The Boilermakers have had a great run in the upper echelon of the Big Ten Conference. Here are players earning honors this season.

On this week's Boiler Banter Podcast, Brandon Brown and Dustin Schutte talk about Purdue's postseason hopes and Braden Smith winning Big Ten Player of the Year.

Braden Smith of Purdue is the Associated Press Big Ten player of year, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo is coach of the year and Wisconsin’s John Tonje the newcomer of the year.

Braden Smith brushed preseason player of the year aside in October, saying he wantred the postseason honor. He got it, but not the way he wanted.

Braden Smith was named the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year, marking the third straight year a Purdue player has won the award.

The Purdue Boilermakers put together a strong regular season and now will head into the Big Ten tournament as they look to work their way to a higher seed for March Madness. Gone are the days of Zach Edey dominating the post for Purdue. This season, point guard Braden Smith was the main driving force of the team.

Purdue’s Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo coach of the year by both the league’s coaches and the media in voting coordinated by the conference.

Purdue junior guard Braden Smith was named the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year after averaging 16.3 points, 8.8 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game.