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1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, runner-up
Big Ten champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 6
Record23–5 (13–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bob King
  • Joe Sexson
  • Dave Toney
Home arenaMackey Arena
Seasons
1968–69 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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

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1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
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
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2016-Mar-06

Schedule and results

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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

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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

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

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References

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  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.