Travis Miller

Purdue's non-conference schedule is now complete as the full field of the Baha Mar Hoops Tournament in the Bahamas has been announced. The Boilermakers will open the four team tournament on Thursday, November 20th at 6pm agaisnt Memphis. There will be a quick turnaround as Purdue will face either Texas Tech or Wake Forest the next day. This adds at least one and possibly two more 2025 NCAA Tournament teams to Purdue's schedule.

Normally a 12th place league finish would not have a lot of hope for the postseason, but thanks to home field advantage, Purdue might be able to return to the NCAA softball tournament for the first time since 2009 and only the third time ever. in just her second season in West Lafayette coach Magali Frezzotti has Purdue at 30-22 with a bubbly RPI of 45. More importantly, Purdue has pulled a couple of upsets to reach the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament.

It is the penultimate weekend of the college baseball season and Purdue has perhaps its biggest series of the year when it goes to Bloomington to face Indiana. In recent seasons the Hoosiers have dominated this side of the rivalry. The Boilermakers have not won a series in Bloomington since 2010 and last year Indiana’s 5-4 win on Sunday thanks to a ninth inning comeback started Purdue’s closing 2-8 slide that likely knocked it from the NCAA Tournament.