1931–32 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1931–32 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1931–32 record	17–1 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ward Lambert (15th year)
MVP	John Wooden
Captain	John Wooden
Captain	Harry Kellar
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1931–32 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	11	–	1	.917	17	–	1	.944
Minnesota	9	–	3	.750	15	–	3	.833
Northwestern	9	–	3	.750	13	–	5	.722
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	11	–	6	.647
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	11	–	6	.647
Ohio State	5	–	7	.417	9	–	9	.500
Indiana	4	–	8	.333	8	–	10	.444
Wisconsin	3	–	9	.250	8	–	10	.444
Iowa	3	–	9	.250	5	–	12	.294
Chicago	1	–	11	.083	2	–	15	.118

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1931–32 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Ward Lambert, coaching in his 15th season with the Boilermakers. The team finished the season with a 17–1 record^[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2]

Future Basketball Hall of Famer as both a player and a coach, John Wooden, was a senior on this team. He was named the national player of the year after leading the successful Boilermakers with an impressive 12.1 points per game average (back when scoring was much lower than it is today, 12 points was a significant average).^[3]^[4]

Lineup

Source^[5]

Ray Eddy – Forward
Harry Kellar – Forward
Charles Stewart – Center
William Fehring – Center
John Wooden – Guard
Ralph Parmerter – Guard
Doxie Moore – ?

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
12/12/1931*	at Washington University	W 52–23	1–0	Francis Gymnasium
12/15/1931*	at Notre Dame	W 32–24	2–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
12/18/1931*	Pittsburgh	W 41–23	3–0	Memorial Gymnasium
12/29/1931*	Montana State	W 51–21	4–0	Memorial Gymnasium
12/31/1931*	Monmouth (IL)	W 51–26	5–0	Memorial Gymnasium
1/4/1932	Indiana	W 49–30	6–0 (1–0)	Memorial Gymnasium
1/9/1932	at Illinois	L 21–28	6–1 (1–1)	Huff Hall
1/11/1932	Wisconsin	W 38–22	7–1 (2–1)	Memorial Gymnasium
2/3/1932*	Marquette	W 26–23	8–1	Memorial Gymnasium
2/8/1932	at Ohio State	W 38–33	9–1 (3–1)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
2/13/1932	at Chicago	W 40–27	10–1 (4–1)
2/15/1932	Ohio State	W 43–26	11–1 (5–1)	Memorial Gymnasium
2/20/1932	Northwestern	W 48–33	12–1 (6–1)	Memorial Gymnasium
2/22/1932	at Indiana	W 42–29	13–1 (7–1)	The Fieldhouse
2/27/1932	at Wisconsin	W 28–21	14–1 (8–1)	UW Fieldhouse
2/29/1932	Illinois	W 34–19	15–1 (9–1)	Memorial Gymnasium
3/5/1932	at Northwestern	W 31–17	16–1 (10–1)	Old Patten Gymnasium
3/7/1932	Chicago	W 53–18	17–1 (11–1)	Memorial Gymnasium
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[5]

References

↑ "Purdue Boilermakers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
↑ "The Journey – A Brief Professional and Personal History Timeline – 1910". CoachWooden.com – The Official Site of Coach John Wooden. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
↑ "2008–09 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). History. Purdue University. 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "2008–09 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Records. Purdue University. 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

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	History Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!"

People	Head coaches Award winners

Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 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 1999–00 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

Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics