Purdue Boilermakers Basketball: How to Watch Every Game Without Cable

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I never miss a game of Purdue basketball, whether it’s the men’s or women’s programs. The streaming revolution has made it possible to follow both teams’ entire seasons, catching every minute of action.

In a hurry? Because of the Boilermakers’ popularity, their games are shown on a wide variety of channels. These will let you watch most although especially with the women’s team, you will want to combine them with B1G+ and FloHoops.

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The Purdue Boilermakers are one of the top teams in the vaunted Big Ten college basketball conference. The team, located in West Lafayette, IN, is one of the most storied programs in college basketball to never have won an NCAA championship.

In recent years the men’s team has been playing well under head coach Matt Painter and the women’s team has made the tournament seven times since 2011.

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Purdue Boilermakers in March Madness

March Madness 2024 is on. The Purdue Boilermakers women’s team struggled among the bottom teams in the Big Ten and won’t be participating in this year’s tournament. However, the men’s team had a great season and is currently number 3 in the rankings. They did, however, lose to unranked Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament semifinals.

Channels to Watch Purdue Boilermakers Basketball

The best place to watch Purdue Boilermakers basketball on both the men’s and women’s sides is the Big Ten Network (BTN). There are also a few on Fox Sports 1 (FS1) and ESPNU.

Some of the bigger preseason tournaments and some of the more important conference games will show up on ESPN and ESPN2 as well.

The Indiana-Purdue rivalry games, especially when both teams are good, will often be aired on one of the major networks like CBS or ESPN.

How to Stream Purdue Basketball

Almost all Purdue Boilermakers men’s basketball games air on major channels. A much smaller number of women’s games are too. These streaming services offer most if not all of the channels:

• Fubo (formerly FuboTV): This sports-first service offers 130+ channels with plans from $79.99/month. (Fubo review)
• Sling TV: Customize your channel lineup as you like with plans starting at $40.00/month. (Sling TV review) (March Madness coverage and schedule)
• DIRECTV STREAM: Full cable replacement service with plans as low as $79.99/month. (DIRECTV STREAM review)
• Hulu + Live TV: A great all-around streaming service with 85+ live TV channels in addition to Disney+ and ESPN+ for $76.99/month. (Hulu Live review)
• YouTube TV: Offers over 100 channels for $72.99/month.

If you are a fan of the Purdue Boilermakers women’s team, you need to sign up for the Big Ten streaming service B1G+. It provides major access to Big Ten sports that are neglected by live TV channels.

Also, several games are featured on FloHoops — the basketball channel of FloSports. It is a great streaming service for serious sports fans with a couple dozen channels.

Each streaming service comes with a cloud DVR.

You can also stream on multiple devices at once — good for large households. Most allow 3 screens at a time. But Fubo offers 10 and DIRECTV STREAM offers unlimited.

You can also use most streaming devices with these services. These include Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, and web browsers. You can also watch on mobile devices like the iPhone and Android smartphones. And many support different smart TVs and gaming systems.

Purdue Boilermakers Basketball

Purdue University’s inaugural season of collegiate basketball was the 1896-97 season giving the school approximately 125 years of basketball tradition. Purdue was one of the first members of the Big Ten Conference, joining in 1896, and they have the record for Big Ten regular season championships with 24.

The men’s basketball team has played their home games at Mackey Arena since 1967 and the women’s team started thereafter its inception as an intercollegiate sport in 1975.

Mackey Arena took the place of Lambert Fieldhouse and it seats up to 14,804. Mackey Arena is known as one of the loudest in the nation because of its aluminum roof. In 1997 the arena’s floor was renamed “Keady Court” in honor of Gene Keady, one of the best coaches in the school’s history.

Purdue’s biggest rivalry is with their in-state counterpart the Indiana Hoosiers. Purdue’s home of West Lafayette, IN is about a two-hour drive from Bloomington, the home of the Hoosiers, and this rivalry is heated. In fact, behind Duke-UNC and Kentucky-Louisville, there may not be a bigger, more important college basketball rivalry than the one between Purdue and Indiana. Purdue leads the series on the men’s side 124-89.

Purdue Men’s Basketball

Purdue has never won an NCAA basketball national championship, but they have been to numerous NCAA tournaments, two Final Fours, and they played for the title in 1969. The school won the Helms Athletic Foundation National Championship in 1932 before the establishment of the NCAA.

Their 2019 team reached the Elite Eight before falling to the Virginia Cavaliers. Purdue has had two No. 1 overall picks in the NBA draft with Joe Barry Carroll in 1980 and Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson in 1994.

Purdue has had some incredible coaches over the years including Ward Lambert from 1917-1946, Gene Keady from 1980-2005, and their current coach Matt Painter who has been there since 2005.

The 2023-24 Boilermakers have one of the best players in the nation in star center Zach Edey who leads the team in scoring, rebounds, and blocked shots while guards Braden Smith, Lance Jones and Fletcher Loyer are the next three leading scorers. Smith also leads with assists and steals. Mason Gillis and Caleb Furst round out the starting five while Ethan Morton is their top six-man.

2023-24 Men’s Basketball Schedule

Purdue Women’s Basketball

The Purdue women’s team is also rich in tradition holding the record for most Big Ten regular season championships on the women’s side with seven along with nine conference tournament championships.

In 1999, the women’s team brought home the school’s lone NCCA national championship, finished second in 2001, and made the Final Four one other year in 1994.

The primary players on the team are Jeanae Terry (assists, steals, rebounds leader), Madison Layden, Abbey Ellis (points leader), Mary Ashley Stevenson, Caitlyn Harper (blocked shots leader), and Jayla Smith

2023-24 Women’s Basketball Schedule

Wrapping Up

Purdue Boilermakers is one of the oldest and most popular basketball schools in the nation. And they play in one of the toughest conferences in college basketball. Both the men’s and women’s teams have experienced a good deal of success in recent years as well. The combination of these things has made Purdue basketball a must-watch for many NCAA hoops fans.

As a result of Purdue Basketball’s rich tradition combined with its current success, fans can tune into BTN, CBS, ESPN, and FOX to see how Purdue stacks up to the rest of the nation.

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I am a Senior Content Editor at Hotdog.com, specializing in sports streaming and regional programming issues. With a PhD in Atmospheric Physics from the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and extensive experience in remote sensing technology, including early video streaming, I bring a unique technical perspective to the streaming industry.

My expertise in sports coverage, particularly for out-of-market games and regional sports networks, stems from years of hands-on experience as an early adopter of streaming services and my work addressing fans' viewing challenges. As a longtime cord-cutter and subscriber to multiple streaming platforms, I combine my technical knowledge with practical user experience, making me a leading expert in the field of sports streaming and entertainment technology.

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