How to Watch No. 5 Purdue Basketball Against Illinois on Sunday

No. 5 Purdue (25-5, 14-5 Big Ten) closes its regular season schedule at Mackey Arena on Sunday with a matchup against Illinois (20-10, 11-8). Here's how to watch the game, with all your TV information, top scorers, coaching bios and more.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — No. 5 Purdue basketball closes its 2022-23 regular-season campaign with a home matchup against Illinois on Sunday inside Mackey Arena. The game is scheduled to tip off at 12:30 p.m. ET and will be televised on FOX. 

Here's everything you need to know ahead of the game, including tipoff time and TV information, the leading scorers for both teams, and a look at the coaching matchup:

How to watch Purdue against Illinois

• Who: Purdue Boilermakers (25-5, 14-5 Big Ten) at Illinois Fighting Illini (20-10, 11-8)
• What: Purdue's regular-season finale for the 2022-23 college basketball season.
• When: 12:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 5.
• Where: Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.
• TV: FOX
• TV Announcers: Jason Benetti, Nick Bahe
• Live Stream: fuboTV (Start your free trial)
• Radio: Purdue Sports Network — Online: wazy.com, Satellite: Ch. 133 or 195 (SiriusXM), Ch. 958 (SXM App)
• Radio Announcers: Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell, Wes Scott
• Associated Press poll: Purdue remained at No. 5 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll despite losing at home against rival Indiana. Illinois is unranked. 
• KenPom rankings: Purdue is No. 6 overall in the KenPom rankings as of Saturday. The Boilermakers are No. 20 in adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 11 in adjusted offensive efficiency. Illinois is ranked No. 34 overall, No. 27 in adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 72 in adjusted offensive efficiency.
• Last season's records: Purdue was 29-8 overall, including a 14-6 mark in Big Ten play. The team defeated Yale and Texas in the NCAA Tournament before losing to Saint Peter's 67-64 in the Sweet 16. Illinois went 23-10 overall, 15-5 in Big Ten play, 13-3 at home, 7-4 on the road and 3-3 at neutral sites in 2021-22. Illinois won a share of the Big Ten regular-season title but lost as a No. 4 seed to No. 5 seed Houston 68-53 in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.
• Series history: Purdue leads the all-time series with Illinois by a 104-90 advantage, but is just 2-3 in its last five meetings with the Fighting Illini. 

Leading scorers

Purdue Boilermakers

• C Zach Edey: 22.1 ppg, 13.1 rpg, 2.3 bpg, 61.6 FG pct
• G Fletcher Loyer: 11.9 ppg, 2.5 apg, 1.7 rpg, 33.5 3-point FG pct
• G Braden Smith: 9.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 4.3 apg, 40.0 3-point FG pct

Illinois Fighting Illini

• G Terrence Shannon Jr.: 17.2 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.9 apg, 32.2 3-point FG pct
• F Matthew Mayer: 12.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 36.1 3-point FG pct
• F Coleman Hawkins: 9.8 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.1 bpg

Meet the coaches

Matt Painter, Purdue: Painter is in his 18th season as the head coach of Purdue basketball. He owns a 409-197 overall record with the program, including a 208-120 mark in the Big Ten. With a 73-55 win over Nebraska on Jan. 13, Painter became just the fifth coach in Big Ten history with 400 career wins while at a conference school, joining Bob Knight, Tom Izzo, Gene Keady and Lou Henson.

Painter began his head coaching career at Southern Illinois, leading the team atop the Missouri Valley Conference with a 25-5 overall record during the 2003-04 season, dropping only one game in league matchups.

Brad Underwood, Illinois: In his sixth season at Illinois, Underwood has a 114-76 overall record and a 66-51 mark in Big Ten play. The Fighting Illini shared the Big Ten regular season title in 2021-22 and won the Big Ten Tournament in 2020-21 to earn a No. 1 seed, but both seasons ended in Round of 32 exits in the NCAA Tournament. 

Before Illinois, Underwood coached at Oklahoma State for one season and went 20-13 with a Round of 64 loss in the NCAA Tournament. He got the Oklahoma State job after going 89-14 overall and 53-1 in the Southland Conference in three seasons as the head coach at Stephen F. Austin.

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