Braden Smith of Purdue was named the Associated Press Big Ten player of year on Tuesday, Michigan State's Tom Izzo the coach of the year and Wisconsin's John Tonje the newcomer of the year.

INDIANAPOLIS — Veteran Colts right tackle Braden Smith wants to return to the football field after missing the final five games of the season due to an undisclosed personal matter. Smith ...

Purdue’s head coach heard good things about Braden Smith from folks close to the program and on the wider college basketball scene. The fringe top-200 national recruit from Indiana claimed a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In his three seasons at Purdue, Braden Smith has had arguably the best career of any point guard in program history. But the Westfield, Ind. native doesn't want to hog all the ...

Smith finished the season averaging 16.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. His 8.7 assists per game average ranked second in the nation. The junior also shot better than 43% from 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 proved he deserved to win the AP Big Ten player of the year, leading No. 20 Purdue (22-10) to a 76-71 win over USC (16-17) in the second round of the 2025 Big Ten Tournament at the ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Purdue's Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State's Tom Izzo coach of the year by both the league's coaches and the media in voting coordinated ...

Purdue's Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State's Tom Izzo coach of the year by coaches and the media in voting coordinated by the conference. Smith and Izzo won ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Purdue's Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State's Tom Izzo coach of the year by coaches and the media in voting coordinated by the conference.

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Purdue's Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State's Tom Izzo coach of the year by coaches and the media in voting coordinated by the conference.