At Purdue, school spirit doesn’t just appear in chants and colors—it comes rolling in on wheels and swinging a hammer. The ...

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves. Furry, animated characters used as ...

The entire university found out on the men’s basketball team’s Senior Night what most of his family and close friends already knew.

The 2025 men's NCAA Tournament is here. Helping kick off the first round on Thursday will be a Midwest Region matchup between Purdue and High Point. Purdue ranks as the 19th-best team in the ...

The Boilermaker Special VII is the official mascot of Purdue University and is run by the Purdue Reamer Club. While the newest rendition of "the world’s largest, fastest, heaviest, and loudest ...

The Boilermaker Special VII is the official mascot of Purdue University and is run by the Purdue Reamer Club. While the newest rendition of "the world’s largest, fastest, heaviest, and loudest ...

Fallon and an "audience member" (staff member) went over the mascots for the NCAA Tournament but kept getting stuck on one particular team. According to Purdue's website, the university adopted ...

Purdue University's mascot, the Boilermakers, originated from a newspaper taunt in 1891 after a football victory against Wabash College. The nickname "Boilermakers" was intended to be an insult ...

The history of Purdue's nickname and mascot stretches back more than 130 years. Purdue basketball is in the Sweet 16, playing Midwest No. 1 seed Houston on Friday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in ...