Purdue Exponent · Apr 22, 2015
Purdue basketball: Upperclassmen polishing their all-around game
Exponent File PhotoSure, all people can talk about right now is A.J. Hammons and his announcement to return to Purdue for his senior season. It’s huge for Purdue and its aspirations to go from good to great, but if head coach Matt Painter has ever made one thing clear, it’s that his teams are always about more than one guy.
Rapheal Davis and Kendall Stephens are two players who embody this ideology. Davis is coming off of the best season he’s ever had at Purdue. He won the Big Ten Defensive Player of Year award and steadied a youthful Purdue roster.
However, he sees himself expanding his role in a big way in 2015-16.