Purdue seniors start March Madness farewell tour putting team success ahead of individual glory

Trey Kaufman-Renn, Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith chose Purdue for all the traditional reasons. Now as this trio embarks on its March Madness farewell tour, it has become the face of something else — an old-school group of players more committed to finishing what they started than cashing in someplace else. “You're right, you may get more money (at another school), but what's the dollar amount on the relationships I've built?” Kaufman-Renn said recently.

By MICHAEL MAROT