The team played its home games in Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

4 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Illinois and Michigan to advance to the championship game.

Matt Painter (Purdue) Jack Owens (Eastern Illinois) Greg Gary (Tulane) Brandon Brantley (Purdue) Roster Caleb Swanigan had multiple high caliber teams recruiting him.

[1] Swanigan verbally committed to Michigan State April 10, 2015, but decommitted from the school on May 7.

[2][3] Twelve days later, he committed to Purdue and was the first Indiana's Mr. Basketball recruit since Glenn Robinson.

[5] Cline, an Indiana native, was expected to improve Purdue's 3-point shooting.