2018 – 19 Purdue Boilermakers men 's basketball team represented Purdue University in the 2018 – 19 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Their head coach is Matt Painter in his 14th season with the Boilers . The team played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette , Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference . With a win over Northwestern on March 9 , 2019 , the Boilermakers clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship , the school 's 24th championship . They finished the 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 . On October 12 , 2018 , Purdue signed Matt Painter to a rolling two-year contract extension , through the 2023 – 24 season . Following the conclusion of the regular season , Painter was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year
Big Ten Tournament
2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2018–19 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team