1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, runner-up Big Ten champions
National Championship Game, L 72-92 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	23–5 (13–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	George King
Assistant coaches	Bob King Joe Sexson Dave Toney
Home arena	Mackey Arena

1968–69 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Purdue	13	–	1		.929			23	–	5		.821
No. 20 Illinois	9	–	5		.643			19	–	5		.792
Ohio State	9	–	5		.643			17	–	7		.708
Michigan	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Northwestern	6	–	8		.429			14	–	10		.583
Minnesota	6	–	8		.429			12	–	12		.500
Michigan State	6	–	8		.429			11	–	12		.478
Iowa	5	–	9		.357			12	–	12		.500
Wisconsin	5	–	9		.357			11	–	13		.458
Indiana	4	–	10		.286			9	–	15		.375
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1968–69 NCAA men's college basketball season.

Roster

1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown C 54 Chuck Bavis 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — Sr Garrett Garrett, IN F 13 Tyrone Bedford — — F 33 George Faerber 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — So F 30 Herm Gilliam 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr C 31 Jerry Johnson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Knox Knox, IN C 32 Frank Kaufman — — G 24 Bill Keller 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Sr Washington Indianapolis G 25 Steve Longfellow — — G 10 Rick Mount 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Jr Lebanon Lebanon, IN F 40 Ralph Taylor — — Sr Washington Indianapolis G 45 Larry Weatherford — — So Bosse Evansville, IN	Head coach George King (Charleston) Assistant coach(es) Joe Sexson (Purdue) Bob King (Butler) Dave Toney Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2016-Mar-06

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 30*	No. 10	at No. 1 UCLA	L 82–94	0–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles
December 5*	No. 14	North Dakota	W 116–84	1–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 7*	No. 14	Miami (OH)	W 78–70	2–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 10*	No. 13	Butler	W 93–55	3–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 14*	No. 13	Ohio	W 100–89	4–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 20*	No. 12	vs. No. 15 California Sun Devil Classic	W 98–91	5–1	Sun Devil Gymnasium  Tempe, AZ
December 21*	No. 12	at Arizona State Sun Devil Classic	L 80–85	5–2	Sun Devil Gymnasium  Tempe, AZ
December 27*	No. 18	vs. Arizona Rainbow Classic	W 98–72	6–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, HI
December 28*	No. 18	vs. Columbia Rainbow Classic	L 74–78	6–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, HI
December 29*	No. 18	at Hawaii Rainbow Classic	W 97–68	7–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, HI
Big Ten regular season
January 4		at Wisconsin	W 86–80	8–3 (1–0)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
January 7		No. 4 Illinois	W 98–84	9–3 (2–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 25	No. 18	at Minnesota	W 102–79	10–3 (3–0)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
February 1	No. 14	No. 12 Ohio State	W 95–85	11–3 (4–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 4	No. 9	Iowa	W 99–87	12–3 (5–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 8	No. 9	at Northwestern	W 97–85	13–3 (6–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
February 11	No. 8	at No. 16 Ohio State	L 85–88	13–4 (6–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
February 15	No. 8	Wisconsin	W 87–69	14–4 (7–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 18	No. 9	at Indiana Rivalry	W 96–95	15–4 (8–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
February 22	No. 9	Northwestern	W 107–68	16–4 (9–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 25	No. 9	at Michigan State	W 74–72	17–4 (10–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
February 28	No. 9	at Iowa	W 97–85	18–4 (11–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
March 4	No. 6	Michigan	W 116–87	19–4 (12–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
March 8	No. 6	Indiana	W 120–76	20–4 (13–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
NCAA Tournament
March 13*	No. 6	vs. Miami (OH) NCAA tournament • Regional semifinal	W 91–71	21–4	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
March 15*	No. 6	vs. Marquette NCAA Tournament • Regional Final	W 75–73 ^OT	22–4	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
March 20*	No. 6	vs. No. 4 North Carolina NCAA Tournament • National semifinals	W 92–65	23–4	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
March 22*	No. 6	vs. No. 1 UCLA NCAA Tournament • National Final	L 72–92	23–5	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast.

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Awards and honors

Highest scoring team in the nation

Rick Mount—1st Team All-America

Rick Mount—Big Ten Conference Player of the year

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	8	Herm Gilliam	Cincinnati Royals
7	86	Bill Keller	Milwaukee Bucks

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References

1. sports-reference.com 1968-69 Big Ten Conference Season Summary
2. 2015-16 Purdue men's basketball media guide Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2016-Mar-06.
3. "1969 NBA Draft". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010.