It appears the nadir of Purdue baseball is over under first year coach Mark Wasikowski. Since winning the Big Ten with a 17-7 record in 2012 the Boilers went a dismal 20-75 in the following four seasons. The last two have been especially bad, as Purdue was 6-17 in 2015 and 2-22 in 2016.
After this past weekend Purdue has now won more Big Ten games this year than in the previous two combined. Purdue swept Illinois in three games at Alexander Field for its first ever Big Ten weekend series sweep since the park opened in 2013 (and just the second ever since sweeping Southern Illinois in 2013).