Purdue got quite a scare from Oregon on Saturday inside Mackey Arena, but ultimately, the Boilermakers survived. A few thoughts from Purdue's win.

In the first contest of the season between the two squads, Purdue snapped a 13-game losing streak to Indiana to claim the 33rd Barn Burner Trophy on Jan. 25 in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Hoosiers fell 80-69 after the Boilermakers took a double-digit lead midway through the second quarter and Indiana couldn’t catch back up.

In the return of Nate Bittle, the Oregon men's basketball team battled No. 12 Purdue down to the wire but came up short.

Porter Roberts was a key member of Purdue's three consecutive Big Ten championships in the mid-1990s and was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 1996.

Tweets/videos Quote of the Day “No. 1, I want it said, from as high of a mountaintop as I can be on: I believe in Ryan Browne. The development of things I saw him do – the arm talent, his football IQ – he can win in this conference.

No. 12 Purdue has been off almost a week as it hosts Oregon, which has lost eight straight games: Score, live updates, start time, where to watch.

Rivals recently updated its top 150 recruits in the 2026 class. Where did Purdue's commits rank? Three of them cracked the top 150.