Texas basketball's big man Matas Vokietaitis has emerged despite those FT woes | Golden
How Texas post Matas Vokietaitis has emerged in the NCAA postseason despite some struggles at the free throw line. The Longhorns will need him against Gonzaga.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Matas Vokietaitis is far from a finished product, but the Texas basketball post turned out to be a real problem for BYU in Thursday night's 79-71 NCAA Tournament win . The sixth-seeded Cougars just started their offseason earlier than expected because of Vokietaitis' prowess.
The sophomore likes to bang around in the lane, like a 7-foot, blonde Lithuanian bull on the hardwood floors of a china shop. UP NEXT 11-TEXAS VS. 3-GONZAGA When/where: 6:10 p.
m. Saturday in Portland, Ore. TV/radio: truTV/TBS; 1300, 98.
1 FM. "I love to play physical with a lot of contact,” said Vokietaitis who spent most of the evening engaging in mini-collisions with BYU’s 6-foot-8. 231-pound enforcer Keba Keita.
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