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Tonight is not quite a must win game, but a victory would go a very long way toward righting Purdue's dwindling NCAA profile. With only 11 games left in the regular season the Boilers are running out of chances to get quality wins and get back into the NCAA discussion. In fact, Purdue is further behind than any Big Ten team as we have the worst RPI in the league at the moment.
It is time to start playing tough, hard-nosed basketball again. It is time to start playing Purdue basketball, because whatever we have been playing of late is not it.
| Projected Starters | |
| Purdue Boilermakers (13-7, 3-4) | Michigan Wolverines (15-4, 7-0) |
| Terone Johnson - Sr. | Jordan Morgan - Sr. |
| Ronnie Johnson - So. | Glenn Robinson III - So. |
| Rapheal Davis - So. | Nik Stauskas - So. |
| Basil Smotherman - Fr. | Caris LeVert - So. |
| A.J. Hammons - So. | Derrick Walton, Jr. - Fr. |