Purdue guard Braden Smith and forward Trey Kaufman-Renn are among those with the best odds to win the Wooden National Player ...

Purdue guard Braden Smith is one of five finalists for the NIL Store's Highest Earning Male Athlete for 2025. He was the Big ...

Unlike recent Purdue stars (Edwards, Edey, Smith), the only way freshman Omer Mayer of Israel will surprise folks is by NOT becoming a star.

Braden Smith #3 of the Purdue Boilermakers shoots the ball during the second half against the Northwestern Wildcats at Mackey Arena on Jan. 5, 2025, in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Braden Smith, Purdue's standout point guard going into his junior year, wasn't offered a scholarship by any program close to the Big Ten level.

Without Zach Edey, would Braden Smith fall off or flourish?. The 2024-25 season answered that of Purdue basketball's junior point guard.. On Tuesday, a resounding stamp on it came when Smith was ...

The reigning IndyStar Mr. Basketball from Westfield has this Purdue fanbase in the palm of his hands, where he’ll have it for the next four years, and when all is said and done and someone writes the ...

Before Braden Smith became Purdue's all-time assists leader this year as a junior and his "Peaky Blinders" beard became the face of the post-Zach Edey Boilermakers, he grew up in the ...

But it was Braden Smith’s game. "He was 9-for-20. He doesn't have that game last year because he kind of came in and out of his confidence," Painter said after Smith scored 27 points in Purdue's ...

Purdue's Braden Smith has made history all season but might've saved his best for last – this Sweet 16 loss to Houston. And "last" could be literal.

It was another 40-minute night for Purdue point guard Braden Smith. Due to circumstance, the Boilers needed him to take over. Then he did.

Ginny Smith said one Zoom call with Braden and the Purdue coaches was all it took to win him over. She forced him to sleep on it, but within a couple of days he was committed.