Texas Longhorns Storm Sweet Sixteen

0:00On March 22nd, Texas Longhorns, the 11-seated team from the SEC have stormed into the sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament as the last, double-digit seed standing. They started in the first four with a last-second shot to beat NC State, then held off BYU despite a huge scoring night from their star, and capped it. With a 74-68 upset, over third-seated Gonzaga in Portland, earlier this week, while other underdogs like Texas A&M and VCU fell flat, Texas kept winning on a tight schedule, flying cross-country after. Dayton and grinding out victories. This marks just the sixth time a first-four team has reached this stage, joining Rare Company like UCLA in 2021 and VCU in 2011. Coach Sean Miller and his players push back on the Cinderella talk, insisting they're a big program that belongs here. They barely made the tournament after dropping five of their last six regular season games, but bounced back with team unity and key growth from.

1:02Players like Lithuanian Center, Mata's Volkieta Idis, who's averaging over 18 points and 11 rebounds in these wins. A smart late call by Miller paid off big against Gonzaga, subbing in forward Cam Hyde for his three-point shooting, and he drained the corner shot too. Seal it. Longhorns are defending tougher and scoring efficiently now, playing their best ball right when it counts. Next up in San Jose, Texas faces either Purdue or Miami, chasing their first final four since 2003 and what could be the tournaments. Most fun matchup left.