March Madness 2026: The best and worst from Thursday’s Sweet 16
And just like that, there were only 12.
Mar 26, 2026; San Jose, CA, USA; Purdue Boilermakers guard C. J. Cox (0) celebrates after defeating the Texas Longhorns during a Sweet Sixteen game of the West Regional of the men's 2026 NCAA Tournament at SAP Center.
Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images | Kyle Terada-Imagn Images No need for any fluff. Let’s get right to it. Best game (2) Purdue 79, (11) Texas 77 (West) Perhaps the least anticipated of all the regional semifinal matchups delivered, without question, the best contest of Thursday night and one of the most dramatic finishes of the tournament.
Texas and Purdue traded blows for a full 40 minutes before Trey Kaufman-Renn’s tip-in of a Braden Smith miss with 0. 7 seconds to play sent the Boilermakers back to the Elite Eight for the second time in three years. TREY KAUFMAN-RENN WINS IT!
PURDUE IS MOVING ON! pic. twitter.
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