#15 Purdue Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Purdue Boilermakers
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #15
 
Conference Rank: #1 Big Ten
 
 
2023-24 Record: 34-5, 17-3
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Matt Painter
Coach Record: 447-203 at Purdue, 472-208 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Zach Edey, Center, 25.2 ppg, 12.2 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.2 bpg
Lance Jones, Guard, 11.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.9 apg
Mason Gillis, Forward, 6.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.7 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
Braden Smith, Junior, Guard, 12.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 7.5 apg, 1.6 spg
Fletcher Loyer, Junior, Guard, 10.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.9 apg
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Junior, Forward, 6.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Myles Colvin, Sophomore, Guard, 3.3 ppg
Camden Heide, Sophomore, Forward, 3.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg
Will Berg, Sophomore, Center, 2.6 ppg, 1.9 rpg
Caleb Furst, Sophomore, Forward, 2.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Jack Benter, Freshman, Guard
Raleigh Burgess, Freshman, Forward
C.J. Cox, Freshman, Guard
Aaron Fine, Freshman, Guard
Gaicarri Harris, Freshman, Guard
Daniel Jacobsen, Freshman, Center
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 82.3 (15th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 68.9 (84, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.8 (12, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.7 (53, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.2 (104, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 40.4 (2, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.0 (177, 9)
Rebound Margin: 11.2 (2, 1)
Assists Per Game: 18.5 (5, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.3 (133, 9)