2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team


The 2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Matt Painter, in his sixth season with the Boilers. The team played its home games in Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Purdue finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost to Michigan State in the quarterfinals. They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 3 seed in the Southwest Region. They defeated Saint Peter's in the Second Round before losing to eventual Final Four participant VCU in the Third Round.

Season notes

Incoming recruits

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten Tournament
!colspan=9 style=|NCAA Tournament

Rankings

2011 Signing Class

The 2011 recruiting class was weak compared to Purdue's recent history recruiting. The class brought in two power forwards. Donnie Hale was ranked the #25 power forward in this recruiting class. Hale committed to Purdue June 23, 2009. He transferred his sophomore year to the Bellarmine Knights. Jacob Lawson was the #31 ranked power forward. He committed to Purdue on April 28, 2011.