Purdue Boilermakers NCAA Basketball Betting
So far in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the Purdue Boilermakers are showing a dominant pose with easy wins and payouts over the Grambling Tigers and the Utah State Aggies. But on Friday night, the Boilermakers will be stepping up in competition with a game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Gonzaga has been a disappointing favorite in recent years but is now thriving as a team that was overlooked by the masses. The Zags are coming off an impressive win over shorthanded Kansas.
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2024 Purdue Boilermakers Sweet 16 Lines
Gonzaga Bulldogs +5
Purdue Boilermakers -5
Total: 154
Money Line: Gonzaga +184, Purdue -220
Purdue Boilermakers Next Matchup
On Friday, March 29, 2024, the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference will face the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI. Tipoff Time is 7:39 p.m. ET, with television coverage on TBS.
Gonzaga Bulldogs Team Overview
Overall, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are 24-6 straight up, 14-15 against the spread, and 14-15 over/under the total. Gonzaga has national metrics of 6th for scoring offense, 2nd for field goal percentage, 124th for 3-point field goal percentage, 164th for free throw percentage, and 23rd for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Gonzaga is 86th for scoring defense, 15th for field goal percentage permitted, 143d for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 26th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Gonzaga has covered five of its previous six games. Gonzaga has gone over the total in five of its last seven outings. First among Gonzaga's scores is F Graham Ike, with 16.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
Purdue Boilermakers Team Overview
Overall, the Purdue Boilermakers are 28-3 straight up, 17-13-1 against the spread, and 21-10 over/under the total. Purdue has national metrics of 11th for scoring offense, 16th for field goal percentage, 2nd for 3-point field goal percentage, 166th for free throw percentage, and 9th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Purdue is 126th for scoring defense, 65th for field goal percentage permitted, 86th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 5th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Purdue has covered four of its previous 11 games. Purdue has gone over the total in six of its last nine outings. First among Purdue scorers is Zach Edey, with 24.4 points and 11.7 rebounds per game.
For Zach Edey and Purdue, it was just another step toward a goal. Edey had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and the top-seeded Boilermakers advanced to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament by pounding eighth-seeded Utah State 106-67 on Sunday.
Trey Kaufman-Renn added 18 points and eight boards for Purdue, which broke the school’s single-season record for victories. Fletcher Loyer had 15 points, and Braden Smith had all six of his assists in the second half when the Boilermakers shot 65.2% from the field before pulling the starters.
Purdue also set a school record for most points in a March Madness game. Edey, meanwhile, became the first player since Lew Alcindor in 1968 with at least 50 points, 35 rebounds, and a field goal percentage of 65.0 through two rounds of the NCAA tourney.
Next up is fifth-seeded Gonzaga in the Midwest Region semifinals in Detroit.
Great Osodor, the Mountain West Player of the Year, had 14 points and six rebounds for Utah State. The Aggies were outrebounded 49-26, and they headed home still in search of the program’s first regional semifinal since 1970.
The biggest reason was Edey, who turned in another impressive showing in Indianapolis, just 60 miles southeast of campus.
Just two days after he produced the first 30-point, 20-rebound NCAA Tournament game since 1995, Edey was 8 of 11 from the field and 7 of 8 at the free-throw line. The 7-foot-4, 300-pound center also had three blocks, three assists, and two steals in 26 1/2 minutes.
He became the first player with three consecutive NCAA tourney games with at least 20 points and three blocks since Shaquille O’Neal for LSU in the 1991 and 1992 tournaments.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
YEAR |
RESULT |
2023 |
Lost First Round vs. (16) Farleigh Dickinson 58–63 |
2022 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (15) Saint Peter's, 64–67 |
2021 |
Lost First Round vs. (13) North Texas, 69–78 (OT) |
2019 |
Lost Elite Eight vs. (1) Virginia, 75–80 (OT) |
2018 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (3) Texas Tech, 65–78 |
2017 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (1) Kansas, 66–98 |
2023-2024 NCAA Basketball Top Teams
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