Mark's Magic Lifts Team To Triumph in Texas!
The experienced Tramon Mark boosts Texas basketball to a narrow win in a March Madness thriller versus NC State
Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Texas’ Tramon Mark ranks March Madness game-winner as best career moment appeared first on ClutchPoints . Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Tramon Mark has experienced plenty of memorable moments during his six-year college career (redshirt and COVID).
As a freshman, he helped Houston reach the Final Four for the first time in almost 40 seasons. He posted 26 points and nine rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game two years later. He dropped 35 and nailed the game-winner for Arkansas during a 2024 matchup versus Texas A&M.
But his most satisfying achievement may have just happened, and it fittingly helped jump-start March Madness . The 6-foot-5 guard willed Texas basketball to a 68-66 win versus NC State after sinking a contested shot near the right elbow with only one second remaining on the game clock. Mark has made a name for himself by excelling under pressure, but this clutch display will forever stay with him .
“This one is definitely first for me,” he told reporters after the Longhorns punched their ticket to the Round of 64, per the NCAA March Madness X account. “Just the way the game was going, the way the game felt. We had a big lead, they start making some shots and then {I} was able to silence the crowd with a big shot like that.