Purdue senior guard Braden Smith broke the men's NCAA Division I record for career assists in the first half of a first-round NCAA Tournament game Friday in St. Louis . Smith passed former Duke star Bobby Hurley after finding Trey Kaufman-Renn for a bucket with 12:11 remaining in the first half. He set the record after tying it minutes before, after dishing out an assist to big man Oscar Cluff. Smith now has 1,777 assists and counting during what will be his final season of college basketball. Smith, a four-year player at Purdue, has become a rarity in the modern college basketball landscape because he stayed at the same school for the entirety of his career. He is averaging a career-high...
