Episode #82 of the Dub Jellison Podcast with Mercer Men's Basketball Assistant Coach & Former Purdue Guard, D.J. Byrd!
During Ep. #82, D.J. & Dub discussed:
- The stresses of the CBB season this past year.
- Mercer's 2020-21 season and culture they have built over the last two seasons.
- The ups and downs of their season leading up to the Southern Conference Championship Game.
- His path in coaching since the end of his playing career.
- What differences are there from the high school to collegiate levels in terms of coaching style?
- The story of how he ended up being a graduate assistant at Purdue!
- What he was able to give to the program and learn from Matt Painter in those two season.
- How Coach Painter has changed his style since he played for Purdue.
- Playing with the Baby Boilers and memories from his first two season with the Boilermakers.
- How tough it was to struggle as a team during the end of his career.
- Reflecting on big wins against Michigan State and Ohio State his sophomore year.
- Being around such great players like E'Twaun Moore, Robbie Hummel, JaJuan Johnson, Carsen Edwards and more!
- What is was like on the sidelines during Ryan Cline and Carsen Edwards' NCAA Tournament performances.
- The best players he played with and against in the Big Ten.
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