Sean Miller won’t be on the court this game, obviously (not in a playing capacity at least) but given that this game features one of the best point guards in the country in Purdue’s Braden Smith, both were answering questions Wednesday about the other.
Smith said he’s “obviously” aware of Miller, and even claimed, “I’ve seen a couple of his clips when he played.”
But later, when Purdue coach Matt Painter came to talk with the media, he seemed skeptical:
💬 “Yeah, he could be lying to you. He’s a good dude, but you could have shocked him. I heard it back there. I wasn’t sure.
“When he was passing those guys, when they asked him to talk about Chris Corchiani from NC State and Ed Cota from North Carolina, he knew Bobby Hurley, but he didn’t know Ed Cota and Chris Corchiani. And I was like, those dudes were really good. But that was in my wheelhouse, not his. You just don’t know — if guys don’t go and just have great NBA careers, these guys weren’t alive. So they don’t know.”
For more on Smith, who has four assists through the first half, read this great C.J. Moore story.