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**Indiana–Purdue rivalry**

	Indiana University	Purdue University
Established	1820	1869
Primary Location	Bloomington, IN	West Lafayette, IN
Enrollment	40,456	39,726
Nickname	Hoosiers	Boilermakers
School Colors	Cream and Crimson	Old Gold and Black
Varsity Teams	24	20
Crimson & Gold Cup Wins	5	3
Total Championships	23	3

The Indiana–Purdue rivalry is an American college rivalry

College rivalry

Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...

between the Indiana Hoosiers

Indiana Hoosiers

The Indiana Hoosiers are the athletic teams for the Bloomington campus of Indiana University . Athletic teams sponsored by IU Bloomington include cross country, track, baseball, golf, tennis, rowing, volleyball, soccer, football and basketball...

sports teams of Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...

and the Purdue Boilermakers

Purdue Boilermakers

Boilermakers is the official nickname for the intercollegiate athletic teams of Purdue University. As is common with athletic nicknames, it is also used as colloquial designation of Purdue's students and alumni at large....

sports teams of Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

. It is regarded as the most intense in the state of Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

and one of the best rivalries in the country. The Hoosiers represent the Bloomington campus of the Indiana University system

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

, and the Boilermakers represent the West Lafayette campus of the Purdue University system

Purdue University System

The Purdue University system is a public university system within the U.S. State of Indiana that is anchored by the main campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana that is a public land-grant university...

. The two campuses are the flagship public institutions of higher learning in the state of Indiana, and they have the two highest university enrollments in the state. Both universities have been members of the Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

for over 100 years, ensuring yearly competition across all sports and adding conference standing implications to the rivalry.

Each year the Hoosiers and the Boilers compete for the Crimson & Gold Cup along with additional traveling trophies in four sports. The Crimson & Gold cup is an all-sports traveling trophy started in 2001, then known as the Titan Series. The schools accumulate points based on the results of head-to-head competition or standings at the Big Ten championships for Olympic sports, and the program with the most points at the end of the year wins the trophy. A total of 20 points are available in the competition, one point for each sport in which both school compete. Purdue captured the Cup in 2003, 2004, and 2007 while Indiana won in 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2008. The largest margin of victory has been five points in this past 2008-2009 season. The Hoosiers and Boilers also compete for the Old Oaken Bucket in football, the Monon Spike in volleyball, the Barn Burner Trophy in women's basketball, and the Golden Boot in women's soccer.

Men's basketball

**Basketball Rivalry**
	Indiana	Purdue
Series Wins	84	112
National Championships	5	1*
NCAA Tournament ChampionshipsThe 1932 Purdue national championship was retroactively awarded to the school by the Helms Athletic Foundation Helms Athletic Foundation The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball... . Th following statement is quoted directly from Page 82 of the official NCAA 2009 Division 1 Records guide: The Helms Foundation of Los Angeles selected the national college men’s basketball champions from 1942-82 and researched retroactive picks from 1901-41.	5	0
NCAA Tournament Appearances	35	24
Big Ten Championships Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball regular season champions Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions:-Championships by school:* Chicago withdrew from the conference in 1946.** Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records of 34 games in 1998-99, 16 games in ‘99-00 and the entire ‘00-01 and ‘01-02 seasons.-See also:* Big Ten...	20	22
Big Ten Tournament Championships Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the men's college basketball regular season. The tournament has been played each year since 1998. The winner of the tournament is designated the Big Ten Tournament Champion, and receives the conference's automatic...	0	1
All-American Selections	42	46
Consensus First-Team All-American Selections	15	25
Naismith College Player of the Year Naismith College Player of the Year The Naismith College Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the top men's and women's collegiate basketball players. It is named in honor of the inventor of basketball , Dr. James Naismith....	2	1
Big Ten Men's Basketball Player of the Year Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1984–85 season even though the conference itself was established in 1899...	6	3

