This was a good win in a lot of ways in how the game played out. This is a confidence builder in how things played out in a Purdue team that maybe was a bit more unsure than the recent past. Game was physical early and close. Fouls on Trey and then Caleb a bit with Braden’s stroke off a bit, but they hung in there and the refs found their pea and then shots other than Fletch started to fall. I like CJ and Caleb starting
Do you think Painter would have a 1 on 1 with Smith and say "What do you need me to get you from the portal?". (meaning, what does Painter need to go get in the portal to makes Smiths job easier and build a NC team)
I can see teams in need of a facilitating PG who can shoot coming after Smith with big $. But, Smith might also feel some sense of loyalty to Painter for being the only P5 program to recruit him.
HUGE MINS for him. Def room for improvement but he was great. Hope this helps his confidence and he can give us good mins going forward. Was great to see.
