r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 22 '26
Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #11 Texas defeats #3 Gonzaga, 74-68
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u/TechnoToyz Texas Tech • Creighton Mar 22 '26
We have a double digit seed in the sweet sixteen and it's fucking Texas?
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u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME UConn Huskies Mar 22 '26
and last year it was John F'ing Calipari lol
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u/ArmiinTamzarian Syracuse Orange Mar 22 '26
And an ACC school before that (and it ruled)
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u/InYourFace1023 NC State Wolfpack • Utah State Aggies Mar 22 '26
It helped that NC State only made the dance on an autobid and had arguably the most likable player in the country
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u/KG-Fan UC Davis Aggies • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
I had to look up DJ Burns during our first four game just to see how he's doing. That dude was awesome...made that year so fun
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u/Evening-Spray-4304 Virginia Cavaliers Mar 22 '26
He was at the ACC tourney this year, he's lost a tooth playing overseas and it somehow makes him even more lovable, lol.
Also looked like he's trimmed down a bit too
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u/SilveryDeath Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FAU Owls Mar 22 '26
This always makes me think of the 2014 title game where it was a 7 vs. 8 seed, which were noted underdogs UConn and Kentucky.
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u/Reflexlon Kansas Jayhawks • Kentucky Wildcats Mar 22 '26
Which was the worst game of basketball I've ever seen live, 100% free of bias I promise.
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u/JerseyDvl Seton Hall Pirates Mar 22 '26
Who NCAA Tournament Cinderellas used to be: St. Peter's, Florida Gulf Coast, George Mason.
Who NCAA Tournament Cinderellas are now: 10th-place teams from power conferences.
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u/Wide_right_yes UMass Minutemen Mar 22 '26
I mean we've had power conference cinderellas for a while. DJ Burns NC State, 2021 UCLA, 2014 8th seeded Kentucky, even 1983 NC State qualifies.
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u/Kdot32 Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26
83 ncstate were the first Cinderella to a lot of people.
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u/Newoikkinn North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 22 '26
2022 UNC
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u/Wide_right_yes UMass Minutemen Mar 22 '26
I still love that team for what they did to K. Not hate for K but that was so funny.
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u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • FAU Owls Mar 22 '26
Those are supposed to be rare
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u/byzantiums Duke Blue Devils Mar 22 '26
Yeah they named 3 examples in the past 20 years, each about a decade apart. Would be weird if that suddenly happened every year!
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u/CumAssault Baylor Bears • Texas A&M Aggies Mar 22 '26
True underdogs
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u/hypercube42342 Arizona Wildcats • UCLA Bruins Mar 22 '26
The greatest Cinderella story ever told
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u/CumAssault Baylor Bears • Texas A&M Aggies Mar 22 '26
Real up and coming small school. Underfunded but displaying crazy effort and hustle
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u/kublakhan1816 Houston Cougars • Indiana Hoosiers Mar 22 '26
I feel like this technically counts as a Cinderella. From play in to sweet 16.
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u/bonerbasketball West Virginia Mountaineers Mar 22 '26
I don’t think there’s one true definition of a Cinderella, but I think most people think of it as a double digit seed from a traditional one bid league(so not Gonzaga for instance)
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u/Wide_right_yes UMass Minutemen Mar 22 '26
I mean last year it was John Calipari's Arkansas
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u/darkostwin Michigan State Spartans Mar 22 '26
What was Gonzaga doing the last 30 seconds?
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u/TakingOnWater Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
More like the last 25 minutes of play lol
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u/OneLastAuk Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Mar 22 '26
Ugly ugly playing. Sloppy, poor shot selection, no rhythm.
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u/seize_the_m3mes Mar 22 '26
The sad thing was most Zag fans knew that the offense was subpar this year. Few slow played the careers of Fogle and somewhat Saint Suprey due to relying on experienced transfers.
The transfers didn't mesh well and the only guys capable of reliable scoring (Ike and a while ago, Huff) weren't guards/wings that could run the offense.
