INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue point guard Braden Smith is trying to get through the handshake line, trying to get back to the locker room, to his team — his guys — after pulling and tugging and ...

Braden Smith had a banner season for Purdue basketball, proving his statistics as the Boilermaker point guard in his first two seasons weren't solely a product of having Zach Edey as a teammate.

Bruce Parkinson knows good point guard play when he sees it, and from the stands at Westfield High School in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Purdue’s all-time assists leader — at least at the ...

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 ...

Insider: To hell with what NBA mock drafts say, Braden Smith was best player on court ... Furst provided five points in the opening half, including a poster dunk on the future lottery pick.

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 that he will be back for his senior season. The winner ...