The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons logo on a pair of short during the Indiana Classic basketball game on December 1, 2022 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) ...

— Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (@GoMastodons) May 23, 2025 "This is one of the saddest days in my 25 years as a Mastodon," Athletic Director Kelley Hartley Hutton said in the statement.