Braden Smith averagd 15.8 points, 8.7 assists and 2.2 steals for Purdue's Sweet 16 team. Smith was voted Big Ten Player of the Year and won the Bob Cousy Award as the nation's top point guard.

Braden Smith is running it back at Purdue. The school announced Monday that its All-American guard will return to the Boilermakers for his senior season. Just got a text. All we can say is wow.

But a play between Uzan and Purdue's Braden Smith felt especially important. As Uzan prepped to run Houston's last set in the 60-60 game with under 20 seconds left, he drove right before putting a ...