Matt Painter Press Conference Following Purdue's 79-59 Win Over Indiana
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00:00 >> Yeah, we just wanted to be physical.
00:02 We thought that we didn't have physical box outs at their place a couple times.
00:07 And then, they're so long, you never knew when where, with their length.
00:12 So we just wanted to be physical on box outs.
00:15 I thought Trey, the start of the second half, really asserted himself.
00:19 And I thought Mason, those two threes, even though we hit three,
00:22 those two threes he hit back to back was separated in the game.
00:26 But we just wanted to be physical with hopefully not fouling.
00:29 And not let him get deep, whether that was a rebound or a post up.
00:32 >> Did you see that frustration with him then?
00:34 >> I did not. >> When you guys played your mind.
00:36 >> [LAUGH] >> Good answer.
00:38 >> No, I did not.
00:39 I'm looking at our guys.
00:42 >> Matt, why was the middle so open for Brayton?
00:46 Was that something with your actions?
00:49 >> Right, well, they were trying to keep him off his right hand.
00:52 And so when you go up and you keep somebody off their right hand and
00:55 you're trying to open up space there, we had to flip it and twist the screen and
01:00 then set it to his left.
01:01 And then if he wanted to snake it and get back to his right hand,
01:03 just play off his left hand.
01:05 So it just kind of opened up more space.
01:07 But Arizona did the same thing.
01:11 He tried to keep him off his right hand after he got established.
01:15 So a couple other people have done that, and he still had success.
01:18 So that's what they were trying to do.
01:21 But we were trying to do the same thing with Jade Gallop.
01:24 So that's where you saw a lot of those snakes,
01:26 cuz we were trying to keep him off his right hand.
01:28 >> Coach, talk about that decision right there at the end of the first half to
01:31 insert William Burke, that block play.
01:35 Can you talk about that for a second?
01:37 >> When we put him on the ball?
01:38 >> Yeah. >> Yeah, yeah.
01:39 Well, we didn't want on a lob to take Zach away from him.
01:42 So we put Zach on there and have a four.
01:45 We can put him on there at seven two.
01:47 And then Zach can be there also at seven four by the rim.
01:51 And so that was one.
01:53 >> Coach, can I get your perspective on Zach's three?
01:57 >> Zach what?
01:58 >> Zach's three, your perspective.
02:00 >> Yeah, I didn't know what they did that without my knowledge.
02:03 >> [LAUGH] >> You're shrugging.
02:07 >> He missed it so bad it went in.
02:08 >> [LAUGH] >> Your shrug was priceless.
02:11 >> There you go. >> You look like Michael Jordan.
02:13 >> There you go.
02:14 Yeah, he deserves it though.
02:17 He deserves it.
02:18 He comes every night, he competes and he plays hard.
02:21 You're always kinda just waiting for him, not to one night just have it.
02:26 But even though he didn't shoot a great percentage of the game,
02:28 I think a lot of that had to do with the size and his length.
02:32 Zach's a competitor, man.
02:33 He plays hard every night.
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02:39 >> Just being able to win, kind of build leads early in the game without making
02:43 this sort of volume of threes you- >> Right.
02:45 >> Become accustomed to making.
02:49 >> Correct.
02:50 >> How are you kind of playing through that kind of element of your offense?
02:57 >> I think our body language wasn't great when
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