Aside from Smith, headlining the 2024-25 Preseason All-Big Ten Team is Rutgers star freshman guard Dylan Harper, who was ranked the No. 3 player in the 2024 recruiting class by 247Sports Composite ...

Junior guard Braden Smith was voted preseason Big Ten Player of the Year, the conference announced Tuesday. He is also the lone unanimous selection to the 10-man preseason All-Big Ten team, voted ...

Braden Smith has developed into one of the best point guards in the country over his three years at Purdue. He's already the ...

Braden Smith Receives High Honor at Big Ten Media Day. During the Big Ten media days, numerous polls are released detailing how the media views the conference this upcoming season.

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. Smith ...

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

The Purdue Boilermakers reached the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, where they lost to eventual runners-up, the Houston ...

On Tuesday, a resounding stamp on it came when Smith was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Smith averaged 16.3 points, a league-best 8.8 assists, 4.7 rebounds, 2.3 steals and shot nearly 40% from ...

The former Indiana Mr. Basketball out of Westfield, Braden Smith was named Big Ten preseason player of year, and only unanimous all-conference pick.

The Purdue Boilermakers once again have the Big Ten Conference’s Player of the Year. This year, the honor goes to point guard Braden Smith. The last two years, center Zach Edey won the award.

The former Indiana Mr. Basketball out of Westfield, Braden Smith was named Big Ten preseason player of year, and only unanimous all-conference pick.