GAMEDAY INFORMATION
[12 / 12] Purdue (18-4, 8-3) vs. [– / –] Oregon (8-14, 1-10)
Saturday, February 7, 2026 | 1 p.m. ET
West Lafayette, Indiana | Mackey Arena (14,876)
TELEVISION: CBS (Tom McCarthy, Clark Kellogg, Robbie Hummel)
RADIO: Purdue Global Radio Network (Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell)
PURDUE’S NUMBERS
• Overall: 18-4 | Big Ten: 8-3
• Home: 10-2 | Away: 5-2 | Neutral: 3-0
• Q1: 6-4 | Q2: 2-0 | Q3: 8-0 | Q4: 2-0
• NCAA NET: 8 | KenPom: 9
• Off. Eff.: 2nd | Def. Eff.: 26th
• NCAA SOS: 8 | KenPom SOS: 9
THE SCENE SETTER
• Purdue aims for its second straight win on Saturday, when it hosts Oregon at 1 p.m. ET in Mackey Arena on CBS. The Boilermakers are playing just their second home game since Jan. 15 and are still in the midst of a month-long stretch where six of the eight games will be away from Mackey Arena (Jan. 17 to Feb. 14). The Boilermakers need to protect home court to have a shot at their 27th Big Ten Championship.
• Following the matchup with the Ducks, Purdue hits the road for two more games at Nebraska (Feb. 10) and Iowa (Feb. 14).
THE MATCHUP
• Purdue and Oregon will meet for just the sixth time in series history and for just the second time as Big Ten Conference members.
• This marks Oregon’s first visit to Mackey Arena since Dec. 5, 1987 — an 88-62 Boilermakers’ victory.
• A year ago, No. 17-ranked Purdue defeated No. 13 Oregon in Eugene, 65-58, in a defensive slugfest. The two teams combined to shoot 37-of-106 (.349) from the field and 9-of-41 (.220) from 3-point range, while combining for 28 turnovers.
• Despite the two head coaches’ combined 1,945 games coached, Saturday marks just the fourth time the two coaches have faced other as head coaches. In addition to last year’s meeting, Matt Painter’s Southern Illinois team in 2003-04 defeated Dana Altman’s Creighton squad twice (61-60 and 68-60), en route to the Missouri Valley Conference title.
NEWS AND NOTES
• After ending a three-game losing streak in a big way Sunday at Maryland, Purdue aims to keep its momentum going as Oregon visits Mackey Arena for the first time as a Big Ten Conference member. Saturday’s game is Purdue’s annual T-shirt game as nearly 15,000 shirts will be distributed in a stunning display in Mackey Arena.
• Purdue responded on Sunday with one of its best efforts to date on both ends of the floor. The Boilermakers’ 30-point victory over Maryland was the largest Maryland setback in XFinity Center history (opened for the 2002-03 season).
• Through Thursday’s games, Purdue is 6-4 in quad-1 games, tied for the fourth-most quad-1 wins in the country behind Arizona (10), Duke (9) and Michigan (7).
• The Boilermakers are 16-4 in the first three quads, the third-most wins in the first three quads nationally (Michigan – 19; UConn – 17).
• Of Purdue’s remaining nine games, five of them are currently quad-1 contests with two more (Indiana, Northwestern) right on the edge.
• On the offensive end, Purdue ranks in the top 25 nationally in assist / turnover ratio (1st), offensive efficiency (2nd), assists per game (3rd), field goal percentage (10th), turnovers per game (10th) and 3-point percentage (14th).
• Purdue is averaging just 9.2 turnovers per game, which would mark the second-lowest average in school history. In Big Ten play, the average dips to 8.0 turnovers per game.
• Purdue has been ranked in 72 straight AP Top 25 polls, the second-longest streak in the country behind Houston (119). Duke is third at 57 straight weeks.
• Braden Smith needs one point to become the first player in Big Ten history to amass 1,000 points and 500 assists in Big Ten Conference games only.
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