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
Big Ten Tournament
2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team