A bad loss for Texas basketball, but Rodney Terry believes Horns are NCAA-worthy | Golden

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WACO — Texas basketball has done enough this season for the NCAA Tournament, but didn’t do enough to strengthen its case Monday night at Baylor.

Any team that wins eight games in the best league in college basketball deserves inclusion in the Big Dance, but the taste of defeat for the first time in three games will bully this team’s taste buds for awhile.

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“Look at our body of work,” Texas coach Rodney Terry said after a gut-wrenching 93-85 road loss to No. 15 Baylor on Big Monday. “We probably played more Quad 1s than anybody in the country. Who do you want us to play? We’ve played 11 ranked teams for the first time in school history and we stood toe to toe. Have we had a stumble here or there, just like everybody in this league has? We’ve had that. But we’re one of the best teams in the country. We can play with anybody.”

Texas forward Kadin Shedrick’s shot is blocked by Baylor forward Jalen Bridges during the second half of their Big Monday game Monday night in Waco. No. 15 Baylor rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half to win 93-85.

Terry was visibly steamed after the Horns led for more than 32 minutes- but let a 14-point second-half lead slip from their grasp due to a combination of missed shots, the loss of ailing leading scorer Dylan Disu to a knee injury, and if you ask the head coach, an unacceptable disparity at the free throw line.

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The Bears could have opened up an AirBnB at the charity stripe in friendly Foster Pavilion. They doubled up the Horns with 42 attempts, 27 coming in the final 20 minutes. “I don’t know what these guys are ranked today, but they needed every call they could get today in terms of getting it done here at home,” Terry said.

Terry is usually pretty good at subtlety, but he intentionally left most of it in the visitor’s locker…

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Author : Austin American-Statesman

Publish date : 2024-03-05 22:07:48

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