Purdue Basketball Fans Make Bold Predictions for Boilermakers in 2025-26 Season
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It's no secret that expectations are extremely high in West Lafayette entering the 2025-26 season. With Purdue retaining and assembling one of the best rosters in college basketball, there are high hopes for another Final Four appearance and a national championship season for the Boilermakers.
Now that we're less than 100 days from the start of the college basketball season, I decided to ask Purdue fans for some of their boldest predictions and hottest takes for the Boilers during the upcoming season.
Many fans responded to the question, providing a wide range of predictions. Everything from playing time to postseason honors and team accomplishments to specific statistics was thrown out into the Twittersphere. Needless to say, there's a prediction for just about everything.
Even former Boiler and current Big Ten Network analyst Rapheal Davis got in on the action, predicting a national championship season for Purdue.
Purdue wins the National Championship https://t.co/yE5NIyVqkr
— Rapheal Davis (@RaphealDavis3) August 7, 2025
Here are some of the responses from social media, all of which came from X (formerly Twitter).
Purdue basketball fans make bold predictions
The fact that nothing is off the table in terms of what they can accomplish makes a bold prediction tough.
— Nick Yeoman (@NYeoman) August 7, 2025
I’ll say this, I don’t think Omer Mayer is going to play as big of a role on this team as people think, and I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing.
WE ACTUALLY WIN OUR FIRST ROAD B1G GAME
— Isaiah Walker (@walkeri141) August 7, 2025
(extremely hot take)
Purdue only “loses” at KY & one Big Ten game. Not enough PT for Braden to break the all time assist record. Omer & Braden often finish the game together. Daniel averages over 2 blocks a game. Cluff & TKR combine for a double double every game. Braden gets 3 triple triples.
— Dale Bullion (@DaleBullion) August 7, 2025
Braden is a top 10 pick in draft
— First and Gold Podcast (@FirstandGoldPU) August 7, 2025
They will have 7 guys averaging double digits. Painter will figure out how to go 10-11 deep and someone will be redshirted who fans won’t see coming.
— Bryan Sharp (@BryanSharp2) August 7, 2025
More of a question than a take. Who exactly is sitting the bench on this team?!?! In years past, there have been some obvious candidates, but I have no clue on this team, which is a tremendous credit to CMP and his staff.
— John Spear (@boilerrph1996) August 7, 2025
Before Omer committed I thought CJ could crack double digits per game. I’m not so confident in that one anymore.
— BDH (@RedsPurdue) August 7, 2025
My hottest take now will be the surrounding frontcourt around TKR averages better than 16/12.5/2 + 2.5 blocks. Last years group averaged 11.8/9.25/1.25 + 0.78 blocks
Down goes Indiana’s record perfect season record with a National Championship!
— Rusty Rueff (@RustyRueff) August 7, 2025
TKR wins BTPOY instead of smith. He was physically dominant at the 5 and now he gets matched up against smaller defenders. With 2 legit lob threats under the rim, doubles won’t come as often, and if they do his assists will go up.
— TKR #1 fan (@IU_suckss) August 8, 2025
- Braden breaks the all time assist record and wins NPOY
— Luke Peter (@Luke_Peter3) August 7, 2025
- TKR 2nd team All-American
- Fletcher makes 3+ threes a game (2.1 last year)
- Purdue wins the National Championship
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Purdue scores 120 points in a game
— tommy_deuce (@tommy_deuce2) August 7, 2025
Undefeated
— Christopher W. Thies (@BoilerThies1_9) August 8, 2025
Cluff will be the third best player on this team
— Money Matt Painter (@MoneyMattPaint) August 7, 2025
Daniel Jacobson is the starting 5 by January and holds the spot through the tournament.
— Boiler for life! (@Unlawful_Badger) August 7, 2025
As part of the Braden Smith revenge tour:
— Matthew Graber (@wx_MatthewG) August 7, 2025
We beat Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, and Illinois in Mackey Arena by a combined 120 points, averaging a 30 point victory in each.
Jack Benter breakout star
— Daniel Kral (@DanielKral1412) August 7, 2025
Undefeated season
— Rowlett TX Boiler (@Rowlettboiler) August 7, 2025
Purdue never trails the entire season
— Certified Ball Knower (@HIGHvLO) August 7, 2025
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Dustin Schutte is the publisher of Purdue Boilermakers on SI and has spent more than a decade working in sports journalism. His career began in 2013, when he covered Big Ten football. He remained in that role for eight years before working at On SI to cover the Boilermakers. Dustin graduated from Manchester University in Indiana in 2010, where he played for the men's tennis team.
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