The original Boilermaker Special spread Purdue spirit from 1940 to mid-1953. Purdue Pete has been Purdue's live-person mascot since 1956. However, he began as a logo drawn by the University Book ...

While Painter and Purdue are mainstays in the tournament, a question that regularly pops into college basketball fans' minds at this time of the year is, "What exactly is a Boilermaker?" ...