For the second postseason in a row, head coach Matt Painter and the Purdue basketball program made it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament for March Madness. Purdue's postseason ended this past spring in the Big Dance in the Sweet 16 after a close 62-60 loss to the eventual National Champion runner-up, the Houston Cougars.
Painter and the Boilermakers have made good use of the spring transfer portal window in the past few offseasons to bolster the roster in the Big Ten.
Camden Heide, F
The fourth and most recent transfer portal entrant from the Purdue program is sophomore wing/forward Camden Heide. The former three-star recruit from Minneapolis (MN) Wayzata High School put up career-best numbers this past season at Purdue. Heide averaged a career-high nearly five points per game, 3.6 rebounds, and 0.4 assists over 36 appearances and eight starts for the Boilermakers.
Heide has two years of eligibility remaining and committed to play for new head coach Sean Miller and the Texas Longhorns in the SEC for this upcoming season in the 2025-26 campaign.
Committed to Texas
Will Berg, C
Stockholm, Sweden, native and seven-foot redshirt sophomore center Will Berg entered the spring transfer portal window after playing two seasons for Purdue in the Big Ten. Berg averaged nearly two points per game and one rebound over a career-high 22 games played and three starts in the 2024-25 campaign.
After signing with Purdue in the 2022 recruiting class a few cycles ago, Berg has two years of eligibility remaining.
Committed to Wichita State
Brian Waddell, F
The first Purdue player who entered the spring transfer portal window early this offseason was 6-foot-7 and 185-pound junior forward Brian Waddell. The former unranked recruit from Carmel (IN) High School who signed with the Boilermakers in the 2021 class has one year of eligibility remaining.
Waddell averaged a career-high 2.0 points per game, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.4 assists over nine games played coming off the bench for Painter and the Boilermakers this past season in the Big Ten.
Committed to Bellarmine
Myles Colvin, F
Former blue-chip recruit from Indianapolis (IN) Heritage Christian School, sophomore guard Myles Colvin, entered the spring transfer portal window after playing two seasons and over 60 games for Purdue in the Big Ten in the past two campaigns. Colvin had his most productive season at Purdue this past campaign in 2024-25, averaging over five points per game and three rebounds.
Colvin had a career-performance in a big one-score win over the Ole Miss Rebels and head coach Chris Beard, scoring a career-high 20 points, four rebounds, two steals, and one block.
Committed to Wake Forest