Matt Painter
Audio: Big Ten men's coaches talk before final week of the season
Audio: Big Ten men's coaches talk before final week of the season
Each Monday morning during the Big Ten men?s basketball season, the 14 Big Ten men?s basketball coaches hold a Big Ten teleconference with reporters from around the country. We post the audio for each segment of the call here, and we do this every Monday afternoon. Listen to all 14 @B1GMBBall coaches on today's teleconference. […]
Who is the Big Ten's men's coach of the year … so far?
Who is the Big Ten's men's coach of the year … so far?
Who is the Big Ten coach of the year up to this point? There are some good candidates. You can make a case for Purdue?s Matt Painter, Maryland?s Mark Turgeon and Wisconsin?s Bo Ryan, among others. I asked five leading Big Ten writers for their choices. Lee Barfknecht, Omaha World Herald: Bo Ryan. Who else loses […]
Matt Painter, on 2014: 'It is my fault we are in this position'
Matt Painter, on 2014: 'It is my fault we are in this position'
Matt Painter was brutally honest about the state of the Purdue basketball program and the coaching job he did this season in his postgame press conference Sunday afternoon. Fresh off a season-ending loss to Northwestern, which clinched the No. 12 seed in next week's Big Ten tourney, Painter, on several occasions, said, "It's my fault." […]
Dienhart: Big night ahead for Indiana, Purdue
Dienhart: Big night ahead for Indiana, Purdue
The finger is poised above the panic button at Indiana and Purdue, in-state brothers bound by basketball love that has grown bad in 2013-14. What?s the postseason future of these teams? Tonight, each plays a road game that will set the tone for the stretch run of the season and go a long way toward […]
Matt Painter discusses tragedy, daughter at Purdue
Matt Painter discusses tragedy, daughter at Purdue
Matt Painter addressed Tuesday's tragedy at Purdue following the team's frustrating double-overtime loss at Northwestern, and he put the wild day in perspective. Painter said: "I don't think basketball really is that important when something that tragic happens. We weren't on campus, we weren't there. But it's, you know, it's really senseless. It makes absolute […]
Did You See This? Matt Painter gets booted
Did You See This? Matt Painter gets booted
Entering Wednesday night's game at Illinois, Purdue had lost three of its last four contests. That being the case, Matt Painter and his staff were probably already a little frustrated before things tipped. And that frustration only got worse as Purdue couldn't hold onto the ball (16 turnovers) and allowed offensive rebound after offensive rebound […]
