Purdue has gone to the Sweet 16 three of the last four seasons under Matt Painter, reached the Final Four and played for a national championship.

The Boilermakers earned their first No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 three years ago and are preseason No. 1 for the first time this season.

All that’s left in West Lafayette is a national championship and that’s what the Boilermakers are eyeing with their loaded roster this season.

“At the end of the day, that’s obviously our goal — that’s everybody’s goal,” said Braden Smith, Purdue’s unanimous preseason All-American guard. “That’s been my goal for the last three years and its the goal this year, because we have the skills and the people in the room to do so. If we win it, we win it. If we don’t, we’ll try everything we can do to win it.”

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