the last time purdue won the big ten tournament was 2009.
when was the last time purdue won the big ten tournament?
2009
the 2016–17 purdue boilermakers men's basketball team represented purdue university in the 2016–17 ncaa division i men's basketball season. their head coach was matt painter, in his 12th season with the boilers. the team played their home games in mackey arena in west lafayette, indiana and were members of the big ten conference. with their win over indiana on february 28, 2017, purdue clinched their first big ten championship since 2009, 22nd overall. with wisconsin's loss on march 2, purdue clinched an outright championship, their 23rd championship, the most in big ten history. they finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in to win the big ten regular season championship. in the big ten tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to michigan. they received an at-large bid to the ncaa tournament as the no. 4 seed in the midwest region where they beat vermont and iowa state to advance to the sweet sixteen. in their first trip to the sweet sixteen since 2010, they lost to no. 1-seeded and no. 3-ranked kansas.
2016–17 purdue boilermakers men's basketball team
after a bye in the first round of the 2016 big ten conference men's basketball tournament, michigan played northwestern on march 10. michigan scored 16 consecutive points early to take a 16–3 lead. northwestern cut the lead to two points before michigan took a nine-point lead into the half. michigan opened up a 12-point lead a couple of times in the second half before northwestern took a 55–54 lead with 3:27 remaining. on northwestern's final possession of regulation, alex olah forced overtime with a rebound and a field goal. in overtime, robinson made a three-point shot to tie the score at 70 with 46.5 seconds remaining. irvin scored the game-winning basket in front of his hometown crowd at bankers life fieldhouse with 3.3 seconds left. robinson led the way with 21 points; while irvin added 19 points and eight rebounds and abdur-rahkman posted 14 points. this was just the second overtime game in michigan's big ten tournament history. michigan defeated purdue, 79–73, on march 14, 1999. the game marked irvin's 100th career game with michigan, becoming just the 64th wolverine to reach the milestone. on march 11, michigan defeated no. 1-seeded (#10/#10) indiana in the quarterfinals of the big ten tournament, 72–69. kameron chatman scored the game-winning three-pointer as time expired to give the wolverines the win. irvin led the way with a team-high 17 points, while walton set a big ten tournament single-game record with 12 assists. robinson again put michigan in position to win by tying the score with a three-point shot with 46 seconds remaining. michigan recorded six three-pointers in the game, to set a new single-season program record for three-pointers in a season with 320, surpassing the previous record of 319 set during the 2013–14 season. on march 12, michigan lost to (#13/#13) purdue in the semifinals of the big ten tournament, 59–76. purdue opened the game with an 8–0 scoring run and took a 38–30 lead into halftime. after trailing by as many as 17 early in the second half, the wolverines fought back to within six only to be outscored 16–5 in the last 7:35 of the game. abdur-rahkman led the way with 15 points, while walton added 14 points and irvin posted 11 points. michigan recorded six three-pointers in the game to extend their single-season record for three-pointers in a season to 326. with five assists in the game, walton is now tied for third-most assists in a single big ten tournament with 22, with brent darby (2003). robinson recorded his 90th three-pointer of the season, becoming just the fifth wolverine in history to reach the milestone in a single season. irvin was selected to the all-tournament team.
2015–16 michigan wolverines men's basketball team