How to Watch Purdue Basketball's Game Against Marquette on Tuesday
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Following a 63-44 victory over Austin Peay, Purdue basketball (2-0) welcomes Marquette (2-0) to Mackey Arena on Tuesday as part of the 2022 Gavitt Tipoff Games.
The matchup will serve as a tough challenge this early in the season, one that is a precursor to the team's trip to Portland, Ore., on Nov. 24 for the Phil Knight Legacy Tournament.
"That's what you want," Purdue coach Matt Painter said. "You want to keep getting better, you want to keep getting challenged, but obviously you have to win some games in that mix. I think we've done a good job scheduling leading into this game and leading into our exempt tournament afterward."
Tuesday's game is scheduled to tip off at 8:30 p.m. ET, with the matchup being aired live on FS1. The Boilermakers are 1-2 all-time when playing in the Gavitt Games, losing to Villanova in 2016 before splitting contests against the Golden Eagles in 2017 and 2019.
- LIVE BLOG: Once the game starts, follow all the action on our live blog. We'll have news, analysis and highlights straight from press row inside Mackey Arena. To read that story, CLICK HERE.
Purdue managed to grab an 86-71 victory in their game against Marquette in 2017 but suffered a 65-55 loss in the last meeting between the two programs. The Boilermakers are aiming for their second straight 3-0 start, boasting a 16-game win streak in nonconference matchups at home.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of the matchup, including TV information, a look at Marquette coach Shaka Smart and three things to watch from Purdue.
How to watch 2022 Gavitt Tipoff Games: Purdue Boilermakers vs. Marquette Golden Eagles
- Who: Purdue Boilermakers vs. Marquette Golden Eagles
- What: Purdue's first matchup in the Gavitt Tipoff games since 2019. The team is 1-2 all-time in the event.
- When: 8:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
- Where: Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.
- TV: FS1
- TV Announcers: Jason Benetti and Bill Raftery
- Radio: WAZY (96.5)
- Radio Announcers: Rob Blackman, Bobby Riddell and Wes Scott (producer)
- Last season's records: Purdue was 29-8 overall, including a 14-6 mark in Big Ten play. In the NCAA Tournament, the team defeated Yale and Texas before losing to Saint Peter's 67-64 in the Sweet 16. Marquette went 19-13 and 11-8 in the Big East Conference.
Meet the coaches
Purdue: Matt Painter is in his 18th season as the head coach of Purdue basketball. He owns a 386-192 overall record with the program, including a 194-115 mark in the Big Ten. With just 14 more victories, Painter can become 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.
Marquette: Shaka Smart is in his second season at the helm for Marquette. He began his head coaching career with VCU, competing in both the Colonial Athletic Association and the Atlantic 10 Conference. After six seasons with the Rams, he spent six years with Texas and earned a 109-86 overall record leading the Longhorns. Smart has brought his teams to a total of nine NCAA Tournament berths, including a Final Four appearance with VCU during the 2010-11 season.
Three things to watch from Purdue
1. Frontcourt scoring with Zach Edey off the floor
Purdue junior center Zach Edey was dominant in the second game of the season, scoring a career-high 30 points on 12-of-13 shooting. But when he heads to the bench, there's been a significant scoring falloff from the rest of the team's frontcourt.
Junior forward Mason Gillis, who is the only returning starter from last year's squad, is averaging just 3.5 points per game through two contests. Sophomore Caleb Furst and redshirt freshman Trey Kaufman-Renn have been interchangeable underneath the basket coming off the bench, but they've combined for only 11 points per game thus far in the 2022-23 season.
While they aren't expected to match the production of Edey, they will need to generate more consistency for the Boilermakers to have sustained success on offense.
"With how dominant [Zach Edey] is down low, it's kind of hard to be as efficient as he is down there when he's out of the game," Furst said. "I think we have advantages in other ways that Zach doesn't. Whether it's shooting, our mobility when we're smaller, the pace of play with which we can play.
"I wouldn't say it's trying to imitate the way he plays and doing it as best as possible. but kind of using our own way of playing and playing to our own strengths."
2. Purdue's success against the press
The Boilermakers spent the offseason with an increased emphasis on breaking the press, and their efforts have been put to the test early in nonconference play. That challenge continues against the Golden Eagles, who Painter says is committed to aggressive full-court defense under second-year coach Shaka Smart.
But even with two freshmen guards in its starting lineup, Purdue has been much improved at slicing through opposing presses and setting up 3-pointers or one-on-one opportunities underneath the basket.
"The biggest thing is just to go with pace," Purdue junior guard Ethan Morton said. "Last year, sometimes I think we would just almost get the ball in and just sort of hold and survey for a couple seconds. That's 2-3 seconds you want back at the end of your 10 seconds trying to get it over half-court.
"Obviously, just doing what we've worked on and be aggressive. If they're going to press, we have to try to make them pay for it. But they're a team of really good athletes."
3. Shake Smart teams hold the advantage over the Boilermakers
En route to a Final Four appearance with VCU during the 2010-2011 college basketball season, Smart took down Purdue in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Boilermakers were also defeated twice by the Texas Longhorns during Smart's tenure.
The team has a chance to earn its first win against him when Marquette visits West Lafayette on Tuesday.
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D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball.