Purdue Men's Basketball 2025-26 Schedule Updates

There's a lot of excitement around the 2025-26 Purdue men's basketball season. Providing updates to this year's schedule when they become available.
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The Purdue men's basketball team continues to assemble its schedule for the 2025-26 season. As new opponents and dates continue to trickle out of West Lafayette, we'll keep you updated with the latest information.

The Boilermakers are prepared to play another difficult nonconference schedule, with Alabama, Auburn, Iowa State and Marquette on the docket. Purdue will also travel to the Bahamas in November for the Baha Mar Challenge.

Additionally, Purdue scheduled an exhibition game against Kentucky in October at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

Purdue also knows its Big Ten opponents for the 2025-26 season, with the conference releasing that information in April. Dates have not yet been set for those games.

Here's the latest look at Purdue's updates men's basketball schedule for the 2025-26 season.

Dates

  • Friday, Oct. 24: at Kentucky (Exhibition)
  • Wednesday, Oct. 29: vs. University of Indianapolis (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

Dates to be determined

  • vs. Indiana
  • vs. Iowa
  • vs. Wisconsin
  • vs. Illinois
  • vs. Michigan
  • vs. Michigan State
  • vs. Minnesota
  • vs. Oregon
  • vs. Penn State
  • vs. Washington
  • at Indiana
  • at Iowa
  • at Wisconsin
  • at Maryland
  • at Nebraska
  • at Northwestern
  • at Ohio State
  • at Rutgers
  • at UCLA
  • at USC

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Dustin Schutte
DUSTIN SCHUTTE

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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