1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular season champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Runner up
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
1968–69 record	23–5 (13–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	George King
Assistant coach	Bob King
Assistant coach	Joe Sexson
Assistant coach	Dave Toney
Home arena	Mackey Arena

1968–69 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Purdue	13	–	1	.929	23	–	5	.821
#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

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

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, CA
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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Roster

1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year
5.0 !C		Bavis, ChuckChuck Bavis	—	—
3.5 !F		Bedford, TyroneTyrone Bedford	—	—
3.5 !F		Faerber, GeorgeGeorge Faerber	—	—	2.0 !So
		Gilliam, HermHerm Gilliam	—	—	4.0 !Sr
5.0 !C		Johnson, JerryJerry Johnson	—	—
5.0 !C		Kaufman, FrankFrank Kaufman	—	—
		Keller, BillBill Keller	—	—	4.0 !Sr
1.5 !G		Longfellow, SteveSteve Longfellow	—	—
1.5 !G	10	Mount, RickRick Mount	—	—	3.0 !Jr
3.5 !F		Taylor, RalphRalph Taylor	—	—	4.0 !Sr
1.5 !G		Weatherford, LarryLarry Weatherford	—	—

Head coach

George King

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Mar-06

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

↑ 2015-16 Purdue men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2016-Mar-06.
↑ "1969 NBA Draft". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18.

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 Crossroads Classic 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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