Braden Smith has developed into one of the best point guards in the country over his three years at Purdue. He's already the ...

Not many college basketball programs retain talent like Purdue's, but it doesn't come easily. Coach Matt Painter says ...

The NCAA is considering expanding the NCAA Tournament from 68 teams to 72 or 76 teams. Is it necessary? Will it help or hurt ...

Trey Kaufman-Renn was one of the most improved players in college basketball during the 2024-25 season. He made a giant leap ...

Staten Islander who went through transfer portal is undergoing his Boilermaker baptism in West LaFayette, Indiana, and it was ...

Matt Painter has been massively successful as Purdue's coach. But he knows NCAA Tournament success and a Final Four is what will define his career. Sports news, delivered 📪 🏈's best, via ...

Matt Painter wanders over during a break in a Purdue practice with a confession. For the last few minutes, as his Boilermakers ran through drills, he was not thinking about their next opponent.

It's been 20 years since Purdue hired Matt Painter as Gene Keady's successor. Now, the Boilers coach has taken the program back to the Final Four.

Purdue coach Matt Painter speaks to the media during a news conference ahead of the college basketball championship, April 7, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. The story of 2024 for Purdue is about how a team ...

Matt Painter learned the job under legendary Purdue coach Gene Keady, first as a player, then as Keady’s assistant before taking over the head job in 2005. (AJ Mast / AP) It’s known in Purdue ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — On the night of his most public, humiliating failure as a college coach, Purdue coach Matt Painter got a text message from Virginia’s Tony Bennett. It was March 17, 2023 − ...