11/17/2025 12:00 PM
“A lot of times in basketball, you don’t know early in the season your problems. You don’t know your real problems, and we have real problems. I don’t care where we’re ranked; we have real problems. And I think that allows us to go back in practice, eat our humble pie and try to get better so we can have a great season.” That was Purdue coach Matt Painter on Oct. 24, after losing 78-65 at Kentucky in an exhibition game. Painter alluded to most of those problems being on the defensive end. Painter had concerns in late October, and so did I about the team I had ranked No. 1 in every...
