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Message: [QUOTE="caw, post: 5335023, member: 563"] Three things about Painter/Edey and that Purdue team. 1) UConn had perhaps the best player in the country since Embiid to being able to stop/slow Edey in the paint and play him straight up in Clingan, Clingan doesn't exist, or isn't at UConn and Purdue has a NC that year. 2) Edey may have gotten 17 points in garbage time but he also basically fouled out UConn's topnotch center rotation. Against any other team and that is enough. 3) UConn won not just because they focused on perimeter defense but because they were just the better team and the best team in country when healthy by a large margin. Basically, I don't think that singular game shows how Painter is a bad coach, or that his strategy with Edey was flawed. If he has a flaw it is sticking with players too much (Loyer) and not recruiting better talent. [/QUOTE]