That's certainly how Smith's 2024-25 season felt. Even those with sky-high expectations for the junior guard walked away ...

Matt Painter may have unlocked a new cheat code in college basketball. The Purdue coach has urged junior guard Braden Smith to start finding his shot on the court, and the Boilermakers have reaped ...

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's stellar career at Purdue through three seasons has prompted some to ask one question as we enter college basketball's offseason: Will he return? The junior guard still has one year ...

For someone who pursues perfection, Braden Smith sometimes needs to be pushed. His trust in others is reciprocated back to him. But when shots aren't falling, he'll still make the right reads and ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Purdue star guard Braden Smith's parents both played college basketball at Arkansas Tech, meeting for the first time in the training room. Ginny and Dustin Smith spent countless ...

Braden Smith has improved through all three of his seasons at Purdue. He looks like a legitimate NBA prospect as a junior and has a good chance of getting drafted if he declares this summer.

Braden Smith has been fighting demons well beyond the football field. The Colts right tackle revealed that his obsessive compulsive disorder, combined with religious scrupulosity, forced him to ...

Up next in the most essential Colts series is No. 5, Braden Smith. Health has become a question, but the importance of his ...

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 ...

In the second half of last season, the Indianapolis Colts placed veteran offensive tackle Braden Smith on the reserve/non-football illness list due to what was described as a personal matter.

Erickson about an internal battle Smith was close to losing, and how he found his way out of the darkness. “I was physically present, but I was nowhere to be found,’’ Braden told Erickson in ...