Sports Illustrated’s Men’s College Basketball Preseason Top 25: No. 5 Purdue

With Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn leading the charge, the Boilermakers enter the season as the ultimate title-or-bust ...
Busting Brackets on MSN

Purdue Basketball’s Non-Conference Slate Sets the Bar for a Championship Run

Purdue’s 2025-26 non-conference schedule features Alabama, Memphis, Marquette, and Auburn, testing the Boilermakers early ...

One Purdue basketball roster decision made as forward recovered from injury redshirts

A forward played last season and came through an offseason foot surgery to be ready for this season. But a decision to sit ...

Chip on shoulder drives Purdue basketball's Braden Smith to hopeful NCAA title, NBA future

Braden Smith considered entering the NBA draft. Instead, he returned to Purdue to break records, win a national title and, ...

Purdue’s Matt Painter regrets not talking about an NCAA title last year. This season, it’s different

Matt Painter believes one of his mistakes last year was not talking about playing for the title enough.

Purdue basketball's No. 1 ranking doesn't matter to Matt Painter because 'we have real problems'

The Boilermakers exhibition loss brought more than a smile to Matt Painter's face. In fact, there was little panic that ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Rival coach believes 'there's nobody tougher' than Purdue's Braden Smith, yet he plays with an edge

It just becomes something else. Now as a consensus All-American, the reigning Bob Cousy Award winner and pegged as perhaps ...