WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After leading Purdue to its second Big Ten title in three seasons, head coach Matt Painter was selected as the league's Coach of the Year in voting done by league coaches and media.
In addition, junior guard Carsen Edwards was voted unanimously to the All-Big Ten first team on both coaches and media ballots. Edwards and Michigan State's Cassius Winston were the only unanimous selections on either ballot.
Nojel Eastern was named to the All-Defensive Team, while Ryan Cline was selected to the honorable mention squad. Grady Eifert was selected as Purdue's recipient for the Sportsmanship Award.
Painter led Purdue to its second Big Ten title in three years and its third in the decade with a 23-8 overall record and a 16-4 mark in the Big Ten standings. It marks Painter's fourth Big Ten Coach of the Year accolade, good for the third most in league history behind Purdue's Gene Keady (7) and Indiana's Bobby Knight (5). Earlier today, Painter was named a Naismith Trophy National Coach of the Year semifinalist for the second straight season.
The Boilermakers entered the year with just one returning starter and opened the season with a 6-5 record following a loss to Notre Dame in the Crossroads Classic. Since that loss, the Boilermakers have won 17 of their last 20 games, including victories over four ranked teams during that span. Purdue is second nationally in combined quadrant-1 and 2 victories with 16.
Painter owns a 318-157 record in 14 years at Purdue and has moved into the all-time Big Ten top 10 wins list. His 10 NCAA Tournament appearances at Purdue are the sixth most in league history entering this season.
Purdue has been the Big Ten's best program over the last three years, posting a 45-11 league mark during that span. Purdue's 45 wins over the last three years are the third most in Big Ten history in a three-year span.
Edwards became the first Purdue player since E'Twaun Moore (2010, 2011) to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors in consecutive seasons after leading the Big Ten in scoring (21.4 PPG) and 3-pointers (60) in league games only.
Edwards, who is named one of five finalists for the Jerry West Award which honors the nation's top shooting guard, enters this week's Big Ten Tournament with a 23.4 scoring average for all games, tops in the Big Ten and the most for a Big Ten player since Michigan State's Shawn Respert in 1995 (25.6 PPG). He has set the Purdue single-season (106) and career (252) 3-point records already and is also averaging 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
The junior from Atascocita, Texas, is on pace to become just the fourth player since 1992-93 to score 800 points, make 125 3-pointers, dish out 100 assists and grab 50 steals, joining Davidson's Stephen Curry (twice), Duke's Jay Williams and Chicago State's David Holston.
Edwards recently moved into 10th place on the Purdue career scoring list (1,770) and his 1,770 points are the most for a Purdue player in school history through his junior season.
In 31 games this year, Edwards has scored 724 points, already making him one of five players in school history with multiple 650-point seasons. His 724 points rank seventh on the Purdue single-season list, and his total is the most for a Boilermaker player since Glenn Robinson scored a school-record 1,030 points in 1994.
Earlier today, Edwards was named a Sporting News third-team All-American, making him the first Purdue player since Glenn Robinson in 1993-94 to earn All-America honors in consecutive seasons.
Eastern, a physical 6-foot, 6-inch sophomore guard from Evanston, Illinois, earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team after dominating opponents on the perimeter. Often given the task of guarding the other team's top perimeter player, Eastern has fueled an improving Purdue defense in the national ranks. Since Feb. 1, Purdue has boasted the nation's 12th-best defense in terms of efficiency, helping Purdue rise into the top 30 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
Eastern has limited such Big Ten standouts as Jordan Bohannon (Iowa), Romeo Langford (Indiana), Anthony Cowan (Maryland), Trent Frazier (Illinois) and C.J. Jackson (Ohio State) below their season averages.
Offensively, Eastern has produced at a high level the last two months, averaging 7.6 points, a team-best 5.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, while boasting an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.64 (77 / 47) for the season.
It marks the sixth straight season that Purdue has had a player on the All-Defensive Team and he is just the third player in school history to be named on the squad as either a freshman or sophomore (2008 – Chris Kramer; 2014 – A.J. Hammons).
Ryan Cline earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors after averaging 11.8 points per game, 3.2 assists and 2.8 rebounds. He finished second in the Big Ten (league games only in 3-pointers made (56) and third in 3-point percentage (.438).
Cline enters the Big Ten Tournament with 93 3-pointers, good for fifth on the Purdue single-season list. His 220 career 3-pointers are sixth in school history while his 40.7 career 3-point percentage ranks seventh.
Purdue earned the No. 2 seed in this week's Big Ten Tournament and will face either 10th-seeded Penn State or 7th-seeded Minnesota in Friday's quarterfinals, tipping at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT, in Chicago.
