Cliffs Notes: The Longhorns went toe to toe with one of the best teams in college basketball on Monday night for 45 minutes, but just couldn't quite get over the hump in a 76-72 overtime loss.
The Participants: NR Texas (14-7, 3-5 Big 12) and No.4 Houston (19-2, 6-2 Big 12)
Pre-Game KenPom Rankings: Texas (No. 36) and Houston (No. 1)
Game MVP: We'll split the honors tonight because Dillon Mitchell (16 points and 10 rebounds) and Max Abmas (20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists) carried the team in the second half and into overtime.
Second-Half Surge: After falling behind 41-30 early in the second half, the Longhorns went on an 24-7 run that completely turned the game on its head, giving the Longhorns a 54-48 lead with 8:20 left in the game.
Thing You Need to Know: The Longhorns probably win this game if Abmas gets a little help in the backcourt, but Tyrese Hunter and Ithiel Horton combined for 8 points on 3 of 8 shooting.
R-e-b-o-u-n-d-i-n-g: The Longhorns were out-rebounded 46-36 and allowed 15 offensive rebounds, which proved to be big in the final 5 minutes of the second half and overtime.
Hometown Boy Goes Off: The real MVP of the game was Houston senior guard and Manor native Jamal Shead, who scored a game-high 25 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and dished out 4 assists in front of a lot of friends and family.
Missing Person's Alert: For most of the first half Dylan Disu was just nowhere to be found, as he missed six of his first seven shots from the floor and only scored 2 points and grabbed 2 rebounds in the first half.
Slow Start: The Longhorns went 13+ minutes of the first half without a single player making more than a single bucket from the floor and at no point in the first half did the Longhorns get to the free throw line.
Tracking down History: After moving into 4th place on the NCAA' all-time 3-point shots made list a couple of weeks ago, Max Abmas knocked down 2 of 8 shots from downtown today to move within 19 of third-place Travis Bader (Purdue 2010-14).
Tracking down History II: Abmas came into tonight's game as the No.14 all-time leading scorer in the history of the college game, trailing former Kansas star Danny Manning by 38 points for 13th place all-time, which means that he'll go into his next game needing only 19 points to pass Manning.
ESPN Bracketology: This latest update was from Saturday morning. Losing the last two games probably means that the Longhorns won't be in the Tournament in the next update. It makes the game on Saturday against a very good TCU game paramount, as the Longhorns can't afford to slip into a 3-game losing streak.
The Current Big 12 Standings...
The Participants: NR Texas (14-7, 3-5 Big 12) and No.4 Houston (19-2, 6-2 Big 12)
Pre-Game KenPom Rankings: Texas (No. 36) and Houston (No. 1)
Game MVP: We'll split the honors tonight because Dillon Mitchell (16 points and 10 rebounds) and Max Abmas (20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists) carried the team in the second half and into overtime.
Second-Half Surge: After falling behind 41-30 early in the second half, the Longhorns went on an 24-7 run that completely turned the game on its head, giving the Longhorns a 54-48 lead with 8:20 left in the game.
Thing You Need to Know: The Longhorns probably win this game if Abmas gets a little help in the backcourt, but Tyrese Hunter and Ithiel Horton combined for 8 points on 3 of 8 shooting.
R-e-b-o-u-n-d-i-n-g: The Longhorns were out-rebounded 46-36 and allowed 15 offensive rebounds, which proved to be big in the final 5 minutes of the second half and overtime.
Hometown Boy Goes Off: The real MVP of the game was Houston senior guard and Manor native Jamal Shead, who scored a game-high 25 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and dished out 4 assists in front of a lot of friends and family.
Missing Person's Alert: For most of the first half Dylan Disu was just nowhere to be found, as he missed six of his first seven shots from the floor and only scored 2 points and grabbed 2 rebounds in the first half.
Slow Start: The Longhorns went 13+ minutes of the first half without a single player making more than a single bucket from the floor and at no point in the first half did the Longhorns get to the free throw line.
Tracking down History: After moving into 4th place on the NCAA' all-time 3-point shots made list a couple of weeks ago, Max Abmas knocked down 2 of 8 shots from downtown today to move within 19 of third-place Travis Bader (Purdue 2010-14).
Tracking down History II: Abmas came into tonight's game as the No.14 all-time leading scorer in the history of the college game, trailing former Kansas star Danny Manning by 38 points for 13th place all-time, which means that he'll go into his next game needing only 19 points to pass Manning.
ESPN Bracketology: This latest update was from Saturday morning. Losing the last two games probably means that the Longhorns won't be in the Tournament in the next update. It makes the game on Saturday against a very good TCU game paramount, as the Longhorns can't afford to slip into a 3-game losing streak.
The Current Big 12 Standings...
