Braden Smith, fueled by self-blame, amassed an unprecedented night in an attention-grabbing victory over Michigan.

the return of Braden Smith from a national runner-up Purdue team, and a couple of other stud freshmen such as Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey at Rutgers and Illinois standout Kasparas Jakucionis ...

Purdue star point guard Braden Smith might be ... three straight games, all against ranked foes. The stretch started with an 81-77 home loss against then-No. 22 Illinois but got ugly during ...

Purdue doesn’t play well against Rutgers. Not in recent years ... N.J., where No. 19 Purdue won 68-50: Braden Smith, looking like a lumberjack with that beard but playing like Bob Cousy with ...