Iowa State 81, Purdue 58: Mackey’d in Mackey

Mackey Arena is a very special place. Purdue fans know it and love it. It is a home court advantage that is rarely matched anywhere else in college basketball. How often have we seen highly rated teams come in and visibly wilt in the unique crucible it provides. It is a force multiplier and sixth man that is one of the best in the country.

Which is why Iowa State rolling in and winning by an astonishing 23 points is so stunning. Since Matt Painter took over the program in the 2005-06 season Purdue is now 286-47 in the friendly confines of Mackey Arema. It has only lost 7 times there since the start of the 2020-21 season which has gone down as a Golden Era of Purdue basketball.

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Even when Purdue loses, it is rare that it is by this much. Of those 47 losses, here are the ones that were by 10 points or more:

1/11/2006 – Ohio State 80-64
3/1/2006 – Indiana 70-59
1/31/2007 – Ohio State 78-60
12/2/2008 – Duke 76-60
2/4/2012 – Indiana 78-61
2/19/2012 – Michigan State 76-62
1/8/2013 – Ohio State 74-64
1/30/2013 – Indiana 97-60
2/9/2013 – Michigan State 78-65
1/25/2014 – Wisconsin 72-58
2/20/2014 – Michigan State 94-79
1/21/2020 – Illinois 79-62
2/11/2020 – Penn State 88-76
1/22/2021 – Michigan 70-53
2/15/2025 – Wisconsin 94-84
12/6/2025 – Iowa State 81-58

This was also Purdue’s first non-conference loss since dropping an early season game to Texas in 2019-20. This is jsut the seventh time under Matt Painter that a Purdue team that either made the NCAA Tournament or will make the NCAA Tournament (because this team WILL make the tournament) has lost by 10 points or more on Keady Court. It is only the second time a non-conference opponents has done so, and it is the largest home defeat Painter has suffered outside of the disastrous 97-60 win by Indiana in 2012-13. That game feels like a lifetime ago now, TBH.

Purdue has been especially dominant against non-Big Ten foes in Mackey Arena, losing only ten times under Matt Painter:

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