Purdue basketball entered the SAP Center in San Jose facing a red-hot Texas squad. The Longhorns briefly tied things up with less than 10 seconds left. But Trey Kaufman-Renn was Johnny on the spot at the right moment in this climactic March Madness clash.

The Boilermakers big stood underneath the basket ready to touch the basketball. Braden Smith attempted the layup but it clanked off the rim. Kaufman-Renn, however, stretched his right arm out to get the second chance points in…and send Purdue into the Elite Eight.

He hit that basket with under one second left. The big ends the Longhorns' surge as a play-in qualifier to the Sweet 16.

But also sends Purdue and head coach Matt Painter into a familiar place: Near the Final Four.

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Purdue is seeking a return to the grandest stage of college basketball for the second time since the 2022-23 campaign. This win also becomes an improvement from last season's results. The Boilermakers fell in the regional semifinals one year ago against Houston, which was a 62-60 defeat.

Both teams were close throughout the night inside the home of the NHL's San Jose Sharks. Purdue held the biggest lead at just seven. Texas briefly held the lead but by only four.

Dailyn Swain intensified the building with his charge to the hoop. Swain passed on the tying 3-pointer and attacked the lane, finishing with the layup and drawing the foul. He hit the and one attempt from the free throw line to tie it at 77.

But again, Kaufman-Renn gets the Big Ten representative to survive and advance after scoring his 20th point in the end.