This was the last Purdue team to reach the Final Four until

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Roster

Regular season

During the

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, Purdue qualified for the

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, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

*Midwest ** #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle (#11 seed) 82 ** #20 (AP) Purdue 87, #13 (AP) St. John's, (NY) (#3 seed) 72 ** #20 (AP) Purdue 76, #7 (AP)

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(#2 seed) 69 ** #20 (AP) Purdue 68, #14 (AP)

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(# 4 seed) 60 *Final Four **

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(#8 seed) 67, #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 62 ** #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 75,

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(#5 seed) 58 (3rd Place / Consolation Game)

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

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