Indiana and Purdue compete in one of the most intense and important basketball rivalries in the nation. Purdue leads the all-time series 112-84, which began in 1901. Both schools have won more Big Ten championships in basketball than any other member, Purdue has 22 titles and Indiana has 20. Additionally, Indiana has won 5 NCAA championships

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

in basketball and Purdue was retroactively awarded the 1932 Helms Foundation national title. Since Purdue's 1932 national title pre-dates the Tournament era (1939-present), it is not officially recognized by the NCAA*. Both Indiana and Purdue have captured one post-season NIT

National Invitation Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...

championship, Purdue won in 1974, and Indiana won in 1979 by defeating arch-rival Purdue in the final at Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

. The two teams also met in the postseason in the following year in the 1980 NCAA Sweet 16

1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 6, 1980, and ended with the championship game on March 24 in Indianapolis, Indiana...

, with Purdue winning on their way to the Final Four. That was their first, and only, head-to-head NCAA Tournament meeting.

The rivalry was dominated in its early years by Purdue, who won 51 of the first 62 games through 1939, including four winning streaks of more than eight games. In 1940 Indiana won both yearly contests for the first time ever and went on to win their first of five NCAA Championships. The rivalry has since favored Indiana, with the series record standing at 73-59 since 1940. The intensity of the rivalry reached new heights throughout the 1970s, '80s, and '90s when Bob Knight and Gene Keady

Gene Keady

Lloyd Eugene "Gene" Keady is a basketball coach. Currently an assistant coach at St. John's, he is most notable for being the head basketball coach at Purdue University for 25 years, from 1980 to 2005.-Kansas State :...

coached Indiana and Purdue, respectively. The two legends combined for 16 Big Ten titles and 13 Big Ten Coach of the Year awards while leading the Hoosiers and Boilers. Some felt the rivalry lessened in quality and intensity when Bob Knight was fired from Indiana in 2000 while Gene Keady struggled in his final years before retiring from Purdue in 2005. However, Purdue Coach Matt Painter

Matt Painter

Matt Painter is the current head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team.-Playing career:Matt Painter attended Delta High School in Muncie and played basketball for current basketball coach and former athletic director, Stan Daugherty...

and former Indiana Coach Kelvin Sampson

Kelvin Sampson

Kelvin Sampson is an assistant coach of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He previously was a men's college basketball coach at Montana Tech , Washington State University , the University of Oklahoma and Indiana University .-Early life and coaching:Sampson was born in the...

, combined with influxes of talent at both schools, briefly reenergized the rivalry before Sampson's dismissal from the program in 2008 amid repeated recruiting violations.

Memorable Games

Purdue 51 - Indiana 49, Bloomington, February 28, 1948

With five seconds remaining, Purdue's Howie Williams
Howie Williams
Howie Williams is a former professional American football player for the NFL Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers, and for the American Football League's Oakland Raiders.-See also:...

dove under the basket to rebound a loose ball and shot the game winner while sitting on the floor.

Indiana 53 - #15 Purdue 52, 1979 NIT Championship Game, New York, March 21, 1979

After splitting the regular season series at one win apiece, Indiana squeaked by Purdue 53-52 in the first-ever post-season meeting between the Hoosiers and the Boilers in the final game of the 1979 NIT
1979 National Invitation Tournament
-Semifinals & Finals:* Third Place - Alabama 96, Ohio State 86...

.

#20 Purdue 76 - #7 Indiana 69, 1980 NCAA Sweet 16, Lexington, March 13, 1980

Purdue defeated Indiana in the only NCAA tournament game

1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

the two sides have ever met in. Keith Edmonson and Drake Morris each scored 20 points for Purdue to push them into the Elite Eight. Indiana only led once the entire game despite 30 points from freshman Isiah Thomas

Isiah Thomas

Isiah Lord Thomas III , nicknamed "Zeke",is the men's basketball coach for the FIU Golden Panthers, and a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1981 until 1994. He led the "Bad Boys" to the NBA...

. Purdue reached the Final Four

Final four

Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...

before losing to UCLA

UCLA Bruins

The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...

.

