The Longhorns (19-14) are officially in the NCAA Tournament after their 68-66 win and have a date Thursday against sixth-seed BYU.
“In games like this, your emotions can waver up and down, but I felt like throughout the whole game our team kept our emotions in check,” Mark said after the game Tuesday night.
The matchup gets a little tougher for Sean Miller’s team. And history is not on Texas’ side when it plays BYU (23-11). The Longhorns are 0-2 against BYU but both games in 2013 and 2024 were close losses. The Cougars are led by likely NBA lottery pick A.J Dybansta (25.3 points per game on 51.3% field goal shooting with 6.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists).
With brackets filled in, here are some predictions for the first round game:
Our Texas men’s basketball reporter
The experienced columnist seems to think that luck has run out for the Longhorns and predicts BYU will advance. But the Cougs will be eliminated when they play Gonzaga.
Per SI.com, the popular college basketball analytics site kenpom.com gives BYU a 60% chance to win
Monelyine: BYU -135, Texas +114
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