Matt Painter
Matt Painter
Matthew Curtis Painter is the current Head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team...
gave great guys hooked ready
I thought our guys gave a really great effort. They were hooked up and ready to go.
bryant putting shot three
Yes, I would say so. Especially with Bryant Dillon making the shot and putting us up three and in position.
both ends force game himself played white within
I thought Marcus White played within himself on both ends of the court. I think that it's very important for him just to let the game come to him, not force things.
biggest bounce fighting guys kept plugging tough
That was my biggest concern. It's tough for our guys to bounce back, you know, it's that 'here we go again.' But we kept fighting and kept plugging away.
ball care gave good guys ohio second
Our guys gave a good effort. They fought, but we didn't take care of the ball in the second half. A lot of that had to do with Ohio State's quickness.
attacking efficient finish good guys job white
I thought our guys did a good job. We just couldn't finish. We weren't able to make enough shots. I thought Marcus White did a good job of attacking and being able to finish and be efficient around the basket. We didn't make enough to make them adjust, and that was the key.
died help improve talk
We don't talk about the adversity. We talk about the things that will help us improve and win. It's going to happen. And if it doesn't, we died trying.
bad basketball five four guys hard last shooting struggled worked
We really struggled shooting the basketball in the last four or five games, which is too bad because I think these guys worked hard to improve.
game good guys man
We did think about Doyle. He has that old man game that you see with guys like that at 'noon' ball. But it's effective. He's a good player. That's just his style.
ball floor hesitate
You'd like to be right there to make him put the ball on the floor or hesitate and we weren't.
doubt hours team
We are a better team than we were two and one-half hours ago - there's no doubt about that. That is what we have to have going into the Northwestern game.
biggest blend challenge coaching guys returning talked trying
As a coaching staff, we've talked about trying to blend in the new guys with our returning guys. That will be our biggest challenge during the preseason.
compete kept likes ourselves pleased position practice
They kept fighting. That's what I'm pleased with. But no one likes to lose. We practice and compete to put ourselves in position to win, and we didn't do that.
bleeding size stop type
It's something we can't simulate in practice. We don't have that type of size and athleticism. We couldn't stop the bleeding out there.