We knew there was a chance we could utter the words “Purdue basketball national champions” in 2022, and now we get to do it. Sure, it wasn’t in front of thousands at the Superdome like we were all hoping, but the intercollegiate club team from Purdue clinched its second national championship and first since 2017 today with a 53-48 win over Notre Dame in the National Club Basketball Association tournament at Gannon University in Erie, PA.
Purdue entered the eight team tournament as the No. 1 seed after winning the Great Lakes region and it did not disappoint.