What number will Purdue basketball's Braden Smith wear in March Madness?

ST.

LOUIS − It was a short lived, albeit excellent, run for Braden Smith in a No.

41 jersey.

Purdue basketball's senior point guard is back in his traditional No.

3 as the Boilermakers take on Queens in a first-round March Madness matchup at the Enterprise Center.

Smith was 4-for-26 shooting in four Big Ten Tournament games when he shredded his black No.

3 jersey down the center, tearing it apart with his hands.

The mangled No.

3 jersey had to be replaced.

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Smith finished the Big Ten Tournament championship game in a No.

41 with no name on the back.

He went 6-for-9 in that uniform and finished with 14 points, 11 assists and 3 steals and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

He will not try to ride that good fortune of a number changed in the NCAA Tournament game versus Queens.

Smith stated on Thursday he would be wearing No.

3 when Purdue took the court the following night.

He's listed on Purdue's roster as No.

3 ahead of tipoff.

Smith enters the game two assists shy of breaking Bobby Hurley's NCAA career record.

Sam King covers sports for the Journal & Courier.

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