Texas the last Cinderella
Texas upset Gonzaga to reach the Sweet 16 and now stands as the tournament’s last double‑digit seed — the Longhorns’ run is the kind of bracket chaos experts love to cite (sports.yahoo.com) (CBS Sports March Madness coverage). That underdog momentum makes Texas one to watch as the field narrows (CBS Sports March Madness coverage).
No. 11 Texas beat No. 3 Gonzaga 74-68 on March 21, 2026 at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. (sports.yahoo.com) Jordan Pope and center Matas Vokietaitis each scored 17 points in the win. (si.com) Camden Heide — scoreless for the first 39:46 — buried a corner 3 with 14.7 seconds remaining for his only points of the game. (sports.yahoo.com) Texas became the sixth team to start in the First Four and advance to the Sweet 16 since the First Four began in 2011. (sports.yahoo.com) The Longhorns have now won three NCAA Tournament games — over NC State, BYU and Gonzaga — after earning a play‑in berth in Dayton. (cbssports.com) Sean Miller is in his first season at Texas and became the 10th coach to take three different programs to the Sweet 16. (espn.com) Gonzaga’s Graham Ike led the Bulldogs with a game‑high 25 points as Gonzaga finished the year 31-4. (nbcsports.com) The loss ends Gonzaga’s streak of nine straight Sweet 16 appearances. (nbcsports.com) Texas finished the game with 20 assists, five turnovers and a 52 percent shooting night. (si.com) Bench guard Nic Codie scored 12 points and Dailyn Swain added 11 points, six rebounds and six assists. (si.com) Heide entered the game shooting 46.1 percent from 3‑point range this season. (sports.yahoo.com) The Longhorns (21-14) will face the winner of No. 2 Purdue and No. 7 Miami in the West Region Sweet 16 in San Jose on Thursday. (cbssports.com)
