Updated March 10, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET
WEST LAFAYETTE − Braden Smith has joined an elite record of Purdue basketball gamers that hasn’t added firm within the final 56 years.
The Boilermaker senior level guard was named first-team All-Big Ten on Tuesday.
It’s the third consecutive first-team honor for Smith, final yr’s Big Ten Player of the Year.
Smith is the primary Purdue participant to earn first-team All-Big Ten recognition 3 times since Rick Mount (1968-70). Smith is the seventh Boiler with not less than three first-team All-Big Ten recognitions in program historical past, becoming a member of additionally Dave Schellhase (1964-66), Terry Dischinger (1960-62), Paul Hoffman (1944-47), John Wooden (1930-32) and Charles “Stretch” Murphy (1928-30).
Smith was named first-team All-Big Ten by each media and coaches. He’s joined on each lists by Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg, Illinois’ Keaton Wagler and Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears. Nebraska’s Pryce Sandfort was a first-team choice by coaches and Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz was first-team by media.
On Monday, Smith was named one among 5 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, which he won last season because the nation’s high level guard.
As a senior, Smith enters the postseason averaging 14.9 factors, 8.7 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals. He averaged 16.5 factors, 8.4 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 steals in convention video games.
Currently the Big Ten’s all-time leader in assists, Smith’s 1,029 in his profession are 48 shy of breaking the NCAA profession file owned by former Duke guard Bobby Hurley.
Sam King covers sports activities for the Journal & Courier. Email him at sking@jconline.com and observe him on X and Instagram @samueltking.
