1969–70 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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1969–70 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	18–6 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	George King
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Iowa	14	–	0	1.000	20	–	5	.800
Purdue	11	–	3	.786	18	–	6	.750
Ohio State	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Illinois	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Minnesota	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Michigan	5	–	9	.357	10	–	14	.417
Wisconsin	5	–	9	.357	10	–	14	.417
Michigan State	5	–	9	.357	9	–	15	.375
Northwestern	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Indiana	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969–70 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The Boilermakers played their home games at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by head coach George King in his fourth year as head coach. The Boilers finished the season 18–6, 11–3 in Big Ten play to finish in second place.

Roster

1969–70 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	13	Tyrone Bedford	—	—	Sr
F	33	George Faerber	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr
C	23	Will Franklin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
F	22	Bob Ford	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	North	Evansville, IN
C	31	Jerry Johnson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Sr	Knox	Knox, IN
C		Frank Kaufman	—	—
G		Bill Kroc	—	—	So
G		Steve Longfellow	—	—
G	10	Rick Mount	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Lebanon	Lebanon, IN
F		Jim Rogers	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Roosevelt	Gary,IN
G		Randy Thompson	—	—	So
G	11	Larry Weatherford	—	—	Jr

Head coach

George King

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016=Mar-04

Awards and honors

Rick Mount, Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball^[1] and Consensus All-American

References

^ Dozer, Richard (February 1, 1970). "Rick Gets 53 For Purdue; Rudy 36 in 116-103 Contest". Chicago Tribune. p. 53. Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e 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 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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