Purdue 72 - Indiana 63, Bloomington, February 23, 1985

This game provided the defining moment in the Indiana-Purdue basketball rivalry. Just five minutes into the game, a scramble for a loose ball resulted in a foul call on Indiana's Daryl Thomas. Knight irately insisted the call should have been for a jump ball

Jump ball

A jump ball is a method used to begin or resume play in basketball. It is similar to a face-off in ice hockey or ball-up in Australian rules football...

until he received a technical foul

Technical foul

In basketball, a technical foul is any infraction of the rules penalized as a foul which does not involve physical contact during the course of play between players on the court, or is a foul by a non-player. The most common technical foul is for unsportsmanlike conduct...

. Purdue's Steve Reid stepped to the free throw line to shoot the resulting free throws, but before he could Knight grabbed a red plastic chair from Indiana's bench and threw it across the floor toward the basket in front of Reid.

Knight was ejected, but he received a standing ovation as he left the floor from the home crowd at Assembly Hall

Assembly Hall (Bloomington)

Assembly Hall is a 17,456-seat arena on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the home of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball teams. It opened in 1971 , replacing the current Gladstein Fieldhouse. The court is named after Branch McCracken, the men's basketball coach who led...

, and the crowd quickly became hostile and dangerous. Fans went so far as to throw coins at the Purdue bench after Knight's ejection. Purdue players at the game recalled being scared to play because of how hostile the crowd was. Despite the crowd, Purdue went on to defeat Indiana 72-63 on their way to a 20-9 season, while Indiana finished the year 16-13 and missed the NCAA tournament

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

.

Knight apologized for his actions the next day and was given a one-game suspension from the Big Ten

Big Ten Conference

. Since the incident, Knight has occasionally joked about throwing the chair. A common version told by Knight is that he saw an old lady standing on the opposite sideline and threw her the chair so she could sit down.

The picture of Knight throwing the red plastic chair across the floor in front of Reid has since become the symbol of the Indiana-Purdue rivlary. Replays of the toss have been shown during nearly every match-up at Mackey Arena

Mackey Arena

Mackey Arena is located in West Lafayette, Indiana. Part of the Purdue University campus, it is home to the university's basketball teams, and occasionally hosts home games for the volleyball and wrestling teams...

since 1985.

4 Indiana 88 - #4 Purdue 77, Bloomington, January 31, 1987

In 1987 Indiana and Purdue met for the first time with both teams ranked in the Top 10, ironically they were tied in the AP poll at #4. Indiana won 88-77, but the two would meet again that year.

#6 Purdue 75 - #3 Indiana 64, West Lafayette, February 26, 1987

In the 1987 rematch at West Lafayette, both teams came into the game still ranked in the Top 10. This time around, Purdue handled Indiana for a 75-64 win. Purdue was led by 18 points from Troy Lewis. Indiana All-American Steve Alford

Steve Alford

Stephen Todd Alford is a retired American basketball player and the current head coach of the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team...

was held to only 1 point in the first half as Purdue led by 9 points at the break. Despite the loss, Indiana would go on to win their 5th National Championship

1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1987, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana...

that season.

Purdue 83 - #8 Indiana 76 OT, West Lafayette, January 18, 1994

Purdue had been swept by Indiana the previous year and came into the game looking to knock off the highly- ranked Hoosiers. The game was back and forth with the teams trading leads several times down the stretch and at the end of regulation they stayed tied. But in overtime, Purdue pulled away from Indiana to win 83-76.

Purdue 89 - Indiana 87 OT, Bloomington, February 18, 1997

Purdue's Chad Austin hit the game winner with 0.6 seconds remaining in overtime to give Purdue their 4th win in a row against the Hoosiers. Austin scored 18 and Purdue freshman Brian Cardinal

Brian Cardinal

Brian Lee Cardinal , nicknamed "The Custodian" or "The Janitor", is an American professional basketball player. Prior to being drafted to the NBA, Cardinal played college basketball at Purdue University.-1991–1995:...

scored 25 points in the game. Indiana's own freshman A. J. Guyton

A. J. Guyton

Arthur James Guyton is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 2nd round in the 2000 NBA Draft, and played collegiately at Indiana University, where he was named Big Ten Co-MVP and first team all-American during his senior year, averaging...

scored 31 points including a three-pointer to tie the game at 87 just moments before Austin won it. The victory was the 400th of Gene Keady's career.

