INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue basketball ... championship. Purdue surged when playing mostly the middle and bottom of the Big Ten, then couldn’t sustain leads against a string of the league’s best. Fixing ...

Purdue basketball player Braden ... doubles against Oregon and USC during Big Ten play as well as in the championship game of ...

Leads the league in steals or he's second in ... to a National Championship Game appearance last season. Smith becomes the sixth player in Purdue history to win the Big Ten Player of the Year ...

Purdue lost 88-80 at Illinois to finish Big Ten play with a 13-7 record. Braden Smith narrowly missed the second triple-double in ... place and controlled its own destiny to win a third straight ...

Thursday's game: 6 seed Purdue (21-10) vs. 11 seed Rutgers (15-16) or 14 seed USC (14-16), approximately 9 p.m., BTN The Boilermakers addressed some of their vulnerabilities in the final three ...

Purdue lost 88-80 at Illinois to finish Big Ten play with a 13-7 record. Braden Smith narrowly missed the second triple ... its own destiny to win a third straight outright championship.