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It wasn't easy, but the Texas Longhorns advance into the full NCAA Tournament with a win over NC State in the First Four. Get postgame reaction here.
The Texas Longhorns Men's Basketball team is certainly flawed, but after beating NC State 68-66 in the First Four matchup in Dayton, Ohio, UT is certainly resilient. Texas' press offense let them down late as the Longhorns blew a nine-point lead with less than three minutes left. But Tramon Mark's jumper with 1.
1 seconds left in the game erased it all. Texas is now officially in the NCAA Tournament. The win over NC State, in what used to be known as the play-in game, gives Texas the No.
11 seed in the West Region. UT will play No. 6 seed BYU in Portland, Oregon on Thursday.
Mark's game winner was his fifth of the season, accounting for more than a quarter of the Longhorns wins. UT needed it. After getting up by nine-points late in the second half, the Wolfpack started a full court press which Texas didn't handle well at all.