2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 22 Maryland	7	–	1	.875	19	–	2	.905
No. 15 Wisconsin	7	–	1	.875	18	–	3	.857
Northwestern	7	–	2	.778	18	–	4	.818
No. 20 Purdue	6	–	3	.667	17	–	5	.773
Michigan State	5	–	4	.556	13	–	9	.591
Indiana	4	–	5	.444	14	–	8	.636
Michigan	4	–	5	.444	14	–	8	.636
Iowa	4	–	5	.444	12	–	10	.545
Penn State	4	–	5	.444	12	–	10	.545
Nebraska	4	–	5	.444	10	–	11	.476
Minnesota	3	–	6	.333	15	–	7	.682
Illinois	3	–	6	.333	13	–	9	.591
Ohio State	3	–	6	.333	13	–	9	.591
Rutgers	1	–	8	.111	12	–	10	.545

† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner As of January 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team will represent Purdue University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Matt Painter, in his twelfth season with the Boilers. The team will play their home games in Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, IN, and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Boilermakers finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 26–9, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a four way tie for third place in conference. They defeated Illinois and Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament to advance to the championship game where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where, as a No. 5 seed, they were upset by No. 12 seeded Arkansas–Little Rock in the First Round.

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*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings