1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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

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
Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

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]

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	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.