The 2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Matt Painter, who coached his 18th season with the Boilermakers. The Boilermakers played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference.

With Northwestern's loss to Maryland on February 26, 2023, Purdue clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. With Michigan's loss to Illinois on March 2, Purdue clinched the outright regular season championship, its first outright championship since 2017. The championship marked the school's 25th, the most in Big Ten history. In the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Rutgers, Ohio State, and Penn State to win the tournament championship, the school's second. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the East region. In the first round of the tournament they were upset by Fairleigh Dickinson, becoming the second men's No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed ever, following Virginia's 2018 loss to UMBC.

Previous season The Boilermakers finished the 2021–22 season 29–8, 14–6 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They defeated Penn State and Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament to advance to the championship game where they lost to Iowa. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. There they defeated Yale and Texas to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they were upset by No. 15-seeded Saint Peter's.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Eric Hunter Jr. 2 G 6'4" 175 Senior Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Butler Isaiah Thompson 11 G 6'1" 160 Junior Zionsville, IN Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast Jared Wulbrun 14 G 5'10" 180 Senior Stanford, CA Graduated; Graduate Assistant at Purdue Jaden Ivey 23 G 6'4" 195 Junior South Bend, IN Declared for the 2022 NBA draft; selected 5th overall pick by the Detroit Pistons Trevion Williams 50 F 6'10" 255 Senior Chicago, IL Declared for the 2022 NBA Draft Sasha Stefanovic 55 G 6'5" 205 Senior Crown Point, IN Declared for the 2022 NBA Draft

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school David Jenkins Jr. 14 G 6'1" 200 Senior Tacoma, WA Transferred from Utah

Recruiting classes

2022 recruiting class

2023 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=9 style=|Regular season

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Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

References