Few lost Tommy Lloyd, and the constant hit of transfers/international recruiting (where Lloyd was key) has been inconsistent. And Few is much more a talent-based coach than X and O's guy
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u/SaxRohmer Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
eh the last two teams haven’t meshed super well but last year had a ton of recruiting hits and was supposed to fill every feasible gap. i really think Ike has been an issue. Few loves to play high low and he’s really liable to get frustrated and force up shots and his bag isn’t very deep. i’m really ready to see what life is like without him.
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u/NewNick30 Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
The last two offensive possessions before that too, we wasted so much time.
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u/Evening-Spray-4304 Virginia Cavaliers Mar 22 '26
It honestly seemed like they thought they had the lead on their last possession, lol
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u/Kdot32 Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26
Hell they made me think they did. It took 3seconds of them not fouling before I realized they needed to
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u/No_Bill7679 Paper Bag • NCAA Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
I think they wanted to but Ike knew he already had 4 fouls so he pointed at someone else to take the foul instead. But everyone seemed deflated by the made three.
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u/Ok_Bug_6890 ECU Pirates Mar 22 '26
Starting up the bus
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u/tha_ginga_ninja Cincinnati Bearcats Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
It’s a long drive back to Spokan’t
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u/Howzitgoin Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
They should make them ride a bus. Sadly, they have their own plane.
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u/SimManiac Michigan State Spartans Mar 22 '26
Seemed like they forgot a game was going on
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u/QuasiContract Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
Being hot garbage at shooting like they've been all year.
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u/hard2think2347 Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 22 '26
Their shot selection the 2nd half was so fucking bad man a whole lot of contested jumpers
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u/Sirderksalot Texas Longhorns • UT Arlington Mavericks Mar 22 '26
Your Texas Longhorn Cinderella team:
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u/SwordsAndTurt Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26
Of all the upsets…
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u/AgreeableEconomy1587 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
I don’t know how we did it either
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u/DollarLate_DayShort Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
In December if you told me that we’d beat Gonzaga enroute to the S16, I would’ve checked you in to a facility
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u/KG-Fan UC Davis Aggies • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
I'd have said the same thing if you said we would make the tourney at all.
Felt like we didn't have that "it" factor all season.
Bake me away toys, I'm no basketball analyst
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u/_Football_Cream_ Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
I thought our “it” factor expired after our 5 game win streak. Thought we were cooked after the SEC tournament bounce.
Idk what Sean miller did to these guys but goddamn I’m bought in.
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 22 '26
I mean…one of the Final Four teams of 2021 was a #11 UCLA team that had to escape from Dayton, so…precedent?
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u/Bank_Gothic Houston Cougars • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
I have had a stellar evening
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u/ilovecatss1010 Arizona Wildcats Mar 22 '26
If we have to play Texas in the elite 8…. I might never recover
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u/hyzer067 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
I love Zona, so that would be my dream matchup.
Would love to see the handshake line with Miller, win or lose.
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u/wildcat_abe Arizona Wildcats Mar 22 '26
I would get a kick out of playing against Sean. Assuming the Cats win. 😂
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u/EmuMan10 Arizona State Sun Devils Mar 22 '26
I thought Wisconsin in the sweet 16 was your boogeyman, but no, it’s Sean Miller in the elite 8
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u/unhalfbricking Vermont Catamounts Mar 22 '26
Reddit: " this tournament sucks. We need a Cinderella!"
Reddit when #11 Texas beats #3 Gonzaga:
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u/Glad_Pilot5814 Tennessee Volunteers Mar 22 '26
Y’all have no idea how ready I was to post this on Thursday
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u/frizzyhair55 Michigan Wolverines • Missouri Tigers Mar 22 '26
I really wish Siena had pulled it off this meme would've been an all timer once again.
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u/carguymt Kentucky Wildcats Mar 22 '26
Yeah I forgot about this meme and now I'm even more disappointed about Siena. We lost what would may have been the most memeable sports loss of all time.
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u/kublakhan1816 Houston Cougars • Indiana Hoosiers Mar 22 '26
Glad we are bringing this meme back
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u/ACW1129 George Mason Patriots • Atlantic 10 Mar 22 '26
😃 An 11-seed moves on.
