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Purdue PG Braden Smith sets NCAA all-time assists record
ST. LOUIS -- Purdue All-American point guard Braden Smith broke the all-time NCAA assists record Friday with a bounce pass to Trey Kaufman-Renn with 12:11 left in the first half of his 146th career game.,Smith tied former Duke point guard Bobby Hurley with his 1,076th assist, delivering a two-handed...

Senior-laden Purdue pivots to 'March mode' vs. newbie Queens
ST. LOUIS -- For the third time in four years, Purdue enters the NCAA Tournament with a top two seed and a lot of experience.,All-American point guard Braden Smith's next assist will tie him with Duke great Bobby Hurley (1,076) atop the NCAA's all-time list. Smith is the only player in NCAA history ...

No. 18 Purdue upsets No. 3 Michigan in Big Ten title game
Braden Smith produced 14 points and 11 assists to move within one of Bobby Hurley's NCAA record for career assists and direct No. 18 Purdue to an 80-72 upset of No. 3 Michigan in the Big Ten tournament title game Sunday afternoon in Chicago., ,Oscar Cluff (21 points) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (20 points...

Purdue pulls of upset over Michigan in Big Ten title game
Braden Smith produced 14 points and 11 assists to move within one of Bobby Hurley's NCAA record for career assists and direct No. 18 Purdue to an 80-72 upset of No. 3 Michigan in the Big Ten tournament title game Sunday afternoon in Chicago., ,Oscar Cluff (21 points) and Trey Kaufman-Renn (20 points...

No. 3 Michigan needs to hurdle No. 18 Purdue to repeat at Big Ten champ
With hopes for a shot at another Big Ten tournament title needing a final-minute game-winner, No. 3 Michigan turned to its top scorer to keep winning in the Windy City.,Yaxel Lendeborg and the top-seeded Wolverines will look to repeat as conference tournament champions and lock down a No. 1 seed in ...

No. 18 Purdue gets revenge on short-handed UCLA in Big Ten semis
Oscar Cluff had 17 points with 14 rebounds and No. 18 Purdue advanced to the Big Ten Conference championship game with a 73-66 semifinal victory over short-handed UCLA on Saturday at Chicago.,The No. 7-seed Boilermakers (26-8) earned the win over the sixth-seeded Bruins (23-11) behind two strong fir...

Fletcher Loyer, No. 18 Purdue intent on sending message to UCLA
Purdue slumped to three losses in its last four regular-season games to stumble out of favorable positioning for the Big Ten Conference tournament in Chicago.,As it turns out, the No. 18-ranked Boilermakers didn't have an issue getting back in the groove.,After defeating 11th-ranked and second-seede...

Purdue handles Nebraska, advances to Big Ten semifinals
Fletcher Loyer had 19 points and seventh-seeded Purdue led for all but 27 seconds in a 74-58 win over No. 2 seed Nebraska in the Big Ten Conference tournament quarterfinals on Friday in Chicago.,The 18th-ranked Boilermakers (25-8) will face either No. 3 seed Michigan State or No. 6 seed UCLA in Satu...

No. 11 Nebraska faces tall task in Big Ten quarters vs. No. 18 Purdue
Regular-season accolades have poured in for 11th-ranked Nebraska as it prepares to take on No. 18 Purdue in a Big Ten quarterfinal matchup on Friday evening in Chicago. ,The second-seeded Cornhuskers (26-5) seized their highest placement in a postseason conference tournament, compliments of a turnar...

No. 18 Purdue cruises to wire-to-wire win vs. Northwestern
Trey Kaufman-Renn and Oscar Cluff each scored 19 points as it didn't take long for No. 18 Purdue to end Northwestern's dreams of a Cinderella run with an 81-68 win in the Big Ten Conference tournament on Thursday in Chicago. ,Fletcher Loyer added 14 points and Cluff pulled down 10 rebounds for the s...

No. 18 Purdue eager to get back on track vs. Northwestern
After multiple stumbles to the end the regular season, 18th-ranked Purdue will seek to find the form that earned an early-season No. 1 ranking when the Boilermakers begin Big Ten tournament play against Northwestern on Thursday evening at Chicago.,Purdue (23-8) earned a double bye into the third rou...

Wisconsin ruins No. 15 Purdue's Senior Day with 18 3-pointers
John Blackwell scored 25 points to lead sweet-shooting Wisconsin to a 97-93 win Saturday at No. 15 Purdue in a Big Ten regular-season finale.,Nick Boyd had 23 points, Austin Rapp scored 17 points and Alexsas Bieliauskas added 16 points for Wisconsin (22-9, 14-6), which has won four straight games ag...
