keaton Grant
5
Guard
6–4
207
Junior
Kissimmee, FL
Marcus Green
20
Guard
6–4
229
Senior
Franklin Park, IL
John Hart
32
Guard
6–2
180
Redshirted
Beech Grove, IN
Robbie Hummel
4
Forward
6–8
208
Sophomore
Valparaiso, IN
Third-Team All-Big TenBig Ten tournament MVP All-Big Ten tournament Team Big Ten Player of the Week (12/15, 12/22) Academic All-Big Ten
Lewis Jackson
23
Guard
5–9
165
Freshman
Decatur, IL
Big Ten All-Freshman Team
JaJuan Johnson
25
Forward / Center
6–10
215
Sophomore
Indianapolis, IN
First-Team All-Big Ten Team Big Ten All-Defensive Team All-Big Ten tournament Team
Chris Kramer
3
Guard
6–3
205
Junior
Huntington, IN
Big Ten All-Defensive Team Academic All-Big Ten
E'Twaun Moore
33
Guard
6–3
180
Sophomore
East Chicago, IN
Second-Team All-Big Ten All-Big Ten tournament Team Big Ten Player of the Week (12/1) Academic All-Big Ten
Bobby Riddell
11
Guard
5–9
163
Senior
Lafayette, IN
Academic All-Big Ten
Chris Reid
55
Forward
6–9
251
Junior
Castro Valley, CA
Ryne Smith
24
Guard
6–3
175
Freshman
Toledo, OH
Mark Wohlford
30
Guard
6–0
185
Junior
Columbus, IN
Academic All-Big Ten
Incoming Recruits
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
John Hart SG
Beech Grove, IN
Beech Grove High School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
May 8, 2008
Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 40
Lewis Jackson PG
Decatur, IL
Eisenhower High School
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Aug 9, 2007
Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 87
Ryne Smith SG
Toledo, OH
Whitmer High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Aug 2, 2007
Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 40
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:
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 31 *9:00 pm, BTN Online
No. 10
Florida Southern Exhibition
W 94–62
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
November 8 *7:00 pm, BTN Online
No. 10
Northern State Exhibition
W 81–61
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Regular season
November 14 *9:00 pm, ESPN360
No. 10
Detroit Mercy
W 82–50
1–0 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (13,402)West Lafayette, IN
November 17 *7:00 pm ET, ESPN2
No. 10
Eastern Michigan NIT Season Tip-Off Opening Round
W 87–58
2–0 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (13,356)West Lafayette, IN
November 18 *7:00 pm ET, ESPNU
No. 10
Loyola (Chicago) NIT Season Tip-Off Quarter-Finals
W 78–46
3–0 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (13,343)West Lafayette, IN
November 22 *6:00 pm ET, BTN Online
No. 10
Coppin State
W 66–46
4–0 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
November 26 *7:00 pm ET, ESPN2
No. 9
vs. Boston College NIT Season Tip-Off Semi-Finals
W 71–64
5–0 (0–0)
Madison Square Garden (4,438)New York, NY
November 28 *3:30 pm ET, ESPN2
No. 9
vs. No. 13 Oklahoma NIT Season Tip-Off Finals
L 82–87 OT
5–1 (0–0)
Madison Square Garden (3,670)New York, NY
December 2 *9:00 pm ET, ESPN
No. 10
No. 4 Duke ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 60–76
5–2 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
December 6 *8:00 pm, BTN
No. 10
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
W 90–42
6–2 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (13,448)West Lafayette, IN
December 9 *7:00 pm ET, TBA
No. 17
at Ball State
W 68–39
7–2 (0–0)
Worthen Arena (8,381)Muncie, IN
December 13 *2:00 pm, BTN
No. 17
Indiana State
W 76–62
8–2 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
December 20 *4:00 pm ET, CBS
