Purdue coach Matt Painter spoke with reporters following the Fan Day scrimmage at Mackey Arena on Saturday afternoon.
A week prior to a charity exhibition game against Creighton, the Purdue men's basketball team held a Fan Day scrimmage inside Mackey Arena. It was a great opportunity for Boilermaker faithful to catch their first glimpse of the 2024-25 squad in a live setting.
"I think you see the improvements from the guys that played before and I think you have a lot of excitement from the young guys. We have some young guys that can make shots — not all of them made shots today but they have the ability to make shots and they bring a lot to us. So, I really like our freshman class, they've all had their moments, they've all played well. Just trying to mix things together for us.
"It helped Fletcher. It allowed Fletcher to stay really as that third guard and not have somebody with as much quickness on him and being in a role where he can maneuver and get by people, take his shots when they come. "Obviously, when you look at the greatness of Zach Edey, it takes away from others. It just does. And that's what sacrifices are all about. Trey's really sacrificed for us, Caleb Furst has sacrificed for us. But now it's his time. And that's what you want to work towards. You want to be ready and he's more than ready.": "Yeah. It just depends on the minutes. We've got to make a decision and if that's the case.
"I really like our front line, I think we have a lot of pieces. I think we're going to have some guys on our front line, we may not always need them. But we're going to need them at times. And that stinks, right? You always want to be needed every single day. Just like Trey and Caleb have really sacrificed for us in the past, we're going to have some guys that are going to have to play roles and sacrifice.
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