Purdue was the beneficiary of one of a handful of the committee’s dubious decisions (see one-loss Pitt seeded 6th and RPI 50 Illinois making the field among others misses) and so they got the 16 seed and get to host this weekend.
The Purdue sub-regional will get underway Friday at 4:30 ET as Marquette will face Dayton. The Purdue-Wright State match will follow at 7:00 ET. Saturday at 7:00 the winners will face each other with a spot in the Sweet Sixteen on the line. The matches will be available for free on BTN+.
Tournament Preview
Seeded Teams (Record, RPI, AVCA Rank)
- Baylor (25-1, 1, 1)
- Texas (21-3, 2, 4)
- Stanford (24-4, 3, 3)
- Wisconsin (22-6, 5, 5)
- Nebraska (25-4, 8, 6)
- Pittsburgh (29-1, 4, 2)
- Minnesota (23-5, 10, 7)
- Washington (24-6, 9, 9)
- Kentucky (23-6, 6, 11)
- Florida (25-4, 7, 12)
- Penn State (24-5, 16, 8)
- Hawaii (24-3, 11, 18)
- Texas A&M (21-7, 12, 25)
- BYU (25-4, 17, 13)
- Western Kentucky (31-1, 15, 19)
- Purdue (22-7, 21, 14)
The Big Ten had the most teams in the field with seven; #4 Wisconsin, #5 Nebraska, #7 Minnesota, #11 Penn State, #16 Purdue, Michigan, and Illinois.