Braden Smith has become a rising star on the college basketball landscape over the last year or two. This past season, he took Purdue to the Sweet Sixteen round of the men's NCAA Tournament, where ...

LAFAYETTE — The fierce competitor and killer instinct were on hold. This was Braden Smith in his truer form, a laid back chill that's anything but what Purdue basketball fans see during games.

Half of those are Purdue players. The latest coup for Matt Painter and his staff came Monday: Braden Smith, the star guard who would have commanded big money on the transfer market or could have ...

Purdue star guard Braden Smith is returning for his senior season, he announced Monday, potentially cementing his position as the preseason Wooden Award favorite. "Running it back one last time ...

The 2025-26 outlook for the Purdue men's basketball team got a lot better Monday. That is because guard Braden Smith revealed he will return for his senior season after leading the Boilermakers ...

April 8 - Right tackle Braden Smith will be back with the Indianapolis Colts this season, something which seemed far from being possible just five months ago. Smith missed the final five games of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts right tackle Braden Smith says he missed the final five games last season because of an obsessive-compulsive disorder that was so severe he spent 48 days ...

The Purdue Boilermakers were led by one of the best players in the country this season, guard Braden Smith. Smith is a Naismith Player of the Year finalist alongside Duke's Cooper Flagg ...

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 ...

Braden Smith has been the quiet cornerstone of the Purdue Boilermakers for the past several years and the NCAA Tournament has helped him shine brighter. Purdue beat High Point, 75-63, in the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Braden Smith almost found another way to make Purdue men's basketball history. The junior point guard was a rebound short of the second triple-double in Boilermaker history on ...

Braden Smith has improved through all three of his seasons at Purdue. He looks like a legitimate NBA prospect as a junior and has a good chance of getting drafted if he declares this summer ...