Coaches survey: Purdue coach Matt Painter nation's best at Xs and Os

In a CBS Sports candid coaches survey of the best at Xs and Os, Purdue coach Matt Painter ranked No. 1 with 19% of the vote.

Painter edged UConn's Dan Hurley, who received 18% of the vote, and Creighton's Greg McDermott, with 16%.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue men's basketball coach Matt Painter has been known to give detailed, sometimes complex answers to postgame interview questions about strategy or play design.

That has amplified the Boilermaker coach's national reputation as a tactician — and not only among the media. His fellow coaches also apparently think highly of the five-time Big Ten Coach of the Year.

A CBS Sports candid coaches feature polled roughly 100 coaches as to who was the nation's best at Xs and Os. Painter received the largest share of the vote, with his 19% e