Purdue men's basketball coach Matt Painter built his current roster without a single transfer. He knows he'll eventually need the portal again.

Matt Painter continues to recruit, develop and retain his players at Purdue. Will he ever have to utilize the transfer portal? Only when it becomes necessary.

The Purdue Boilermakers made the national championship game in 2024. Here's what Matt Painter said about his team at Big Ten media days.

Purdue coach Matt Painter has been around the Big Ten for what feels like a lifetime – almost as long, even, as Tom Izzo, in his 29th season coaching Michigan State, if you include Painter's four years as a Boilermaker player.