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By Ben Verbrugge
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The No. 2-seeded Purdue Boilermakers (29-8) look to avoid an upset when they face the last remaining double-digit seed in the tournament, the No. 11 Texas Longhorns (21-14), in a West Regional semifinal on Thursday night at the SAP Center in San Jose.
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- When: Thursday, March 26, 2026
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Purdue followed up a rout of No. 15-seeded Queens in the first round with a 79-69 win over seventh-seeded Miami on Sunday. The Boilermakers took control of the game with a 9-0 run early in the second half after trailing by two at the break. Fletcher Loyer paced Purdue with 24 points while Trey Kaufman-Renn added 19 points and nine rebounds, and Braden Smith chipped in with 12 points and eight assists to lead the Boilermakers to their third straight Sweet Sixteen appearance.
Texas needed a buzzer-beater to get past NC State in the First Four before knocking off No. 6 seed BYU and No. 3 seed Gonzaga to get back to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2023. Jordan Pope and Matas Vokietaitis scored 17 points each, with Vokietaitis adding nine rebounds, in the Longhorns’ 74-68 win over Gonzaga on Saturday. Nic Codie added 12 points off the bench, and Dailyn Swain posted 11 points and six assists.
Smith averages 14.3 points and 9.0 assists for Purdue, with Loyer and Kaufman-Renn each scoring 14.1 points per game, and Kaufman-Renn also pulling down 8.5 rebounds a night. Swain puts up averages of 17.4 points and 7.5 rebounds for Texas, while Vokietaitis drops 15.7 points per game.
The winner advances to Saturday’s regional final against either No. 4 seed Arkansas or top-seeded Arizona.
This is a great college basketball matchup that you will not want to miss; make sure to tune in and catch all the action.
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