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Former Purdue center Zach Edey was the top seller at the NIL Store in 2024, with Braden Smith, Lance Jones and Mason Gillis all cracking the top-10.

With Matt Painter's new lineup playing nasty defense, and with Braden Smith leading the offense like a lumberjack Bob Cousy, Purdue blows out Rutgers.

When junior guard Braden Smith is in attack mode, No. 20 Purdue can beat anyone. In the Boilermakers' three-game winning streak, the Big Ten Conference's preseason Player of the Year has averaged 25.3 points and 9.7 assists. He had 22 points, seven assists and six rebounds Sunday in an easy 79-61 win over Northwestern.

Not unless Zach Edey is there to rescue the Boilermakers ... N.J., where No. 19 Purdue won 68-50: Braden Smith, looking like a lumberjack with that beard but playing like Bob Cousy with that ...

The Boliermakers, ranked No. 15 in the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1, defeated Rutgers for their fourth straight victory

After five straight Big Ten wins, the past four coming by an average of 23 points, Purdue's league-opening loss at Penn State seems like so long ago.

Purdue enters today's game on a six-game win streak, tied for the second-longest active streak in the conference. Meanwhile, Oregon has made a habit of close games of late, taking the win in their last three games by a combined total of seven points.

TV channel, preview, and prediction for the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team's matchup between the Purdue Boilermakers inside the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 12 p.

Zach Edey only played one half against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night.

This week's 10 Trends will look just a little bit different. College basketball has somehow reached the midseason mark, so let's go through what my national player of the year ballot would look like right now.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Braden Smith had 34 points and 12 assists Sunday night to lift No. 21 Purdue to an 83-64 victory over Toledo. Smith sank 12 of 22 shots, including 6 of 13 from 3-point ...