The Purdue Boilermakers have been selected as the #1 seed in the East region and will play their first two games in Columbus, Ohio. Their opponent, the #16 seed of either Fairleigh Dickinson or Texas Southern with play in the 16 seed play in game from Dayton on Wednesday night.. This is Purdue’s 4th #1 seed in program history and the 34th overall appearance in the NCAA Tourney.
Purdue is led by consensus B1G Player of the Year and likely National Player of the Year Zach Edey who is having a monster season in the middle for the Boilermakers.