Benter
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Well that covers about 90% on here . 🤣 kinda stating the " obvious "
Painter said Benter can play both the 3 and the 4 after yesterday's practice. Mentioned he sees CJ as the 2 and Fletcher as the 3 in current 3 guard lineup. Sounded like he expects Benter and Harris to be Fletch's backups.
Going to be a battle, it would be awesome to see one or two of those underclassmen really break through this season.
Struggling to envision a lineup with Benter at the 4. Unless Jacobsen is at the 3 lol.
But Painter said it in June, thus it must come to pass!
In seriousness, maybe a game where the opponent has a stretch 4, TKR is in foul trouble and Paint doesn't want to play Cluff and DJ together?
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I think CMP is trying all sorts of ways to get Jack on the floor. This is one of those ways. I can see it with the rest of the 5 being Smith, Cox, Mayer or Harris, and Jacobsen.
I had the same thought, here's how I got to it. Assume 1) RB redshirts 2) MP generally doesn't want to play DJ and Cluff at the same time. In that scenario, Benter just has to beat out Murphy to back up Trey. I don't know if he can or will do that, but Liam being limited in practice through the fall probably opens the door.
I want to see a big lineup. Jacobson at the 5, Cluff at the 4 and TKR at the 3. What a strange lineup. Nobody who plays an opposing 3 could guard Tre inside yet he would struggle outside with a quicker SF outside of the lane.
Nobody at the 5 could guard Jacobson with him running around the top of the key and drilling 3's like Wemby. Benter would struggle at the 4 against 6'9" 250 lb PF's but Cluff should dominate inside too. It's fun to scheme up ideas, I love our depth of interchangeable parts
I don't think there's any way they shirt RB unless he requests it. This is maybe the BEST shot at a Natty in my lifetime and coaches are gonna leave a 6'11" banger of a 4 on the bench to play a 6'5" backup there against other top 10 teams? Remember how we got killed on the glass at times last season. hmmmmm
You may be right, but right now he’s not healthy and it doesn’t sound like he will be any time soon. I’m not sure how relevant your comment on rebounding is given the addition of DJ and Cluff.
Again, my original post was aimed at ‘how might JB find time at the 4’, not saying that he will.
Don't know about Bentor, sounds like he has a chance.
NO way West isn't in at least spot minutes. What that means in terms of breaking through remains to be seen. They won't get a lot of minutes OR be needed to score so likely Wests playmaking is his way onto the floor.
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RB expected back to practice in a couple of weeks. Full bore by regular practice start. DJ and Cluff will likely not see the floor together nor play any 4 outside of injury. DJ hasn't had time to show himself to be a prime rebounder and Cluff hasn't played at anything close to this level before. So Jack might find himself there, but I can't see it being likely or a good thing for Purdue.
i don't want to see us playing a topflight big team with Cluff (or DJ), a 6'5" PF and a 3 guard lineup for more than a couple of minutes..
Yeah RB will be out all summer after having surgery at the end of the season …which was the same surgery DJ underwent in November last year.
Painter loves having lots of guards on the floor along with a 7 footer. I prefer playing 3 Bigs but don’t know half of what Painter knows. Never understood Gillis getting so many minutes when Furst and TKR were available, etc…
Thought our best chance of beating UCONN was getting 35 shots between Edey & TKR. TKR was able to dominate their 4 but Coach saw something different. He’s won a lot of games doing it his way!!!
Thought our best chance of beating UCONN was getting 35 shots between Edey & TKR. TKR was able to dominate their 4 but Coach saw something different. He’s won a lot of games doing it his way!!!
Often thought the same on bigs right now put Cluff DJ as bookends to TKR how would an opposing coach stop that , let Smith and Loyer & Company cleanup from downtown.
I have learned -- the hard way -- to listen to Painter during the summer. When word came out that Eifert might be a starter, many of us couldn't believe it. A walk-on starting for a talented, highly-ranked team? When we were hearing that Braden was dominating summer practices, some here thought that it was a bad omen when an undersized, lowly-rated freshman might be one of our top players.
I'll either believe Painter's assessment, or wait and see. I certainly won't argue with it.
I'll either believe Painter's assessment, or wait and see. I certainly won't argue with it.
If that helps us win, we could start my mom at the 4.
I get what you are saying, but CMP has earned my trust and should have earned all of our trust at this point to be honest.
It’s not that deep. This is a board to give our opinions. It’s no fun to say “trust in Painter” to every single thing he does and not discuss how we might do it differently. I agree though, if it helps us win and is the best move to play him at the 4 then I’m all for it. I’m just not convinced a 6’5”, 180 lb redshirt freshman is the best way to go. If it is, that’s something we probably should have addressed in the portal. I wish Heidi wouldn’t have transferred.
