Friday, Purdue takes its turn at the event that must be coaches' favorite time of the year — Big Ten media days in Indianapolis. They began on Thursday, a return to an in-person format, with coaches and players kept safely socially distanced and well insulated against sportswriters' viral loads.

Here, a look at questions Purdue coach Matt Painter and seniors Trevion Williams, Sasha Stefanovic and Eric Hunter may face, and how they may answer.

Purdue, a top-10 sort of team nationally heading into the season and a leading Big Ten contender, went 18-10 last season with a team full of freshmen and following a dysfunctional off-season.

Boilermaker delegates will undoubtedly play the pay-no-attention platitude card publicly, but these are all human beings and they know the deal.