Purdue’s Matt Painter receives praise from fellow coachesPurdue head coach Matt Painter watches against the Michigan during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis, Friday, March 14, 2025. (WISH) — Purdue University men’s basketball head coach Matt Painter has found plenty of success over the course of his tenure in West Lafayette, Ind. The Boilermakers even made the NCAA National Championship Game during the 2023-24 season, falling to the national champion UConn Huskies. There is a lot of respect for what Painter has been able to do from coaches all across the country. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander polled roughly 100 coaches in recent weeks on a variety of subjects.