Marcus Carr’s three-quarter court heave to end the first half Friday will make all the highlights — and with good reason. Turns out Carr and Texas were just...
Every team Beard has coached has won at least one game in the tournament but the Longhorns haven’t made it past the first weekend since 2008.
“I think we wanted to win bad, 11 guys wanted to win so bad and I think it finally showed today,” Texas senior guard Courtney Ramey said. “Our preparation kicked in and then our experience.” “We had some guys that had never played in a tournament, never won a game in a tournament, so definitely a happy locker room,” Beard said.Beard took a major first step with the victory
Texas will face third-seed Purdue in Sunday’s second round. The Boilermakers steamrolled Yale 78-56 earlier Friday., led Texas with 21 points. Timmy Allen added 14 points and six rebounds. “I think it showed that we were locked in on the game plan and then when we’re locked in, we can be hard to beat,” Ramey said. “Those were one of our biggest keys was to limit their 3s.”Carr took the inbounds pass after two made free throws by Virginia Tech’s Storm Murphy, launched from the second “S” in the March Madness logo and banked in the 3-pointer.
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