Purdue Favors Old Basketball Ideas. Will It Keep Working?"Hunting for hidden gems, Painter relies on personality evaluations called “DiSC assessments,” which the team’s assistants give to potential recruits. That analysis, Painter says, helps determine a player’s capacity to be coached"
"As Purdue’s players relaxed in armchairs in a team meeting room last Tuesday, they talked with Kelsey Dawson, a sports psychologist at the university who is traveling with the team during the N.C.A.A. tournament. Several players confided that they were struggling with their confidence. Many were having trouble sleeping."
"Purdue runs more than 250 offensive plays organized in around half a dozen categories, an elaborate playbook that players memorize in early morning workouts in the weeks before the season begins."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/sports/ncaabasketball/zach-edey-purdue.html