Purdue (27-5)

Seed, region: No. 4, South

Location: West Lafayette, Ind.

Enrollment: 54,023

Founded: 1869

Mascot: Boilermakers

Conference: Big Ten

How they got here: At-large

NCAA tournament record: 31-23

Marquee players: The Boilermakers must make a run without standout forward Robbie Hummell (15.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game), who is done for the season with a knee injury. E’Twaun Moore tied a career high with 28 points in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals against Northwestern. JaJuan Johnson had 22 points and eight rebounds in that game.

Famous alumnus: Neil A. Armstrong (1955), first man to walk on the moon.