After the regular season concluded for Purdue on Friday night, coach Matt Painter made his argument for Braden Smith as Big ...

Braden Smith has a bright future at the next level, according to his coach Matt Painter after a near-triple-double outing ...

Davion Mitchell (6-feet tall), Rob Dillingham (6-foot-1), and Reed Sheppard (6-foot-2) have all been lottery picks in the ...

Trey Kaufman-Renn and Braden Smith were outstanding, but it wasn't enough to fuel Purdue past a feisty Illinois team, falling 88-80 in Champaign.

You already guessed the answer. On a bonkers Friday night at State Farm Center, Illinois came back to beat the No. 18 ...

Purdue lost in the final game despite a near triple-double from Braden Smith. Hear what he said after the game.

Not the final two minutes. The Boilermakers want some of those possessions back. Illinois concluded its 88-80 victory on a 13 ...

Illinois staged a dramatic comeback to beat No. 18 Purdue, with Kasparas Jakucionis hitting a crucial 3-pointer.

Purdue led by 10 in the second half, but the Boilermakers went ice cold down the stretch, just as Illinois was heating up.

Kasparas Jakucionis drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 39 seconds left to highlight a late nine-point run that lifted ...

Braden Smith fell one rebound shy of a triple-double with 18 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds and Trey Kaufman-Renn came ...

Braden Smith was one rebounds short of becoming the second Boilermaker to record a triple-double. The only one came in 1977.