Purdue basketball has become a ... spirit from 1940 to mid-1953. Purdue Pete has been Purdue's live-person mascot since 1956. However, he began as a logo drawn by the University Book Store ...

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 ...