Indiana 66 - Purdue 63, Indianapolis, December 14, 2002

The Big Ten had featured an imbalanced conference schedule since increasing to 11 members in 1993, and it finally reached the Indiana–Purdue rivalry as the two were only scheduled for one meeting in each of the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. However, the two schools planned a non-conference game for December 14, 2002, at the RCA Dome

RCA Dome

RCA Dome was a domed stadium, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the home of the Indianapolis Colts NFL franchise for 24 seasons ....

in Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

. The game was nicknamed the "Duel in the Dome" and a total of 32,055 Hoosier and Boiler fans filled into the Dome to see the game.

The #6 ranked Hoosiers held off Purdue 66-63 in the game. Indiana jumped out early and led by as many as six points at 17-11 before Purdue used a 12-1 run to go ahead by six points themselves at 27-21. But Indiana closed the gap and at halftime Purdue led 29-27. After only one lead change in the first half, the second half featured 5 ties and 9 lead changes as the teams battled back and forth. Indiana took the lead for good at 50-49 with 5:36 remaining, but Purdue never trailed by more than five points and the game wasn't over until Jeff Newton stole Purdue's inbound pass with one second remaining. Newton scored 16 points to lead the Hoosiers, including 9 crucial points in the final three minutes.

Indiana 75 - Purdue 73 2OT, West Lafayette, January 15, 2005

Indiana escaped Mackey Arena with a two-point win after two overtimes in Keady's final home game of the rivalry. Purdue had led the entire game until Indiana used a 14-0 run to take a four point lead with twelve minutes remaining in the second half. The teams battled back and forth until David Teague

David Teague (basketball)

David Teague is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in the NCAA and in high school at Pike High School in Indianapolis....

gave Purdue a 55-52 lead with only 25 seconds remaining. However, Indiana's Marshall Strickland

Marshall Strickland

Marshall Strickland is an American basketball player. He played college basketball at Indiana University for four years from 2002 to 2006. He is originally from Kingston, MA and went to Winchendon Prep in Winchendon, MA before transferring to South Carroll High School in Carroll County, Maryland. ...

tied the game on a three-point play and they went to overtime.

In the first overtime, the Hoosiers and Boilers were tied 61-61 when a questionable foul was called on Purdue's Andrew Ford with 0.9 seconds remaining. Strickland hit two free throws to give Indiana the lead. But Purdue heaved a pass to the opposite end of the court where Carl Landry

Carl Landry

Carl Christopher Landry is an American professional basketball player who last played for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. He played collegiate basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers from 2004 to 2007. The 6'9", 248 lb power forward is the older brother of Marcus Landry...

made a layup and was fouled as he shot. After reviewing the call on video replay, the referees ruled that although Landry had released the shot after the buzzer, he had been fouled before time expired and incorrectly gave him continuation to count the basket. Even with the officiating error, Landry ended up missing the ensuing free-throw with no time on the clock, and the teams went to double-overtime tied at 63.

In the second overtime, Indiana had a 74-70 lead before Teague hit a three-pointer with 5.7 seconds remaining to pull Purdue within one. Bracey Wright

Bracey Wright

Bracey Wright is an American professional basketball player.-Amateur career:Wright attended Arbor Creek Middle School in Carrollton, TX and The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas. He was a former high school teammate of New Jersey Nets guard Deron Williams...

then made one free throw for Indiana, and Purdue's Brandon McKnight missed a last-second heave to make the final score 75-73 in favor of the Hoosiers. This was the first, and thus far only, double-overtime game in the history of the Indiana-Purdue basketball series.

