USC started the day with a 13-3 record in basketball.

But you wouldn’t know it from the crowd at the Galen Center, which was full of Purdue fans.

Listen to the crowd here:

It has to feel so deflating to a home team, when the opposing fans outnumber your own 3-1, and you hear this, at this volume during final warmups. pic.twitter.com/cEew0YdsZT

— Kraig Bowers (@kraigbowers34) January 17, 2026

And look how full the pub next to the Galen Center got before the game.

The Purdue Alumni Club of LA and Orange County knows how to throw a pregame party. Boiler fans are out in force at USC! pic.twitter.com/GKDDKfICI3

— Boilers In The Stands (@BoilersInStands) January 17, 2026

It must drive Eric Musselman crazy with all the promotion work he does. The official attendance: 8,629.