Sincere Parker led McNeese with 17 points off the bench.Purdue advances to the Sweet 16 for the 15th time in program history. The Boilermakers will face the winner of (1) Houston and (8) Gonzaga.More on this game from Purdue On SI.

With the Purdue Boilermakers' 76-62 win over the McNeese State Cowboys, Big Ten teams officially have gone 9-0 in the tournament thus far, No conference has ever gone 9-0 to start the tournament thus far. There is a chance that the conference can better that mark over the next few hours as well.

It has been 25 years since a Big Ten team won a men's college basketball national championship, but the conference is in prime position to change that after the first round of the NCAA Tournament.