Purdue junior guard is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith National Player of the Year. He was recently named the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year.

Michigan State’s Tom Izzo was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the fourth time, among the other conference awards announced Tuesday.

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

For the first time in Big Ten history, players from the same team have been named Big Ten Player of the Year three seasons in a row.

Braden Smith was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, while Trey Kaufman-Renn was named a first-team All-Big Ten honoree.

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

Purdue’s Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo coach of the year by coaches and the media in voting coordinated by the conference. Smith and Izzo won the same honors from The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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