1970–71 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1970–71 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1970–71 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	18–7 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	George King;
Assistant coach	Dave Schellhase
Home arena	Mackey Arena

1970–71 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	20	–	6	.769
Michigan	12	–	2	.857	19	–	7	.731
	11	–	3	.786	18	–	7	.720
Indiana	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	11	–	12	.478
Minnesota	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Michigan State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	14	.417
Iowa	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970–71 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1970–71 NCAA men's basketball season.

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	33	George Faerber	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
F	22	Bob Ford	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr	North	Evansville, IN
C	23	Will Franklin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
G		Bill Kroc	—	—
G		Denny Gamauf	—	—
C		Frank Kaufman	—	—
G		Steve Longfellow	—	—
F		Murray Malveaux	—	—
C		Kenny Otto	—	—
F		Mark Phillips	—	—
G/F		Jovon Price	—	—	So	Marion	Marion, IN
G		Rick Risinger	—	—
F		Jim Rogers	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr	Roosevelt	Gary, IN
G		Randy Thompson	—	—
G	11	Larry Weatherford	—	—	Sr

Head coach

George King

Assistant coach(es)

Dave Schellhase

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Last update: 2016=Mar-06

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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