10 seed). Purdue actually finished the season in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Big Ten standings with UCLA and Wisconsin. However, because of the tiebreaker scenario presented ...

Is this week’s Big Ten tournament more important for Purdue men’s basketball than it has been in years past? The Boilermakers might not be able to change their NCAA tournament seed much.

Big Ten history was made on Tuesday afternoon. Purdue guard Braden Smith was named the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year, marking the third straight season in which a Boilermaker had claimed the award.