2019 – 20 Purdue Boilermakers men 's basketball team will represent Purdue University in the 2019 – 20 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Their head coach will be Matt Painter in his 15th season with the Boilers . The team will play their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette , Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference . The Boilermakers finished the 2018 – 19 season 26 – 10 , 16 – 4 in Big Ten play to win a share of the Big Ten regular season championship , the school 's conference-record 24th championship . As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament , they were upset by Minnesota in the quarterfinals . The received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South region . They defeated Old Dominion in the First Round before beating defending champion Villanova to advance to the Sweet Sixteen . In the Sweet Sixteen , they defeated Tennessee in overtime to advance to the Elite Eight . There they lost to No. 1 seed Virginia in overtime
Big Ten Tournament
2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2019–20 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team