The No. 11 Texas Longhorns were not expected to make it to the Sweet 16 of the men's NCAA Tournament. Sean Miller doesn't care.
Longhorns needed Tramon Mark's buzzer-beater to win their First Four matchup against No. 11 NC State in the First Four on Tuesday night. Once they made it to the official 64-team men'sThe Longhorns upset the Zags, 74-68, on Saturday to become the first team in five years to go from the First Four to the Sweet 16 (via"I don't think we ever want to sign up to be the Cinderella story, because we are the University of Texas, and what we represent in the SEC," Miller said, according to CBS Sports'.
"There's no easy game in the SEC. The league itself prepares you for the postseason. Sometimes, the lessons you learned along the way strengthen you. We're a much better team right now than we would have been a month ago." The Longhorns finished the regular season on a 1-4 skid before losing to Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC Tournament. Texas entered the NCAA Tournament with an 18-14 overall record and went 9-9 in conference play. So, Texas' presence in the Sweet 16 was objectively improbable.
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