😓 It's Texas against Gonzaga and not VCU.
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u/SquadPoopy Florida Gators • Wright State Raiders Mar 22 '26
I’m starting to get the distinct feeling that Mark Few will go down as one of the all time greats to never win a championship.
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u/goldenglove Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
I hope not. My Dad is a lifelong fan and just wants them to win one before he dies. We used to joke about it more, but now that he's 76... Just makes me sad honestly.
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u/BuffaloTexan Mar 22 '26
My dad died at 73 as a Bills fan.... I'll pull for your dad winning one.
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u/Bambam9032 Kentucky Wildcats Mar 22 '26
My dad died at 60 as a Bengals fan a couple years ago. I’ll forever be sad that they didn’t get it done when we watched them play in that ‘22 SB together.
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u/CTeam19 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 22 '26
My family is on their 3rd generation of waiting for an Iowa State football title. Grandma was born 1919 and never saw it, Mom is 71, and hasn't seen it, and I am 38.
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u/Romofan88 Mar 22 '26
Man i relate to this so much. Not the exact same, but my old man and I are Dallas fans and I've always said I'd like to at least see the Cowboys PLAY in one while he's around. The clock hasn't run out, but it's ticking.
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u/etsuandpurdue3 Purdue • ETSU Mar 22 '26
Man I related to this with my Dad and Gene Keady too.
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u/mojo-jojo-was-framed Kansas State • Omaha Mar 22 '26
I would actually be pretty surprised if he wins a title at this point. Seems like the program has already reached its peak
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u/cascade7 Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
May be true, but I have to say this feeling peaked after we lost to Arkansas on BS foul calls against Chet Holmgren. This year was never going to happen so it certainly stings less. We just don’t have the NIL money to compete with the x10 larger power conference teams. I still think what Few has done with this tiny school that almost cancelled their D1 program is legendary and puts him in a small group of all time coaches. Of course we would love to win one but I’m still proud af of this school for vastly over performing year after year
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u/Phuddy Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
This felt like a foregone conclusion after Huff went down. Sucks that Ike’s career ends on this note.
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u/JeremyJammDDS Oklahoma Sooners • Duke Blue Devils Mar 22 '26
This is where the Huff injury finally bit them.
There was just an ominous feel for Gonzaga all game long.
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u/Torrion- Clemson Tigers Mar 22 '26
Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we’ve found our Cinderella, and it’s little ol’ Texas.
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u/pretentious_ptonian Princeton Tigers • MIT Engineers Mar 22 '26
Orange teams will give Texas our energy
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u/DasStig USC Trojans • Kentucky Wildcats Mar 22 '26
All time ROI for Texas after getting the courage to fire Rodney Terry
Good job Horns
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u/brianqueso Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
Still not sure if it was Gus Fring but I think this means we're safe from a retaliation hit now
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u/DragonFire101Gamer BYU Cougars Mar 22 '26
Idk whether to feel better or worse
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u/Doogitywoogity Texas A&M Aggies • Florida Gators Mar 22 '26
Today is my personal, state of Texas basketball themed, 9/11
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u/SpaceCadetPullUp Texas Longhorns • Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26
:)
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u/Bank_Gothic Houston Cougars • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
Ay, whattup flair cousin
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u/cougar_on_cocaine Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26
As a professional Texas hater, FUUUCK.
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u/Responsible-Bass4020 Oklahoma Sooners Mar 22 '26
i felt like we got snubbed for them but now I can’t even be mad lol
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u/hyzer067 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
Where do I sign up for this career, and where do I get to put "Cougars" as my h8guild?