No. 18
vs. No. 20 Davidson The Wooden Tradition
W 76–58
9–2 (0–0)
Conseco Fieldhouse (12,754)Indianapolis, IN
December 22 *7:00 pm, ESPN 360
No. 15
IPFW
W 70–55
10–2 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (10,176)West Lafayette, IN
December 28 *4:00 pm, BTN
No. 15
Valparaiso
W 59–45
11–2 (0–0)
Mackey Arena (13,916)West Lafayette, IN
December 30 7:00 pm ET, ESPN2
No. 11
Illinois
L 67–71 OT
11–3 (0–1)
Mackey Arena (14,036)West Lafayette, IN
January 6 9:00 pm ET, BTN
No. 14
at Penn State
L 64–67
11–4 (0–2)
Bryce Jordan Center (4,404)State College, PA
January 11 1:30 pm ET, CBS
No. 14
Wisconsin
W 65–52
12–4 (1–2)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
January 15 7:00 pm ET, ESPN2
No. 19
at Northwestern
W 63–61
13–4 (2–2)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,473)Evanston, IL
January 18 12:00 pm ET, BTN
No. 19
Iowa
W 75–53
14–4 (3–2)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
January 22 7:00 pm ET, ESPN2
No. 18
at No. 20 Minnesota
W 70–62
15–4 (4–2)
Williams Arena (14,625)Minneapolis, MN
January 27 9:00 pm ET, ESPN
No. 17
at Wisconsin
W 64–63
16–4 (5–2)
Kohl Center (17,230)Madison, WI
January 30 1:00 pm ET, CBS
No. 17
Michigan
W 67–49
17–4 (6–2)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
February 3 7:00 pm ET, ESPN
No. 13
at Ohio State
L 72-80 OT
17–5 (6–3)
Value City Arena (17,012)Columbus, OH
February 8 1:00 pm ET, CBS
No. 13
at No. 21 Illinois
L 48-66
17–6 (6–4)
Assembly Hall (16,618)Champaign, IL
February 11 6:30 pm ET, BTN
No. 23
Penn State
W 61–47
18–6 (7–4)
Mackey Arena (14,013)West Lafayette, IN
February 14 4:00 pm ET, BTN
No. 23
at Iowa
W 49–45
19–6 (8–4)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,665)Iowa City, IA
February 17 7:00 pm ET, ESPN
No. 21
No. 5 Michigan State
W 72–54
20–6 (9–4)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
February 21 2:00 pm ET, BTN
No. 21
Indiana
W 81–67
21–6 (10–4)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
February 26 9:00 pm ET, ESPN
No. 16
at Michigan
W 87–78
21–7 (10–5)
Crisler Arena (13,751)Ann Arbor, MI
February 28 4:00 pm ET, ESPN
No. 16
Ohio State
W 75–50
22–7 (11–5)
Mackey Arena (14,123)West Lafayette, IN
March 4 6:30 pm ET, BTN
No. 20
Northwestern
L 61–64
22–8 (11–6)
Mackey Arena (13,947)West Lafayette, IN
March 8 12:00 pm ET, CBS
No. 20
at No. 8 Michigan State
L 51–62
22–9 (11–7)
Breslin Student Events Center (14,759)East Lansing, MI
Big Ten tournament
March 13 *9:00 pm ET, BTN
No. 24
vs. Penn State Big Ten tournament Quarter-Finals
W 79–65
23–9
Conseco Fieldhouse (14,647)Indianapolis, IN
March 14 *4:00 pm ET, CBS
No. 24
vs. No. 25 Illinois Big Ten tournament Semi-Finals
W 66–56
24–9
Conseco Fieldhouse (15,728)Indianapolis, IN
March 15 *3:30 pm ET, CBS
No. 24
vs. Ohio State Big Ten tournament finals
W 65–61
25–9
Conseco Fieldhouse (12,526)Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 19 *2:30 pm ET, CBS
No. 18 (5)
vs. No. (12) Northern Iowa First Round
W 61–56
26–9
Rose Garden Arena (N/A)Portland, OR
March 21 *5:40 pm ET, CBS
No. 18 (5)
vs. No. 14 (4) Washington Second Round
W 76–74
27–9
Rose Garden Arena (N/A)Portland, OR
March 26 *7:07 pm ET, CBS
No. 18 (5)
vs. No. 6 (1) Connecticut Sweet Sixteen
L 60–72
27–10
University of Phoenix Stadium (20,101)Glendale, AZ
Rankings
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See also
References
^ "[1] ." purduesports.com. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.
^ "[2] ." purduesports.com. Retrieved on October 12, 2008.
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