Braden Smith emphatically answers Wisconsin fans' 'too small' quip in historic Purdue win

MADISON, WI — They chanted “Braden Smith” in Wisconsin’s Kohl Center on Saturday night, a sizeable Purdue basketball fan contingent joining in a rare road-arena chorus. Nothing, though, could drown out a few front-row hecklers from Smith's attention. The Boilermaker point guard – now the Big Ten’s career leader in assists – possesses bat-like sonar for motivational slights. “You're talking to me, calling me ‘too small’ and I’m like, that doesn’t make sense,” Smith said following No. 5 Purdue’s 89-73 victory over the Badgers. “'Too small' and the whole opposing arena is saying my name is not very good on you.” Smith finished the game with 893 assists – alone atop the annals of a historic...