NCAA Tournament History for Purdue

+ indicates wins over a higher seeded team.
- indicates losses to a lower seeded team.

Champ

Runner Up

Final Four

Overall Record: 51-36, 0.586

Year	Conference	Region	Seed
Results
2025	Big Ten	Midwest	4
beat M 13 High Point 75-63 beat M 12 McNeese St 76-62 lost to M 1 Houston 60-62
2024	Big Ten	Midwest	1
beat M 16 Grambling 78-50 beat M 8 Utah St 106-67 beat M 5 Gonzaga 80-68 beat M 2 Tennessee 72-66 beat S 11 NC State 63-50 lost to E 1 UConn 60-75
2023	Big Ten	East	1
-lost to E 16 Fairleigh Dickinson 58-63
2022	Big Ten	East	3
beat E 14 Yale 78-56 beat E 6 Texas 81-71 -lost to E 15 St. Peter's 64-67
2021	Big Ten	South	4
-lost to S 13 North Texas 69-78, OT
2019	Big Ten	South	3
beat S 14 Old Dominion 61-48 beat S 6 Villanova 87-61 +beat S 2 Tennessee 99-94, OT lost to S 1 Virginia 75-80, OT
2018	Big Ten	East	2
beat E 15 CS Fullerton 74-48 beat E 10 Butler 76-73 -lost to E 3 Texas Tech 65-78
2017	Big Ten	Midwest	4
beat M 13 Vermont 80-70 beat M 5 Iowa State 80-76 lost to M 1 Kansas 66-98
2016	Big Ten	Midwest	5
-lost to M 12 Little Rock 83-85, 2 OT
2015	Big Ten	Midwest	9
lost to M 8 Cincinnati 65-66, OT
2012	Big Ten	Midwest	10
+beat M 7 St. Mary's 72-69 lost to M 2 Kansas 60-63
2011	Big Ten		3
beat SW 14 St. Peter's 65-43 -lost to SW 11 VCU 76-94
2010	Big Ten	South	4
beat S 13 Siena 72-64 beat S 5 Texas A&M 63-61, OT lost to S 1 Duke 57-70
2009	Big Ten	West	5
beat W 12 Northern Iowa 61-56 +beat W 4 Washington 76-74 lost to W 1 UConn 60-72
2008	Big Ten	West	6
beat W 11 Baylor 90-79 lost to W 3 Xavier 78-85
2007	Big Ten	Midwest	9
+beat M 8 Arizona 72-63 lost to M 1 Florida 67-74
2003	Big Ten	South	9
+beat S 8 LSU 80-56 lost to S 1 Texas 67-77
2000	Big Ten	West	6
beat W 11 Dayton 62-61 +beat W 3 Oklahoma 66-62 beat W 10 Gonzaga 75-66 -lost to W 8 Wisconsin 60-64
1999	Big Ten	East	10
+beat E 7 Texas 58-54 +beat E 2 Miami-Florida 73-63 lost to E 6 Temple 55-77
1998	Big Ten	Midwest	2
beat M 15 Delaware 95-56 beat M 10 Detroit 80-65 -lost to M 3 Stanford 59-67
1997	Big Ten	Southeast	8
beat SE 9 Rhode Island 83-76, OT lost to SE 1 Kansas 61-75
1996	Big Ten	West	1
beat W 16 Western Car 73-71 -lost to W 8 Georgia 69-76
1995	Big Ten	Midwest	3
beat M 14 Green Bay 49-48 -lost to M 6 Memphis 73-75
1994	Big Ten	Southeast	1
beat SE 16 UCF 98-67 beat SE 9 Alabama 83-73 beat SE 4 Kansas 83-78 -lost to SE 2 Duke 60-69
1993	Big Ten	East	9
lost to E 8 Rhode Island 68-74
1991	Big Ten	East	7
-lost to E 10 Temple 63-80
1990	Big Ten	Midwest	2
beat M 15 UL Monroe 75-63 -lost to M 10 Texas 72-73
1988	Big Ten	Midwest	1
beat M 16 Fairleigh Dickinson 94-79 beat M 9 Memphis 100-73 -lost to M 4 Kansas St 70-73
1987	Big Ten	East	3
beat E 14 Northeastern 104-95 -lost to E 6 Florida 66-85
1986	Big Ten	Southeast	6
-lost to SE 11 LSU 87-94, 2 OT
1985	Big Ten	Southeast	6
-lost to SE 11 Auburn 58-59
1984	Big Ten	Midwest	3
-lost to M 6 Memphis 48-66
1983	Big Ten	Mideast	5
beat ME 12 Robert Morris 55-53 lost to ME 4 Arkansas 68-78
1980	Big Ten	Mideast	6
beat ME 11 La Salle 90-82 +beat ME 3 St. John's 87-72 +beat ME 2 Indiana 76-69 +beat ME 4 Duke 68-60 -lost to W 8 UCLA 62-67 +beat E 5 Iowa 75-58
1977	Big Ten	East
lost to North Carolina 66-69
1969	Big Ten	Mideast
beat Miami-Ohio 91-71 beat Marquette 75-73, OT beat North Carolina 92-65 lost to UCLA 72-92