2004–05 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2004-05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Gene Keady served in his last year as head coach after a 25-year career at Purdue. The Boilermakers failed to beat a ranked team this season for the first time in Keady's time as head coach and for the first time since the 1974–75 season. Purdue placed 10th in the Big Ten, ahead of 11th place Penn State.

2004–05 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–21 (3–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (25th season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Painter (1st season) Cuonzo Martin (5th season) Paul Lusk (1st season) Todd Foster (6th season)
Home arena	Mackey Arena

2004–05 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Illinois †	15	–	1		.938			37	–	2		.949
No. 15 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			26	–	6		.813
No. 20 Wisconsin	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Indiana	10	–	6		.625			15	–	14		.517
Minnesota	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Ohio State	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Iowa	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Michigan	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Purdue	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
Penn State	1	–	15		.063			7	–	23		.233
† 2005 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 15, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2004–05 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 2 David Teague 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr Indianapolis, IN F 4 Adam Liddell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr DeKalb, IN G 4 Andrew Ford 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr West Lafayette, IN G 5 Bryant Dillon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Indianapolis, IN G 10 Brandon McKnight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Sr South Bend, IN C 12 Ije Nwankwo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 275 lb (125 kg) So Ann Arbor, MI F 14 Carl Landry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Jr Milwaukee, WI G 23 Xavier Price 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Lebanon, IN G 31 Chris Hartley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) So Noblesville, IN F 32 Matt Carroll 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 241 lb (109 kg) Jr Aurora, CO F 33 Gary Ware 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Detroit, MI F 42 Matt Kiefer 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Jr Evansville, IN 45 Charles Davis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 263 lb (119 kg) Fr Fraser, MI	Head coach Gene Keady (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Matt Painter (Purdue) Cuonzo Martin (Purdue) Paul Lusk (Southern Illinois) Todd Foster (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2024-09-26

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 19*		at Miami (OH)	L 71–81	0–1	Millett Hall  Oxford, OH
November 23*		Detroit Mercy	W 66–56	1–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
November 27*		vs. Cincinnati Wooden Tradition	L 59–79	1–2	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
November 29*		at No. 17 N.C. State ACC-Big Ten Challenge	L 53–60	1–3	RBC Center  Raleigh, NC
December 3* 5:00 p.m.		Memphis	L 52–61	1–4	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 8*		Oklahoma	L 48–66	1–5	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 11*		Colorado State	W 69–68	2–5	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 18*		vs. Evansville Boilermaker Blockbuster	W 62–61	3–5	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
December 30*		Baylor	L 72–73	3–6	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 2*		Eastern Illinois	W 87–67	4–6	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 5 2:00 p.m.		Wisconsin	L 68–77	4–7 (0–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 8		No. 1 Illinois	L 59–68	4–8 (0–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 12		at Minnesota	L 52–63	4–9 (0–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
January 15		Indiana	L 73–75 2OT	4–10 (0–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 18		at No. 19 Michigan St.	L 64–71	4–11 (0–5)	Breslin Events Center  East Lansing, MI
January 22		at No. 23 Iowa	L 57–71	4–12 (0–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
January 26*		Milwaukee	L 68–73	4–13 (0–6)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 30		Michigan	W 84–55	5–13 (1–6)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 2		at Ohio State	L 65–75	5–14 (1–7)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
February 5		at Northwestern	L 61–67	5–15 (1–8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
February 9		Penn State	W 77–50	6–15 (2–8)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 16		Iowa	W 66–63	7–15 (3–8)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 19		No. 11 Michigan State	L 57–68	7–16 (3–9)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 22		at Indiana	L 62–79	7–17 (3–10)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
February 26		Minnesota	L 57–59	7–18 (3–11)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
March 3		at No. 1 Illinois	L 50–84	7–19 (3–12)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
March 5		at No. 23 Wisconsin	L 52–64	7–20 (3–13)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
March 10	(10)	vs. (7) Iowa Big Ten Tournament	L 52–71	7–21	United Center  Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.