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This building located between Mackey Arena and Ross Ade Stadium is the home to Purdue's Volleyball and Wrestling team.
What is Holloway Gymnasium?
100
In the 2017 NBA Draft, Caleb Swanigan was drafted 26th overall to this team.
Who are the Portland Trailblazers?
100
This sports apparel company, co-founded by Phil Knight in 1964, supplies the uniforms for over 100 NCAA programs and is the official sports apparel and athletic shoe provider of the Purdue Boilermakers.
What is Nike?
100
Going into the 2017-18 season, this player leads the current team in career starts with 92.
Who is Vincent Edwards?
100
Purdue leads all Big Ten teams with this many Big Ten Championships.
What is 23 Big Ten Championships?
200
This man was named the new Purdue Athletics Director on August 9th, 2016.
Who is Mike Bobinski?
200
As of the beginning of the 2017-18 NBA season, these three former Purdue Men's Basketball players were on official NBA rosters.
Who are E'Twaun Moore, A.J. Hammons, and Caleb Swanigan?
200
This men's college basketball team has the most national championships with 11.
Who are the UCLA Bruins?
200
This current Men's Basketball player has a brother who plays tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Who is Grady Eifert?
200
This former Purdue Basketball player won 11 total championships throughout his playing and coaching career. As a player, he won the 1931-32 National Championship with Purdue.
Who is John Wooden?
300
The year in which Purdue University joined the Big Ten Conference; Also the first year of the Big Ten Conference.
What is 1896?
300
He was the first player from the Matt Painter era to be drafted into the NBA.
Who is Carl Landry?
300
This man is the all time NCAA Division-I scorer.
Who is Pete Maravich?
300
This current basketball player dished out more than 100 assists last year and finished with a 2.56 assist to turnover ratio during the 2016-17 season.
Who is Dakota Mathias?
300
Coach Painter trails these two former coaches on the school's all-time wins list at Purdue. One of the them has an athletic building next to Mackey Arena named after him. The other won multiple National Coach of the Year Awards.
Who are Ward "Piggy" Lambert and Gene Keady?
400
Purdue has this many Men's Basketball Academic All-Americans since the year 1965.
What is 11?
400
These two Purdue Men's Basketball players were both drafted #1 overall since the 1980 NBA Draft.
Who are Joe Barry Carroll (1980) and Glenn Robinson (1994)?
400
The fist NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, commonly known as the Big Dance, took place in 1939 with a field of this many teams.
What is 8 (eight) teams?
400
This player lead the team in scoring seven (7) times during the 2016-17 season and had a season high 26 points vs. Utah State.
Who is Isaac Haas?
400
These two former Purdue Basketball stars were both consensus National Player of the Year.
Who are John Wooden and Glenn Robinson?
500
Though Purdue Pete is a recognizable charater at many Purdue athletic events, the Boilermaker Special is the official mascot of the Boilermakers and has been seen on campus since this year.
What is 1940?
500
Purdue first two NBA Draft picks, Ed Ehlers and Paul Hoffman, were both selected in the same draft in this year.
What is the 1947 NBA Draft?
500
Among active coaches, only two have been to at least 10 NCAA Tournaments before reaching the age of 50 years old. These coaches of the Boilermakers (Purdue) and Wildcats (Arizona) are two of the most consistent coaches in college basketball.
Who are Matt Painter and Sean Miller?
500
This current Men's Basketball Assistant Coach is embarking upon his seventh season this fall with Purdue.
Who is Coach Greg Gary?
500
This former student-athlete who played basketball from 1997-2000 is the current career record holder at Purdue for most career steals.
Who is Brian Cardinal?