1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, runner-up; Big Ten champions
National Championship Game, ; L 72-92 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	23–5 (13–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	George King;
Assistant coaches	Bob King; Joe Sexson; Dave Toney;
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Purdue	13	–	1	.929	23	–	5	.821
No. 20 Illinois	9	–	5	.643	19	–	5	.792
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Michigan	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	14	–	10	.583
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	12	.478
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	12	–	12	.500
Wisconsin	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Indiana	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1968–69 NCAA men's college basketball season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	54	Chuck Bavis	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	—	Sr	Garrett	Garrett, IN
F	13	Tyrone Bedford	—	—
F	33	George Faerber	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So
F	30	Herm Gilliam	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
C	31	Jerry Johnson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—		Knox	Knox, IN
C	32	Frank Kaufman	—	—
G	24	Bill Keller	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Sr	Washington	Indianapolis
G	25	Steve Longfellow	—	—
G	10	Rick Mount	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr	Lebanon	Lebanon, IN
F	40	Ralph Taylor	—	—	Sr	Washington	Indianapolis
G	45	Larry Weatherford	—	—	So	Bosse	Evansville, IN

Head coach

George King (Charleston)

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Sexson (Purdue)
Bob King (Butler)
Dave Toney

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Mar-06

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 30*	No. 10	at No. 1 UCLA	L 82–94	0–1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles
December 5*	No. 14	North Dakota	W 116–84	1–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 7*	No. 14	Miami (OH)	W 78–70	2–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 10*	No. 13	Butler	W 93–55	3–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 14*	No. 13	Ohio	W 100–89	4–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 20*	No. 12	vs. No. 15 California Sun Devil Classic	W 98–91	5–1	Sun Devil Gymnasium Tempe, AZ
December 21*	No. 12	at Arizona State Sun Devil Classic	L 80–85	5–2	Sun Devil Gymnasium Tempe, AZ
December 27*	No. 18	vs. Arizona Rainbow Classic	W 98–72	6–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
December 28*	No. 18	vs. Columbia Rainbow Classic	L 74–78	6–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
December 29*	No. 18	at Hawaii Rainbow Classic	W 97–68	7–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
Big Ten regular season
January 4		at Wisconsin	W 86–80	8–3 (1–0)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
January 7		No. 4 Illinois	W 98–84	9–3 (2–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 25	No. 18	at Minnesota	W 102–79	10–3 (3–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 1	No. 14	No. 12 Ohio State	W 95–85	11–3 (4–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 4	No. 9	Iowa	W 99–87	12–3 (5–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 8	No. 9	at Northwestern	W 97–85	13–3 (6–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 11	No. 8	at No. 16 Ohio State	L 85–88	13–4 (6–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
February 15	No. 8	Wisconsin	W 87–69	14–4 (7–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 18	No. 9	at Indiana Rivalry	W 96–95	15–4 (8–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
February 22	No. 9	Northwestern	W 107–68	16–4 (9–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 25	No. 9	at Michigan State	W 74–72	17–4 (10–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
February 28	No. 9	at Iowa	W 97–85	18–4 (11–1)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
March 4	No. 6	Michigan	W 116–87	19–4 (12–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 8	No. 6	Indiana	W 120–76	20–4 (13–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
NCAA Tournament
March 13*	No. 6	vs. Miami (OH) NCAA tournament • Regional semifinal	W 91–71	21–4	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
March 15*	No. 6	vs. Marquette NCAA Tournament • Regional Final	W 75–73 ^OT	22–4	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
March 20*	No. 6	vs. No. 4 North Carolina NCAA Tournament • National semifinals	W 92–65	23–4	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
March 22*	No. 6	vs. No. 1 UCLA NCAA Tournament • National Final	L 72–92	23–5	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast.

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Awards and honors

Highest scoring team in the nation

Rick Mount—1st Team All-America

Rick Mount—Big Ten Conference Player of the year

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	8	Herm Gilliam	Cincinnati Royals
7	86	Bill Keller	Milwaukee Bucks

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1968-69 Big Ten Conference Season Summary
^ 2015-16 Purdue men's basketball media guide Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2016-Mar-06.
^ "1969 NBA Draft". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010.

[1] sports-reference.com 1968-69 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

[2] 2015-16 Purdue men's basketball media guide Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2016-Mar-06.

[3] "1969 NBA Draft". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010.

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v t e Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics