Last month, Alexa decided to take the plunge into basketball and went to the first day of tryouts for her seventh-grade team at Klondike Middle School ... And then it's Matt Painter.

Alexa Wood is a 13-year-old lover of gymnastics, art, wrestling, swimming, baking and cross country who has always thought basketball was a sport she'd like to try, especially after going with friends ...

Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter is a throwback to another era — OK, like five years ago — when coaches recruited players under the premise that they would remain on the roster for several ...

Tom Crean has had plenty of battles with Matt Painter ... developing high school talent. On Thursday, Crean joined Queary & Company on 107.5 The Fan in Indianapolis to talk college basketball.

Purdue coach Matt Painter provided his thoughts ... you should be good at English, right?" Painter said. "It makes no sense. But you have non-basketball people making basketball decisions and ...

Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter is a throwback to another era — OK, like five years ago — when coaches recruited players under the premise that they would remain on the roster for several seasons ...