After a 26-10 season that saw Purdue win a share of its 24th Big Ten championship and reach the Elite Eight for the first time in 19 years there are bound to be awards. Carsen Edwards is taking home many of them, but today it is time tim honor Matt Painter. This morning the National Association of Basketball Coaches named him the National Coach of the Year pre release:
Painter becomes the second Purdue coach to win NABC National Coach of the Year accolades, joining Gene Keady on the list (1994, 2000).