Camden Heide scored a big, big, big score in the first game of the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
With 14.7 seconds left in the game, Hyde hit a three-pointer to help No. 11 Texas lead the Longhorns by 4 points; they upset No. 3 Gonzaga 74-68 and advanced to the Sweet 16. Texas is the sixth team to reach the top four and advance to the Sweet 16 since the NCAA implemented play-in tournaments in 2011.
Texas has won three games in five days. The Longhorns defeated NC State on Tuesday in a game between the last two teams in the 68-team field. That puts Texas in a matchup with No. 6 BYU and potential No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, AJ Dybantsa. The Longhorns took control in the second half despite DiBanza giving up 35 points.
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Texas and Gonzaga played a close and frustrating game on Saturday that college basketball fans have been craving. No underdog has won any of Friday’s 16 first-round games, and all four favorites have won in the second round ahead of games at Texas and Gonzaga.
Leave it to one of the largest athletic departments in college sports to play spoiler. And in many ways. The Texans win breaks up the remaining perfect brackets on Yahoo Sports’ “Bracket Mayhem.”
