Texas stuns Gonzaga
Texas knocked out No. 3 Gonzaga and became one of the rare First‑Four teams to make the Sweet 16, delivering one of the tournament’s biggest upsets and wrecking countless brackets. The Longhorns’ run is now a defining Sweet‑16 storyline heading into the second weekend. (sports.yahoo.com) (x.com)
Jordan Pope and Matas Vokietaitis each scored 17 points for Texas, while Graham Ike paced Gonzaga with 25 points. (espn.com)) Camden Heide buried a corner 3 with 14.7 seconds remaining — his only field goal in 13 minutes — which created a four-point margin late in the game. (espn.com)) First‑year head coach Sean Miller recorded his ninth career Sweet‑16 appearance as a head coach, having reached five regional semifinals with Arizona and three with Xavier. (cbssports.com)) The Longhorns entered the tournament at 21‑14 and had lost five of six games coming in, while Gonzaga came in at 31‑4 and held an eight‑point edge in the first half before the rally. (espn.com)) No team from the First Four had advanced this deep since UCLA in 2021, making the run a rare First‑Four to second‑weekend occurrence. (cbssports.com)) The winner of the West regional semifinal will come from a matchup between the Longhorns and either No. 2 seed Purdue or No. 7 seed Miami in San Jose, and Gonzaga had been a 6½‑point favorite pregame according to BetMGM. (espn.com))
