{"id":222369,"date":"2026-03-27T01:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222369\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:39:14","slug":"texas-vs-purdue-live-score-updates-highlights-from-march-madness-second-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222369\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas vs. Purdue live score, updates, highlights from March Madness second-half"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas vs. Purdue live score, updates, highlights from March Madness second-half<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sean Miller has led the Texas Longhorns to the Sweet 16 in his first season in Austin. What started as a first four in Dayton has led the Longhorns to become the lowest-seeded team remaining in the NCAA tournament. Texas, an 11-seed, has upset NC State, BYU, and Gonzaga. It\u2019s only the second time in 2008 that the Longhorns have advanced this far.<\/p>\n

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Their opponent, Purdue, stands as the No. 2 seed, backed by head coach Matt Painter and a squad that has reached the tournament three times in a row at the regional semifinals. The Boilermakers are Big Ten tournament champions, defeating the Michigan Wolverines<\/a>, 82-70.<\/p>\n

Texas vs. Purdue scoreTexas vs. Purdue live updates, results, highlights from Sweet 16<\/p>\n

8:29PM — MARCH MADNESS MOMENT — TIED UP 77-77<\/p>\n

8:18 PM — The final minute of regulation has begun. Purdue holds a narrow 73-72 lead over the Longhorns.<\/p>\n

8:11 PM:\u00a0With just under 3 minutes left, Purdue holds a narrow 72-70 lead over Texas.<\/p>\n

7:54 PM — Just under eight minutes remain in San Jose, and the Texas Longhorns are holding a narrow 65-63 lead.<\/p>\n

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7:52 PM — Texas holds a close lead, 61-60.<\/p>\n

7:40 PM — Foul reviews delayed much of the first five minutes. Texas challenged and was denied, losing a timeout. Texas holds a narrow lead, 49-47.<\/p>\n

7:19 PM — SECOND HALF TIPOFF–\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winner advances to the Elite Eight, taking on Arizona or Arkansas.<\/p>\n

6:57 PM — HALF — Purdue 37 — Texas 35\u00a0<\/p>\n

6:56 PM — Texas and Purdue head into the final minute with just a two-point trail by Texas, 37-35, Purdue.<\/p>\n

6:35 PM Chendall Weaver is having a field day for Texas.<\/p>\n

6:35 PM — It’s a close game in San Jose. Tramon Mark leads the Longhorns with 12 points, while Trey Kaufman-Renn has 8 points and 4 rebounds.<\/p>\n

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Attending the Sweet 16 matchup in San Jose is Texas Football head coach Steve Sarkisian.<\/p>\n

Texas vs. Purdue start time<\/p>\n

Date:\u00a0Thursday, March 26<\/p>\n

The NCAA tournament game between Purdue and Texas is set to tip off at 7:10 p.m. ET from the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.<\/p>\n

What channel is Texas vs. Purdue on today?<\/p>\n

Purdue vs. Texas will air on CBS. Brian Anderson and Jim Jackson will be on the call, and Allie LaForce will serve as the sideline reporter.<\/p>\n

Fans can stream the game live on\u00a0Fubo<\/a>, which offers a free trial for new subscribers so you can try the service before you buy.<\/p>\n

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Paramount+<\/a>\u00a0is another streaming option for all CBS games in the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas vs. Purdue live score, updates, highlights from March Madness second-half originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3114,795,3112,3110,27,29,537,28],"class_list":["post-222369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-matt-painter","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-purdue","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}