This year’s Big Ten tournament carries higher stakes. The Boilermakers were picked as the preseason conference favorite. They held sole possession of first place with a month remaining in the regular season. Yet they stumbled back to Indianapolis as the 6 seed, well off the pace of that coveted third consecutive championship.

It marks the first time Purdue plays a Big Ten Tournament game on Thursday since 2014, when the conference was a 12-team league. Purdue was scheduled to play Ohio State in a second-round Thursday game in 2020 before the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A breakdown of Purdue's history in the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, looking at it by seed, location and opponent over the years.