Trey Kaufman-Renn's controversial tip-in gives Boilermakers spot in Elite Eight, ends Texas' Cinderella story

The No. 11 Texas Longhorns’ Cinderella communicative successful the NCAA Tournament came to a heartbreaking extremity connected Thursday night, arsenic Trey Kaufman-Renn’s extremity with 0.7 seconds near connected the timepiece gave No. 2 Purdue a 79-77 pb to beforehand to the Elite Eight. 

It was a thriller to the extremity successful this Sweet 16 matchup betwixt a squad that needed to play successful the First Four to footwear disconnected the tournament, and 1 of the higher seeds successful March Madness. 

The Longhorns’ Dailyn Swain made a clutch and-one layup with 11 seconds near that allowed him the accidental to necktie the crippled astatine 77 apiece if helium made his escaped throw. He nailed it with the unit on, but the Boilermakers had 11 seconds to get up tribunal and perchance triumph the game. 

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Trey Kaufman-Renn of the Purdue Boilermakers dribbles the shot against the Texas Longhorns during the archetypal fractional successful the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament astatine SAP Center connected March 26, 2026, successful San Jose, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

It was Braden Smith uncovering his mode to the lane and putting up his ain layup. However, the shot didn’t person the close English disconnected the glass, arsenic it started to rotation disconnected the rim. 

But Kaufman-Renn, who positioned himself underneath the basket, tipped location the game-winning bucket, giving himself 20 full points to assistance Purdue determination connected and support their tourney dreams alive. 

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There was immoderate sermon connected societal media, though, arsenic an overhead changeable of Kaufman-Renn’s extremity showed a imaginable foul, arsenic helium was hooking the limb of the Longhorns subordinate jostling for the rebound. 

Either way, nary whistle blew, and the Boilermakers were celebrating, portion the Longhorns couldn’t judge their play came to a adjacent successful that fashion. 

Trey Kaufman-Renn of the Purdue Boilermakers shoots the game-winning changeable against the Texas Longhorns during the 2nd fractional during the 2nd fractional successful the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament astatine SAP Center connected March 26, 2026, successful San Jose, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

This was a back-and-forth crippled passim the 40 minutes connected the court, arsenic some teams traded the lead, particularly successful the 2nd half. The largest pb immoderate squad had was Purdue astatine lone 7 points, portion Texas’ pb ne'er got higher than four. 

But it’s due to the fact that some teams were shooting well, with Texas making 52% of its shots (29-of-56), portion Purdue poured successful 48% (30-of-62).  

Looking much into the container score, each Boilermakers starter had astatine slightest 10 points, portion Fletcher Loyer (18), and Braden Smith (16) doing important enactment successful the backcourt to assistance the winning cause. 

Meanwhile, Texas’ Tramon Mark near it each retired connected the court, shooting 11-of-15 for 29 points, including 5-of-7 made from beyond the arc. Swain besides conscionable missed a double-double with 9 rebounds, portion tallying 5 assists. 

Trey Kaufman-Renn of the Purdue Boilermakers celebrates with teammates aft making the game-winning changeable against the Texas Longhorns during the 2nd fractional successful the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament astatine SAP Center connected March 26, 2026, successful San Jose, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Purdue present awaits the victor of Arkansas and Arizona to spot who they indispensable play to gain a spot successful this year’s Final Four, which volition beryllium played astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis. 

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