Purdue is looking for redemption, while Tom Izzo has high praise for his freshman point guard. Here are the top storylines from Big Ten men's basketball media days.
Media days often bring a lot of coach speak. Everybody loves their team this time of year. It's the season of optimism. But on Tuesday morning atmen's basketball media day inside the Target Center in Minneapolis, there was a one-of-a-kind vibe surrounding the team picked to finish first in the league.
As for Edey, who will be the Preseason National Player of the Year across the country for all intents and purposes, the Purdue superstar sat in a gray suit on Tuesday, clinching a baseball as if he was using it as a stress ball when asked about that loss to the Knights. You could sense the motivation for redemption oozing out of him.
"I believe he's an NBA player. He's very functional in what he does. He has an incredible ability to pass. He conceptualizes what's happening on the court. A lot of people equate that his success needs to be perimeter shots and the game is different. He's gotta prove that and knock down those shots, but I believe he will be an NBA player."
"There are only a couple of freshmen I can say that about in my coaching career, and you can say it about him." "That's the credit that goes to our team," Gard said."Our guys chose to stay together, as opposed to going their individual ways. I even look around here at media day, and there's a lot of guys that I just don't know. There's just a lot of rosters with a whole lot of new on them. So, to have that type of continuity in today's world and to have the experience back, it's huge. Those older guys know the language.
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