It's mindless. Painter doesn't pretend to be flawless or omniscient and he adjusts all of the time before season and during the season. No one is questioning Painter by talking about the team and strategies and lineup possibilities.
That’s why I’ve been thinking about switching back over to KHC for awhile(the pay board) now. A lot more posters and I think you gererally get better discourse. Not much discussion going on here other than the same ole’ “trust in painter” echo chamber. With this board shutting down won’t have a choice anyway but to switch.
It's unclear about boards...guy on Twitter who is supposedly managing the transition explicitly replied to me that school boards weren't shutting down. I guess we will see in three weeks.
I agree with this assessment. I'd add that some of those opinions are just ignorant, and if you (not you specifically) are going to come on here and repeatedly post the same dumb shit, you should have thick enough skin to handle being called out on it.
BTW, significant hyperbole by you in putting Benter at 180, not even close.
What's mindless is when people think they are smarter than everyone else here, and smarter than Painter, when it comes to whether a particular player should get 31 minutes or 31.25 minutes in the 2025-26 season. Or that people can't express their opinion that if Painter wants to play some unseasoned player at a particular position, they trust his judgement because he sees them play with and against the other players every day. Something no one posting on this board has done. No one is telling you guys not to trust Painter. But please, continue with your high-brow discussion about playing time on a basketball message board. lol
“Signifiant hyperbole” LOL
By the way, posting “dumb shit” is subjective. Your opinion on what’s dumb may be different than someone else’s . You repeatedly post on here about how much of a dick you are to other people (your words not mine). You’re not exactly in some position to be the authority on who needs to be called out or who needs thicker skin. Though I’m sure it won’t stop you anyway.
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Perfect example of posting ‘dumb shit’ that’s not subjective. That’s a two year old high school profile of Benter, his Purdue profile has him 30 pounds heavier. Is that you using hyperbole to force a narrative or a lack of awareness on your end? I have no idea, but it’s not subjective, it’s blatantly wrong.
I’m all for differing opinions, so long as they’re backed up by facts. I’m cool with wild theories, I get that people like to come here just to shoot the shit. A limited number of posters bug the hell out of me by talking out their ass and trying to position their views as accurate through made up data or nonsense reasoning, e.g. posting a two year old profile of a player to “support” their misstatement around his weight. Just admit you’re wrong, it’s not that hard, I do it all the time.
I admit I am not as gracious to those posters as people like TJ and Dwayne. I assume that people making dumb arguments know that they’re doing it, I probably need to act with more grace and assume they just don’t know any better.
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Purdue list him at 210 and that is why he can play the 4 the other 4's TKR 230, Burgess 240 and Murphy at 225. Jack may be the best rebounder on this team no matter where he plays. If you have Jack at the 4, Fletch at the 3, Mayer at the 2, and Braden at 1 with either TKR, Cluff or Daniel at the 5 who are you leaving to double team the 5. We won't see it much if any. Even Painter isn't confident enough to set TKR for more than breather minutes. We are as deep as any team I can recall. IMO just because someone has a different opinion from mine doesn't make them ignorant it just makes them wrong LOL!
I can solve this for you by playing two extra guys on the floor Benter and Murphy at 6/7 that gives us a solid group. I realize 7 on 5 may put other teams at a disadvantage but to Hell with rules , I want to win. Now that makes others look really ignorant LOL.
not comparing his skill and girth to Barkley, but Chuck was only 6'4
Great post. I should use unaware rather than ignorant. I mean it as lacking knowledge on a given matter but it can be interpreted as synonymous with dumb.
You think you’re a lot more important than you are. I really could not care less what you are or aren’t cool with, but thanks for typing an entire essay out on your Purdue sports message board moral code(LOL). I’m actually glad that people here bug the hell out of you. I think it’s hilarious I get under your skin. Listen, it’s a message board not a dick, you shouldn’t take it so hard. This board can’t be good for your blood pressure haha.
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Qaz gets under my skin, I don’t think about you at all, although I did appreciate how you served up a perfect example of an objectively uninformed post.
You just wrote an entire essay explaining how I “bug the hell” out of you, but sure bud, thanks for the laugh.
Anyways, posters like you who think it’s a good idea to stick a 6’5, 180 lb frosh down in the post to guard other teams 4’s don’t really get to call other people objectively uninformed. That opinion is objectively stupid and to be immediately dismissed.
Is IU still going to suck next year or are they getting better?
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