1921–22 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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1921–22 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–3 (8–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ward Lambert (5th season)
Captain	Ray Miller
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1920–21 1922–23 →

1921–22 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	8	–	1	.889	15	–	3	.833
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	15	–	4	.789
Wisconsin	8	–	4	.667	14	–	5	.737
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	14	–	5	.737
Iowa	5	–	6	.455	11	–	7	.611
Chicago	5	–	7	.417	15	–	15	.500
Ohio State	5	–	7	.417	8	–	10	.444
Minnesota	4	–	7	.364	5	–	8	.385
Indiana	3	–	7	.300	10	–	10	.500
Northwestern	3	–	9	.250	7	–	11	.389

The 1921–22 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Ward Lambert, coaching in his 5th season with the Boilermakers. The team finished the season with a 15–3 record, claiming the Big Ten championship with a conference record of 8–1.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The team also contained several future coaches; Don White coached at Washington University, UConn, and Rutgers; Blair Gullion at Earlham and Washington University, among others.

Lineup

Source^[2]^[4]

Ted Chafee, Senior (Forward)
George Eversman, Junior (Forward)
Blair Gullion, Sophomore (Center)
E. H. Hawkins, Sophomore (Forward)
Walter Hiser, Senior (Guard)
Don Holwerda, Junior (Guard)
Milton Leverenz, Senior (Forward)
E. A. Long, Junior (Forward)
A. B. "Abie" Masters, Junior (Forward)
Ray "Candy" Miller, Senior Capt. (Guard)
F. L. Tavis, Sophomore (Forward)
Don White, Graduate (Guard) – declared ineligible during the season
T. H. Witter, Sophomore (Guard)
Kriegbaum
Little
Treat
R. L. Green, Senior (Student Manager)

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/14/1921*	Franklin	W 43–22	1–0	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
12/16/1921*	Rose Poly	W 33–10	2–0	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
12/18/1921*	Butler	W 42–19	3–0	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
12/21/1921*	Chamber of Commerce	W 26–19	4–0	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
12/29/1921*	at Wabash	W 34–25	5–0	Wabash, Indiana
12/31/1921*	at DePauw	L 27–32	5–1	Greencastle, Indiana
1/2/1922*	Colgate	W 31–25	6–1	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
1/6/1922*	Camp Benning	W 42–26	7–1	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
1/16/1922	Northwestern	W 32–19	8–1 (1–0)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
1/21/1922	at Iowa	W 27–26	9–1 (2–0)	Second Iowa Armory Iowa City, Iowa
1/23/1922	at Northwestern	W 31–14	10–1 (3–0)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1/28/1922	Iowa	W 27–26	11–1 (4–0)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
2/7/1922	at Illinois	L 28–29	11–2 (4–1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, Illinois
2/11/1922	at Indiana Rivalry	W 23–19	12–2 (5–1)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
2/18/1922	Chicago	W 28–16	13–2 (6–1)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
2/25/1922	Indiana Rivalry	W 20–9	14–2 (7–1)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
3/1/1922*	Wabash	L 27–37	14–3	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
3/7/1922	Illinois	W 39–31	15–3 (8–1)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[1]

References

1 2 "2023–24 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). 2023. p. 120. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
1 2 "1922 Debris". 1922. pp. 206–214. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
↑ "1921-22 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Roster and Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
↑ "Who They Are". Purdue Alumnus. Vol. IX, no. 6. March 1, 1922. p. 12. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

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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 Indy Classic
People	Head coaches 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 1970–71 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