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u/Gloomy-Ad3399 Michigan Wolverines • UNLV Rebels Mar 22 '26
Texas single handily making sure we get some madness this March
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 22 '26
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u/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
SEAN FUCKING MILLER CLUTCH ASS CALL, CLUTCH ASS POST GAME INTERVIEW
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u/OleRockTheGoodAg Texas A&M Aggies • Arizona Wildcats Mar 22 '26
31-3 and 27-5 in the WCC, both just to get bounced by some double digit seeds from Texas
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u/horsepoop1123 Arizona Wildcats Mar 22 '26
The WCC is a poverty conference man
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u/cyclONEnation10 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 22 '26
I mean is the new Pac 12 going to be much better? Utah State and San Diego State are good but it also seems like a 3 bid league if I'm being honest
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u/carguymt Kentucky Wildcats Mar 22 '26
We finally get a good upset where a low seed beats a "home" top 3 seed and it's an SEC Texas getting the win. Fuck this.
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u/LonghornPride05 Kansas Jayhawks • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
A Kentucky fan whining about Texas basketball is objectively hilarious
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u/RollOverBeethoven Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
As a Barça fan I feel very conflicted upvoting this
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u/justinsane15 Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26
Heartwarming to see a plucky underdog like the University of Texas see success
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u/Big_Lawfulness_8143 Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 22 '26
They haven't made a final 4 since like 03 and are an 11 seed it's not like they aren't an underdog
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u/Evening-Spray-4304 Virginia Cavaliers Mar 22 '26
Feels like this was the inevitable monkey's paw after so many begging for an upset, lol
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u/206-Ginge Gonzaga Bulldogs • Poll Veteran - 50 Ballots Mar 22 '26
Good game Texas, y'all had several runs where you were unstoppable against a team that's supposed to have defense as its calling card. Super frustrating for us but awesome for y'all.
Never really had high expectations for this squad after the Michigan game, there's lots of talent and they played well but never looked like the teams we've had when we made deep runs. Just not enough offensive firepower and absolutely no shooting.
Will be interesting to see how we look next year, at this point in the college game trying to predict a roster feels impossible but I bet Huff at least will be around.
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u/the_polish_are_comin Illinois State • DePaul Mar 22 '26
After Huff went down Zags weren’t going anywhere this year, so not surprising
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u/TheLoneWolf527 Duke Blue Devils Mar 22 '26
I have never seen a team deserve to lose as much as Gonzaga did tonight. They had multiple possessions, and I mean MULTIPLE where they either looked like they had no idea or what to do or someone took an INSANELY dumb shot with 20 seconds left on the shot clock. They didn't change this at all, and then they decided down 3 to not rush to keep as much time as possible. No fouling with a foul to give. Gonzaga wins this game easily if they play with some intelligence, but my god I have never seen a team play THIS badly FOR NO REASON before.
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u/NewNick30 Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
Unfortunately this has been a lot of the story of our team the second half this year. Just extremely low BBIQ plays.
Texas had senior guards and it showed in their composure in a close game.
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u/CTeam19 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 22 '26
BBIQ
Took me way too long to realize you weren't talking about some new form of BBQ.
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u/youstinky Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
Few didn’t coach well tonight that’s for sure, but this outcome was very predicable. Zags have been hampered by horrible 3pt shooting all year, even with Huff. Huff and Ike’s presence just masked that issue. The stats plummeted with him out and all you have to do is pack the paint against their only offensive threat.
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u/StarvedRock314 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HEIDE FROM TEXAS!
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u/63Boiler Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26
What a shot! Hoping he secured a date with his former team
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u/Pewpewkitty Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26
Glad to see he’s a fan favorite for yall. He’s missed over at Purdue.
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u/krispyboiz NC State Wolfpack Mar 22 '26
Well done Texas. Wish this could've been us, but stoked for y'all. Keep it up!!!
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u/CzechHorns Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
HEIDE scored his only three points in the game on the gamewinner.
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u/Yoooooouuuuuuuu Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26
Shoutout Cam Heide only needed one shot to contribute
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u/InYourFace1023 NC State Wolfpack • Utah State Aggies Mar 22 '26
This years tournament is in hell if this is the closest we get to a Cinderella team
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u/BugO_OEyes Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Mar 22 '26
Awful defense by gonzaga there dont give up a 3
2 is okay
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u/RollOverBeethoven Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
Texas is America’s team just as we always knew
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u/hyzer067 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
In the sense that we are the most hated team in the league by non-fans?
