# 1931–32 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 1931–32 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Ward Lambert, coaching in his 15th season with the Boilermakers. The team finished the season with a 17–1 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.
Future Basketball Hall of Famer as both a player and a coach, John Wooden, was a senior on this team. He was named the national player of the year after leading the successful Boilermakers with an impressive 12.1 points per game average (back when scoring was much lower than it is today, 12 points was a significant average).
The team also contained several future coaches; Eddy in the Indiana High School ranks before returning to Purdue; Fehring in the California collegiate ranks and Moore in the nascent pro ranks.

## Lineup

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* Earl Campbell – Guard – Indianapolis, IN
* Robert Dornte – Forward – Ft. Wayne, IN
* Ray Eddy – Forward – Columbus, IN
* William "Dutch" Fehring – Center – Columbus, IN
* Louis Harmon – Guard – Gary, IN
* Byron Huggins – Guard – Hartford City, IN
* John Husar – Guard – Chicago, IL
* Harry Kellar – Forward – Chicago, IL
* Emmett Lowery Jr. – Guard – Indianapolis, IN
* Max McLean – Forward – Lafayette, IN
* Norman Miner – Center – Fort Wayne, IN
* Doxie Moore – Forward/Guard – Delphi, IN
* Ralph Parmenter – Guard – Indianapolis, IN
* John Porter – Forward – Logansport, IN
* Lawrence Ridge – Forward – Connersville, IN
* Charles Stewart – Center – Attica, IN
* Joseph Wheeler – Forward – Terre Haute, IN
* John Wooden – Guard – Martinsville, IN
* C.E. Conrad – Student manager

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 12/12/1931* | at Washington University | W 52–23 | 1–0 | Francis Gymnasium St. Louis, Missouri |
| 12/15/1931* | at Notre Dame | W 32–24 | 2–0 | Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, Indiana |
| 12/18/1931* | Pittsburgh | W 41–23 | 3–0 | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 12/29/1931* | Montana State | W 51–21 | 4–0 | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 12/31/1931* | Monmouth (IL) | W 51–26 | 5–0 | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 1/4/1932 | Indiana | W 49–30 | 6–0 (1–0) | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 1/9/1932 | at Illinois | L 21–28 | 6–1 (1–1) | Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois |
| 1/11/1932 | Wisconsin | W 38–22 | 7–1 (2–1) | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 2/3/1932* | Marquette | W 26–23 | 8–1 | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 2/8/1932 | at Ohio State | W 38–33 | 9–1 (3–1) | Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio |
| 2/13/1932 | at Chicago | W 40–27 | 10–1 (4–1) | Chicago |
| 2/15/1932 | Ohio State | W 43–26 | 11–1 (5–1) | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 2/20/1932 | Northwestern | W 48–33 | 12–1 (6–1) | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 2/22/1932 | at Indiana | W 42–29 | 13–1 (7–1) | The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana |
| 2/27/1932 | at Wisconsin | W 28–21 | 14–1 (8–1) | UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin |
| 2/29/1932 | Illinois | W 34–19 | 15–1 (9–1) | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| 3/5/1932 | at Northwestern | W 31–17 | 16–1 (10–1) | Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois |
| 3/7/1932 | Chicago | W 53–18 | 17–1 (11–1) | Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||
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