In addition, junior guard Carsen Edwards was voted unanimously to the All-Big Ten first team on both coaches and media ballots. Edwards and Michigan State's Cassius Winston were the only unanimous selections on either ballot.
Nojel Eastern was named to the All-Defensive Team, while Ryan Cline was selected to the honorable mention squad. Grady Eifert was selected as Purdue's recipient for the Sportsmanship Award.
Painter led Purdue to its second Big Ten title in three years and its third in the decade with a 23-8 overall record and a 16-4 mark in the Big Ten standings. It marks Painter's fourth Big Ten Coach of the Year accolade, good for the third most in league history behind Purdue's Gene Keady (7) and Indiana's Bobby Knight (5). Earlier today, Painter was named a Naismith Trophy National Coach of the Year semifinalist for the second straight season.
The Boilermakers entered the year with just one returning starter and opened the season with a 6-5 record following a loss to Notre Dame in the Crossroads Classic. Since that loss, the Boilermakers have won 17 of their last 20 games, including victories over four ranked teams during that span. Purdue is second nationally in combined quadrant-1 and 2 victories with 16.
Painter owns a 318-157 record in 14 years at Purdue and has moved into the all-time Big Ten top 10 wins list. His 10 NCAA Tournament appearances at Purdue are the sixth most in league history entering this season.
Purdue has been the Big Ten's best program over the last three years, posting a 45-11 league mark during that span. Purdue's 45 wins over the last three years are the third most in Big Ten history in a three-year span.
Edwards became the first Purdue player since E'Twaun Moore (2010, 2011) to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors in consecutive seasons after leading the Big Ten in scoring (21.4 PPG) and 3-pointers (60) in league games only.
Edwards, who is named one of five finalists for the Jerry West Award which honors the nation's top shooting guard, enters this week's Big Ten Tournament with a 23.4 scoring average for all games, tops in the Big Ten and the most for a Big Ten player since Michigan State's Shawn Respert in 1995 (25.6 PPG). He has set the Purdue single-season (106) and career (252) 3-point records already and is also averaging 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
The junior from Atascocita, Texas, is on pace to become just the fourth player since 1992-93 to score 800 points, make 125 3-pointers, dish out 100 assists and grab 50 steals, joining Davidson's Stephen Curry (twice), Duke's Jay Williams and Chicago State's David Holston.
Edwards recently moved into 10th place on the Purdue career scoring list (1,770) and his 1,770 points are the most for a Purdue player in school history through his junior season.
In 31 games this year, Edwards has scored 724 points, already making him one of five players in school history with multiple 650-point seasons. His 724 points rank seventh on the Purdue single-season list, and his total is the most for a Boilermaker player since Glenn Robinson scored a school-record 1,030 points in 1994.
Earlier today, Edwards was named a Sporting News third-team All-American, making him the first Purdue player since Glenn Robinson in 1993-94 to earn All-America honors in consecutive seasons.
Eastern, a physical 6-foot, 6-inch sophomore guard from Evanston, Illinois, earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team after dominating opponents on the perimeter. Often given the task of guarding the other team's top perimeter player, Eastern has fueled an improving Purdue defense in the national ranks. Since Feb. 1, Purdue has boasted the nation's 12th-best defense in terms of efficiency, helping Purdue rise into the top 30 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
Eastern has limited such Big Ten standouts as Jordan Bohannon (Iowa), Romeo Langford (Indiana), Anthony Cowan (Maryland), Trent Frazier (Illinois) and C.J. Jackson (Ohio State) below their season averages.
Offensively, Eastern has produced at a high level the last two months, averaging 7.6 points, a team-best 5.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, while boasting an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.64 (77 / 47) for the season.
It marks the sixth straight season that Purdue has had a player on the All-Defensive Team and he is just the third player in school history to be named on the squad as either a freshman or sophomore (2008 – Chris Kramer; 2014 – A.J. Hammons).
Ryan Cline earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors after averaging 11.8 points per game, 3.2 assists and 2.8 rebounds. He finished second in the Big Ten (league games only in 3-pointers made (56) and third in 3-point percentage (.438).
Cline enters the Big Ten Tournament with 93 3-pointers, good for fifth on the Purdue single-season list. His 220 career 3-pointers are sixth in school history while his 40.7 career 3-point percentage ranks seventh.
Purdue earned the No. 2 seed in this week's Big Ten Tournament and will face either 10th-seeded Penn State or 7th-seeded Minnesota in Friday's quarterfinals, tipping at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT, in Chicago.