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Purdue Boilermakers News / Purdue Boilermakers on SI / May 9
Purdue Basketball Extends Offer to 4-Star Guard, Top-50 Prospect in 2027 Class

Purdue Basketball Extends Offer to 4-Star Guard, Top-50 Prospect in 2027 Class

Purdue coach Matt Painter and assistant PJ Thompson are getting a head start on the 2027 recruiting class. This week, the coaching staff extended an offer to four-star guard Kevin Savage, a native of Marietta, Ga.

Purdue Boilermakers News / Purdue Boilermakers on SI / March 19
Players-Turned-Coaches Stefanovic, Thompson Provide Young Voices For Purdue

Players-Turned-Coaches Stefanovic, Thompson Provide Young Voices For Purdue

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Matt Painter is 54 years old, and he knows communicating well with teenagers isn't always easy. So the Purdue coach is glad he gets plenty of help right on his own coaching staff.

Purdue Boilermakers News / Purdue Boilermakers on SI / October 25
Purdue Assistant PJ Thompson Raves About Freshman Guard CJ Cox: 'He's a Bucket'

Purdue Assistant PJ Thompson Raves About Freshman Guard CJ Cox: 'He's a Bucket'

If you're looking for a "breakout" candidate for Purdue's basketball team during the 2024-25 season, assistant coach PJ Thompson may have provided an answer.

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The 'Naismith Men's Player of the Year Award winner' quiz

The 'Naismith Men's Player of the Year Award winner' quiz

The Naismith College Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the top men's and women's collegiate basketball players. It is named in honor of the inventor of basketball (in 1891), Dr. James Naismith.Can you name every men's college basketball player who has won the Naismith Award?

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Purdue Boilermakers News / Hammer and Rails / May 15

Report - Isaiah Thompson and Carsen Barrett Announced as Graduate Assistants According to GBI

The former Boilers will return to help the Boilers for the next several seasons The Purdue Boilermakers have announced that former players Carson Barrett and Isaiah Thompson will join the coaching staff this upcoming season as graduate assistants following the completion of their college playing careers.

College Basketball News / SI.com / January 18, 2024

How Purdue Men’s Basketball Coach Matt Painter Pioneered Offensive Coordinator Role

Step inside of an in-game huddle for the Purdue Boilermakers men’s basketball team, and the man with the clipboard diagramming the play the Boilermakers will run on their next offensive trip often isn’t coach Matt Painter.

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