Looks like Purdue Pete just might earn a place on the Boilers’ legendary basketball team with a shot like this. Much like the state of Indiana itself, Purdue has a storied basketball history dating back to 1896. Six years later, the university more formally adopted the sport due to its popularity on campus (the team’s 8-0 season certainly helped). By the end of the 1910s, Purdue was at the forefront of the game, with coach Ward “Piggy” Lambert helping pioneer the sport’s uptempo pace we know today.