#15 Indiana 77 - #14 Purdue 68, February 19, 2008

In Bloomington, Eric Gordon

Eric Gordon

Eric Ambrose Gordon, Jr. , nicknamed "EJ", is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. In high school, he was named "Mr. Basketball" of Indiana during his senior year while playing at North Central High School...

scored 22 points to lead No. 15 Indiana to a 77-68 victory over No. 14 Purdue in the Hoosiers' last game before the completion of the school's investigation into accusations that Kelvin Sampson

Kelvin Sampson

committed major rules violations. This would ultimately be Sampson's final game as Indiana's head coach as he would resign two days later. This win snapped Purdue’s 11-game winning streak and brought Indiana within one-half game of the Boilermakers at the top of the Big Ten conference standings.

List of scores

Winning team is shown in bold. Indiana wins are shaded in crimson. Purdue wins are shaded in black. Ranking of the team at the time of the game is shown in parenthesis next to the team name. Purdue leads the all-time head-to-head series with Indiana 112-84.

Football

**Football Rivalry**
	Indiana	Purdue
Series Wins	37	70
Big Ten Championships	2	8
Bowl Game Appearances	9	15

Indiana and Purdue first met in football in 1891 and Purdue leads the all-time series 70-37-6. The Boilermakers won the most recent meeting 33 - 25 in Bloomington. In 1925 the teams played for the Old Oaken Bucket for the first time. The game ended in a 0-0 tie, resulting in the first "I-P" link. Purdue leads the all-time Bucket series 56-27-3.

Other sports

Women's Basketball

The Hoosiers and Boilermakers first met in women's basketball in the 1975-76 season. Purdue leads the all-time series 43-26. They introduced the traveling Barn Burner Trophy during the 1993-94 season.

Volleyball

Purdue leads the all-time series in volleyball over Indiana 49-31. The schools play for the Monon Spike traveling trophy in volleyball. Recently, Indiana defeated Purdue in 2007 to regain the Monon Spike for the first time since 2002, ending an 8-game winning streak for the Boilers over the Hoosiers.

Women's Soccer

Purdue leads Indiana 9-1-2 in women's soccer since their first meeting in 1999. They added the Golden Boot trophy in 2002 which included links denoting Purdue's 7-1-1 record against Indiana in the regular season. The lone "I" link came from Indiana's victory in the 1999 inaugural matchup. Since then, the best Indiana could manage was a 1-1 tie in 2005 and 2009. In 2007, Purdue retained the Golden Boot with a 7-0 defeat of the Hoosiers.

Men's Soccer

Before Purdue discontinued their men's soccer program, Indiana

Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer

The Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team represents Indiana University Bloomington. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association....

lead the all-time series 12-0 and outscored the Boilers 76-3 for an average of approximately six goals a game.

Baseball

The Hoosiers and Boilermakers first met in baseball in 1888 and Indiana leads the all-time series 135-126-2 through 2011.

Softball

Indiana and Purdue first met in softball in 1994 and Purdue leads the series 21-15 after losing two games to the Hoosiers in 2011.

Crimson and Gold Cup

**Crimson and Gold Cup Points**
	Indiana	Purdue
2011-2012	2	1.5
2010-2011	11	9
2009-2010	10	10
2008-2009	12.5	7.5
2007-2008	10	10
2006-2007	9.5	10.5
2005-2006	11.5	8.5
2004-2005	12	8
2003-2004	9	11
2002-2003	9.5	10.5
2001-2002	10.5	9.5

A rivalry cup between Indiana and Purdue was introduced in fall of 2001, known then as the Titan Series. In series of athletic match ups in the NCAA varsity sports of which both schools participate, each school can earn points for winning contests. A total of 20 points can be won throughout the year. Whichever school has the most points at the end of the athletic season will be awarded the trophy, although the series can end in a draw. The series was renamed the Crimson & Gold Cup in the fall of 2004. Indiana was awarded the series win for the 2010-2011 school year.

External links

NCAA 'convinced' that basketball championship would prosper by Kay Hawes (NCAA News Century Series)

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