Purdue coach Matt Painter mostly stays away from the transfer portal and stays away from making promises he can't keep to incoming recruits. It's a formula some say is all but dead in the new era of college basketball. For Purdue, though, it's working.
Purdue head coach Matt Painter yells during the first half of the NCAA college basketball game against NC State at the Final Four, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. Purdue head coach Matt Painter talks with guard Fletcher Loyer during the second half of the NCAA college basketball game against NC State at the Final Four, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz.
But Purdue is doing things differently. Its best player, Zach Edey, is, to coin a phrase, “NIL challenged” because he hails from Canada, and immigration laws restrict his ability to cash in on the name, image and likeness deals that are taking over college sports. Job security is a rare luxury for a coach who cannot parlay regular-season success into wins in the tournament. But the Boilermakers are an outlier. They have had two coaches over the last 44 years — Keady and Painter — even though this is their first Final Four during that span.
“If you become one of our top two or three scorers, here is my vision for you,” Painter said, in recounting his recruiting pitch. “And if you don’t, then you’re going to have to be able, from a role-definition standpoint, to fit around those guys offensively.”“He’s good about saying things just the way they are,” said junior Caleb Furst, whose minutes have been cut in half this season.
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