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On Purdue win: Great win, lots of talk nationally, and a couple of NCAA mandated off days after that game, and now a couple of days to get ready for Washington On Washington: Very talented, one of the best bigs in the country, good size, solid defensively. Steinbach is a potential draft choice. Need same mentality as Purdue...keeping their bigs off the glass. Diallo has improved a lot from last year. They're coming off a win, we'll need to play well On Tyler and the offense: we have good players, Tyler's done a good job of putting guys in places to have success and not do too much outside of their comfort zone, simplifying the game. Coaching with him means a lot to Brad...Brad says he was "pretty much an absentee father" when his kids were young, never coached his kids when they were young. To have this opportunity to be with Tyler now is awesome, and it means a lot to Brad. Tyler works really hard and is professional. Tyler is the math behind everything, smarter than Brad, studies and talks NBA with everybody. Brad stays out of the way and listens, doesn't always agree and will question, allows Tyler to convince them. On David's ankle and Jakstys: David is fine with a couple days of rest, Jason is out with a blood clot in shoulder area that is being treated. Updates to come. On shot selection ID: lots of emphasis on identifying good shots, this has helped clearly communicate with players what the coaches are looking for. Been very positive for the players. On Purdue buzz: sure, awesome win, but focus on Washington. That's why we play a crazy non-con so players learn to quickly move on to the next challenge. On Ty: Participated in practice yesterday for first time since groin injury. Wait and see pattern still. On offensive evolution over 3-4 years: Always thought we needed offense to win, but it's not about action you run, it's about maximizing your best and most efficient players and putting them in their best spots. Redefining shot selection has been huge. Nice having lots of bigs that can shoot 3's. On Tyler identifying Keaton: Brad trusted Tyler to know what to look for, Keaton was a great passer, shooter, has positional size. Didn't take a lot of convincing once Brad watched him on film and then got to know him and his story. On "did you expect Keaton to be this good": No, of course not. Hard to know until you can grind on people in practice to really know who somebody is. He was good this summer, but also good once practice started. On "if you had to scout yourself, what would you do.": He asked himself if he was Painter, what would he do differently. Nothing. We just hit the shots and took our opportunities. Matt didn't coach anything wrong. We made shots and it worked. We won the rebounding battle. That's why we won. On redefining pace: it's helped. Brad would like us to play a bit faster, but not reckless. Value possessions. 4 passes to space, 6 to action. Efficient shots that are "our shots" On defensive matchups/Washington: they are elite on the offensive boards. They can hurt you with physicality. Diallo is good midrange. We need to rebound. On Royal Palm invitational next year (I guess there was an article that we're considering going?): Brad's only excited about Washington and our current team, other people handle the other stuff.