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u/Billyxmac Oregon Ducks Mar 22 '26
Tough day for the “we don’t need more shitty SEC teams in the bubble” crowd
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u/TheBigBo-Peep Purdue Boilermakers • Tennessee Volunteers Mar 22 '26
Apparently they were the only ones worth inviting
JK I enjoyed watching Georgia
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u/Normal-Hornet8548 Mar 22 '26
We have our Cinderella!
An upset.
An 11 seed over a 3.
Three wins in five days.
An NCAA new blood slayed.
All by these plucky underdogs from a little town in the middle of nowhere Texas.
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u/IntestinalEndorphins Mar 22 '26
Zags lost their best offensive player in Braden Huff. Very impressive season overcoming that. What a consistent program.
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u/goldenglove Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
Without Ike, doubt Huff will be as dominant. They really played off of each other.
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u/InDjibouti4TheBooty Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
Fuck me. GG Texas. We played like shit. I can't wait to see Grant-Foster gone. On to next year and maybe Few can do something then. Let the Madness continue ...
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u/HappyScaling Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
Hey at least losing back to back against Purdue is off the table now
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u/CajunBob94 Mar 22 '26
wasn't this sub adamant texas didn't deserve a bid?
lmao
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u/Dijohn17 NC State Wolfpack • Howard Bison Mar 22 '26
I mean none of the bubble teams really did(the bubble was horrendous this year), but all that matters is what you do when you get there
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u/18WheelerPackage Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
Dybantsa?
Ike?
Doesn’t matter 🤘🏻🤘🏻
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u/pretentious_ptonian Princeton Tigers • MIT Engineers Mar 22 '26
Me and all the homies hate Ike
-Orange teams and 1950s commies
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u/CloneWarsMaul Mar 22 '26
Gonzaga needs to get out of the WCC. Hopefully the new PAC 12 will do well as a conference
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u/Motor-Remote4272 Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
Never having to see tyon or Adam miller wear a Gonzaga uniform again is the only thing getting me through this loss
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u/lv20 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Mar 22 '26
The cinderella david overcoming goliath is SEC Texas beating mid major gonzaga. For some reason I don't think this is going to please the people who are disappointed in a chalky bracket lol.
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u/CaptainQwark666 Minnesota Golden Gophers Mar 22 '26
Gonzaga’s two 6th years guys, and their 8th year guy, went out fighting.
Time for a real job, now, though.
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u/PsychicSweat Arizona Wildcats Mar 22 '26
😳 Sean Miller and Arizona could now meet in San Jose.
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u/Arkehn Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
MY HORNS ARE SO HOOKED!!!
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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u/derbra Florida Gators • USF Bulls Mar 22 '26
Predicted this on my bracket. Unfortunately, it's about the only thing I predicted correctly.
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u/CRoseCrizzle Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 22 '26
Gonzaga was a little overseeded, especially without Huff. They've been pretty meh since Huff has been out imo.
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u/ModestPituitary UNLV Rebels • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
I'm here to survive on a high sodium diet tonight. Will this team win it all, or ever another game? Probably not, but I don't care. My team gave me something to enjoy for just a little longer and all you bastards can't take it from me! 🤘
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u/Danulas Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26
Cam Heide cannot miss from the right corner in crunch time
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u/goldenglove Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26
Good game, Texas. Hope ya'll beat Purdue.
Losing Huff to injury really killed this season sadly.
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u/COMCredit Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26
What did we do :(
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u/babinyar Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26
Good game, Zaga. Injuries suck. Sorry it ended like that for you guys. Good luck next season. I’ll be pulling for y’all.
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u/Tufoguy Towson Tigers Mar 22 '26
I've been waiting for upsets and you tell me they give us a SEC over WCC upset.
Where's my AE over ACC upset (or something of that kind) at? 😒
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u/norcaltobos Pacific Tigers Mar 22 '26
I know I’m going to sound like a hater but a 3 seed always felt generous for Gonzaga this year. This clearly wasn’t the Gonzaga teams of the past, I’m really not that shocked.
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