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Miami Hurricanes at Purdue Boilermakers

· NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - 2nd Round
26-8, 8-2 Away

vs
28-8, 12-5 Home

Purdue Boilermakers play the Miami Hurricanes in second round

No. 7 Miami vs. No. 2 Purdue game preview

Game Preview

Miami Hurricanes (26-8, 14-6 ACC) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (28-8, 17-7 Big Ten)

St. Louis; Sunday, 12:10 p.m. EDT

Boilermakers -7.5; over/under is 147.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Purdue squares off against No. 25 Miami (FL) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Boilermakers have gone 17-7 against Big Ten teams, with an 11-1 record in non-conference play. Purdue ranks sixth in the Big Ten in rebounding averaging 33.0 rebounds. Trey Kaufman-Renn leads the Boilermakers with 8.5 boards.

The Hurricanes are 14-6 in ACC play. Miami (FL) is seventh in the ACC with 23.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Ernest Udeh Jr. averaging 6.1.

Purdue averages 9.4 made 3-pointers per game, 1.0 more made shot than the 8.4 per game Miami (FL) gives up. Miami (FL) has shot at a 49.9% rate from the field this season, 5.3 percentage points above the 44.6% shooting opponents of Purdue have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Braden Smith is averaging 14.3 points, nine assists and 1.7 steals for the Boilermakers. Kaufman-Renn is averaging 16.3 points and 7.1 rebounds while shooting 64.5% over the past 10 games.

Malik Reneau is averaging 19 points and 6.6 rebounds for the Hurricanes. Tre Donaldson is averaging 18.1 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Boilermakers: 7-3, averaging 81.6 points, 29.6 rebounds, 21.3 assists, 4.5 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 51.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.0 points per game.

Hurricanes: 7-3, averaging 77.2 points, 31.6 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 7.7 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.9 points.

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Matchup Prediction

Purdue: 77.8%
Miami: 22.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

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W1 Streak W5
71.0 Points Against 70.2
81.9 Points Per Game 82.3
50 Field Goal % 50
35 Three Point % 38
37.6 Rebounds Per Game 35.6
16.2 Assists Per Game 20.0
3.4 Blocks Per Game 2.9
7.9 Steals Per Game 5.5
0.3 Team Turnovers Per Game 0.3
11.5 Total Turnovers Per Game 9.3

Game Information

Venue: Enterprise Center

Location: St. Louis, MO
Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Duke 17-1 - 34-2
Virginia 15-3 2 30-5
Miami 13-5 4 26-8
North Carolina 12-6 5 24-9
Clemson 12-6 5 24-11
Louisville 11-7 6 24-11
NC State 10-8 7 20-14
Florida State 10-8 7 18-15
California 9-9 8 22-11
Stanford 9-9 8 20-12
Virginia Tech 8-10 9 19-13
SMU 8-10 9 20-14
Wake Forest 7-11 10 18-16
Syracuse 6-12 11 15-17
Pittsburgh 5-13 12 13-20
Notre Dame 4-14 13 13-18
Boston College 4-14 13 11-20
Georgia Tech 2-16 15 11-20

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Michigan 19-1 - 33-3
Nebraska 15-5 4 28-6
Michigan State 15-5 4 27-7
Illinois 15-5 4 26-8
Wisconsin 14-6 5 24-11
Purdue 13-7 6 28-8
UCLA 13-7 6 24-11
Ohio State 12-8 7 21-13
Iowa 10-10 9 22-12
Indiana 9-11 10 18-14
Minnesota 8-12 11 15-17
USC 7-13 12 18-14
Washington 7-13 12 16-17
Rutgers 6-14 13 14-19
Northwestern 5-15 14 15-19
Oregon 5-15 14 12-20
Maryland 4-16 15 12-21
Penn State 3-17 16 12-20
Full Standings

Miami Last 5

Date OPP Result
@ SMU SMU W 77-69
vs LOU LOU L 92-89
vs LOU LOU W 78-73
vs UVA UVA L 84-62
vs MIZ MIZ W 80-66

Purdue Last 5

Date OPP Result
vs NU W 81-68
vs NEB W 74-58
vs UCLA W 73-66
vs MICH W 80-72
vs QUC W 104-71