Purdue Boilermakers

The Boilermakers covered the spread in only 5 of 17 home games in 2025-26, a rate only 30 Division I teams fell below, while winning 12 of them. Laying the number with Purdue was the losing side of a 27-8 season.

Winning without covering

Purdue went 27-8 and covered 15 of 35, 42.9%. As favorites, 31 times, they won 24 and covered 12. Home was the worst of it: 12-5 straight up, 5-12 against the spread, and the 15 priced home moneylines lost 4.50 units.

The home losses came at short prices: 93-97 to Wisconsin at -485, 74-76 to Michigan State at -278, 82-88 to Illinois at -270 and 58-81 to Iowa State at -230. Wins over Oakland at -31.5, Penn State at -22.5 and Oregon at -19.5 did not cover either.

January

January ran 5-3 straight up and 1-7 against the spread, 2.16 units lost, with road losses at UCLA and Indiana as favorites of 4.5 points or more.

As underdogs

Purdue was an underdog only four times; just 17 teams were underdogs less often. It won three, made 3.60 units, and the biggest was the Big Ten tournament final: 80-72 over Michigan at +200. Earlier wins at Alabama (+140) and Nebraska (+120) covered too. One unit a game across the 32 priced games came out 0.53 up.

The opponents

Wisconsin split two, the road win 89-73 a cover and the home loss not. Northwestern lost twice by four and 13 and Purdue covered neither.

The total

Eighteen unders and 16 overs, with one game carrying no posted total: no lean.

March, start to finish

The Big Ten title run was four wins in four days, 12 to 15 March, three of them as favorites. Then, in the NCAA tournament, Purdue beat Queens 104-71, Miami 79-69 and Texas 79-77, then lost the Elite Eight 64-79 to Arizona.

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