Purdue Basketball Countdown: 100 Days Until Regular Season Starts
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The number of days until the Purdue basketball team tips off the 2025-26 season are dwindling down. Sunday officially marked the 100-day countdown until the Boilermakers open up regular-season play at Mackey Arena.
Purdue will host in-state foe Evansville on Tuesday, Nov. 4 for its regular-season opener at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette. A tipoff time and television information has not been announced yet.
Before the regular season starts, Purdue will travel to Lexington to play Kentucky at Rupp Arena on Friday, Oct. 24, in its first exhibition game. The Boilermakers will then host UIndy in another exhibition on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
Purdue finished last season with a 24-12 record and reached the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. The Boilermakers are the preseason favorite to win the national championship.
Purdue 2025-26 nonconference schedule
- Friday, Oct. 24: at Kentucky (Exhibition)
- Wednesday, Oct. 29: vs. UIndy (Exhibition)
- Tuesday, Nov. 4: vs. Evansville
- Friday, Nov. 7: vs. Oakland
- Thursday, Nov. 13: at Alabama
- Sunday, Nov. 16: vs. Akron
- Thursday, Nov. 20: Baha Mar Challenge (Bahamas)
- Friday, Nov. 21: Baha Mar Challenge (Bahamas)
- Friday, Nov. 28: vs. Eastern Illinois
- Saturday, Dec. 6: vs. Iowa State
- Saturday, Dec. 13: vs. Marquette
- Saturday, Dec. 20: vs. Auburn (Indy Classic)
- Monday, Dec. 29: vs. Kent State
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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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