Texas Advances to the Sugared 16

The Texas Longhorns beat the Miami Hurricanes and moved into the Candy-coated 16 as they led by 17 points remaining individual four minutes in the second half of the game. However a game that might be an easy one for Texas rapidly bowed into a close one when the Miami Hurricanes' 19-4 lope divide Texas front into isolated two points.

The player AJ Abrams was fouled and went to the line where he peacefully dropped both free throws to place the Texas Longhorns up by five points. Miami approached down and Jack McClinton hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to 74-72. McClinton had a great performance in the remain game against St. Mary's were he scored 38 points and in this game, he finished with 18 points.

In appendix the Longhorns then inbounded the ball to DJ Augustin, who was instantly fouled and went to the wrinkle to shoot the two free throws. Augustin was not even closer to cause the first one but he dropped the moment one to give Texas a three point escort of 75-72.

Then the Hurricanes tossed the ball down the court and Damion James stole the ball. James then dribbled the ball down the court to let the date run out. With such an end, the Texas Longhorns classified to their fifth Sweet 16 in the last seven years.

AJ Abrams guided the Texas Longhorns in scoring with 26 points, statistically shooting 7-13 and shooting 6-6 from the handout lob line. Additionally, DJ Agustin also summed up 12 points and had 8 assists for Texas. Damion James had also an fine game, capturing 16 rebounds and scoring 16 points.

For the Hurricanes Jack McClinton led the team with 18 points and Pike Hurdle also help the team with another 11 points. With this loss the Miami Hurricanes who were the seventh seeded finished their season with an overall record of 23-11 and a conference record of 8-8 in the ACC.

"Give Miami a lot of credit for a abundance of heart, lot of grit, lot of determination and the conduct they fought to the very end," Barnes said.

As he did in his conversation with Barnes, Haith spoke highly of Texas' plausible for the rest of the tournament. "I wouldn't be surprised if they conquest the national championship," he said.

At this time, the 2nd-seeded Texas Longhorns testament play number 3-seeded Stanford. Stanford defeated Marquette 82-81 in overtime in a winning shot pastime shut by Brook Lopez to deed on to the Saccharine 16 and looking for a place in the NCAA Elite Eight. On the other side, with two more victories, the Longhorns would advance to the Ending Four in San Antonio about an generation south of Austin.

This entertainment will be a great sport to watch, Texas will come with everything to amuse to the next step. Stanford also will do their thing to advance and beat a strong Texas. Both teams are anxious to advance to the Elite Eight and energy further.

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