Purdue basketball has become a staple in the Sweet 16 men's NCAA Tournament round.
Under coach Matt Painter, the program has reached the regional semifinal round six times since 2017 and the second year in a row this season. No. 4 seed Purdue takes on No. 1 Houston at 10:09 p.m. ET on Friday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for a chance at a second straight Elite Eight appearance and the seventh in school history.
While Painter and Purdue are mainstays in the tournament, a question that regularly pops into college basketball fans' minds at this time of the year is, "What exactly is a Boilermaker?