That's certainly how Smith's 2024-25 season felt. Even those with sky-high expectations for the junior guard walked away ...

Braden Smith is set to return for his fourth season at Purdue, entering the 2025–26 campaign as one of the top players in college basketball. The former three-star recruit from Westfield, Indiana, has ...

Omer Mayer is a four-star guard out of Israel who brings EuroLeague experience to West Lafayette. How will he help the Boilermakers in the 2025-26 season?

Purdue will once again have a national player of the year front-runner and the best returning guard in the sport as Braden Smith announced ... Winston (157). The Boilermakers' standout guard ...

Purdue's Braden Smith had the strange sensation of living out a dream and a nightmare at the same time in the Final Four on Saturday night. “I played terrible,” Smith said. “And we won by 20.” ...

Braden Smith has been the leader of the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball program for the past several years. Smith is fresh off his third college basketball season, having led Purdue to the ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Purdue star guard Braden Smith's parents both played college basketball at Arkansas Tech, meeting for the first time in the training room. Ginny and Dustin Smith spent countless ...

but still managed to give the Boilermakers a tough challenge. With just under 12 seconds left in the contest, Purdue took the lead and held on to defeat Indiana. Junior Braden Smith has been a ...

Braden Smith and the Purdue Boilermakers made some noise in the NCAA Tournament during his All-American season. Smith led Purdue to the Sweet 16, defeating High Point and McNeese State.

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue point guard Braden Smith is trying to get through the ... guys — after pulling and tugging and dragging the Boilermakers to within an eyelash of the Elite Eight.