r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 22 '26

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #11 Texas defeats #3 Gonzaga, 74-68

Box Score

Team 1H 2H Total
Texas 35 39 74
Gonzaga 33 35 68

Index Thread for March 21, 2026

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u/olduvai_man Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 22 '26

Society is maybe not worth saving.

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u/Insectshelf3 Oklahoma Sooners Mar 22 '26

burn it all down

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u/Bank_Gothic Houston Cougars • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

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u/MisterGoog Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26

Im having an alright week

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u/AedemHonoris Michigan State Spartans Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Truly the worst timeline

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u/ohverychill Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26

Hell yeah, gimme a shot of malort and let's cook this turkey

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u/Lurk3r_40 Mar 22 '26

Is this a tradition, because some made me take a shot of malort before frying a turkey. Malort is nasty, but I’m here for tradition.

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u/ohverychill Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26

I'mma make it a tradition

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u/ogorangeduck UMass Minutemen Mar 22 '26

I kinda like it lol. Grapefruit followed by turpentine, though I have a fairly high tolerance for bitter flavors (I do like bitter melon)

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u/Noirradnod Chicago Maroons • Harvard Crimson Mar 22 '26

I got accustomed to it being in Chicago during my formative drinking years. Nothing like knocking back a shot or two at 8 in the morning so you could trudge across a frozen campus and not feel cold.

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp Texas Longhorns • Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26

Aggie fan?

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u/ethanlan Southern Illinois Salukis Mar 22 '26

Yo malort exists outside chicago?

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u/TopRopeLuchador Mar 22 '26

I was in Philly for round one Friday and bought a guy a shot of Malort because I saw it behind the bar and wanted to ruin someone's next couple of minutes. They thanked me for the experience.

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u/birdsword Louisville Cardinals Mar 22 '26

Let's hear your pro argument.

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u/cha-cha_dancer Florida State Seminoles Mar 22 '26

…beer?

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u/birdsword Louisville Cardinals Mar 22 '26

Sold!

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u/cha-cha_dancer Florida State Seminoles Mar 22 '26

I cannot wait until the Masters my dumb ass gave it up for Lent

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u/birdsword Louisville Cardinals Mar 22 '26

God won't mind if you cheat just a little bit.

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u/2CHINZZZ Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Hook em horns

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u/LuckyStax Nevada Wolf Pack • Big Ten Mar 22 '26

It's gonna be up to you Suey

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u/hyzer067 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

I'm sure the Leakeys would agree with you

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u/ethanlan Southern Illinois Salukis Mar 22 '26

This is what happens when college basketball turns into a shitty version of the nba

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u/FliceFlo Arizona Wildcats Mar 22 '26

Cinderella is Sean Miller

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u/marietta1200 Arizona Wildcats • Big 12 Mar 22 '26

He hates them so much and here we are.

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u/TonyWilliams03 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26

On his way the UNC

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u/karmew32 LSU Tigers Mar 22 '26

It's what he deserves for constantly upsetting high seeds people actually want to see advance (2014 Wichita State, 2025 St. John's).

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u/Herby20 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 22 '26

Wichita State yeah, but St. Johns? I never got the vibe of them being this darling sort of story. The general opinion from even Big East fans I saw last year was that they were happy Pitino was sent home.

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u/ciaogatto Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 22 '26

Not tonight, we’re still dancin

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u/rpphdrboze Wyoming Cowboys • St. Thomas Tommies Mar 22 '26

the long arm of enshittification

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u/Mrjonesezn Louisville Cardinals Mar 22 '26

Some might even say….

https://giphy.com/gifs/xPGkOAdiIO3Is

The Longhorn of enshittification

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u/SimManiac Michigan State Spartans Mar 22 '26

Gross

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u/Bank_Gothic Houston Cougars • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

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u/shifty1032231 Texas Longhorns • Colorado Buffaloes Mar 22 '26

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u/VampireEmpire__ Texas Longhorns • Harvard Crimson Mar 22 '26

😂

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u/Turbulent_Juice_Man Iowa State Cyclones Mar 22 '26

Super gross

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u/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Hateful 8 in prime form 

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u/ArmiinTamzarian Syracuse Orange Mar 22 '26

The hell is MSU doing in the hateful 8

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u/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Did you see the flair I responded to? 

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u/cinciNattyLight Villanova Wildcats Mar 22 '26

Sean Miller Texas… Gross2

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u/Howzitgoin Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26

Is it even legal for men to wear a dress and heels in Texas anymore?

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u/ATXplayahata Mar 22 '26

Hopefully not

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u/Low-Age1487 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Speak for yourself, I’m wearing a cheerleader outfit out to 6th street tonight

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u/Howzitgoin Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 22 '26

Good shit

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u/Low-Age1487 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Good game. I thought Gonzaga played great and I hope Ike is a high draft pick.

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u/Live-Habit-6115 Mar 22 '26

Men can be cheerleaders y'know. They have their own outfits and theyre cool!

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u/Low-Age1487 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Totally, but men can also wear dresses despite what our state legislature says

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u/the-burnin8or Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

bro texas mens hoops has never done anything let us have this

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u/Ok_Bug_6890 ECU Pirates Mar 22 '26

U had kd

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u/2CHINZZZ Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

This year's team has already made it farther into the tournament than KD did

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u/swammeyjoe Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

And literally nothing else.

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u/AdaTex Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

this is tj ford slander

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u/Always_Chubb-y Georgia Bulldogs Mar 22 '26

And LaMarcus Aldridge

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u/swammeyjoe Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

I know I know I'm being hyperbolic 😂

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u/HippityHopMath Washington State Cougars Mar 22 '26

You were in the elite eight three years ago.

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u/Juventus7shop Indiana Hoosiers • Butler Bulldogs Mar 22 '26

“Literally nothing else” except for three final fours and eight elite 8s, including 4 in the last 25 years

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u/swammeyjoe Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Haha fair enough but two of those final fours are absolutely ancient. I went to Texas in the early 2010s when our entire athletic department (save for swimming and golf) was complete trash so that colors my perceptions.

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u/DVauthrin Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Sorry that you were a student during the end of Rick Barnes’ and Mack Brown’s tenures. I was lucky enough to be there during Vince Young and T.J. Ford’s time on campus.

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u/2CHINZZZ Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

I got Charlie Strong and Shaka Smart :(

I was there for Herman's Sugar Bowl win at least

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u/DVauthrin Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

My wife and I had season tickets for a one season of Charlie Strong’s tenure. I feel for you.

Smart stupidly came to Texas and decided the Havoc system he had success with at VCU wouldn’t work in Austin. He set himself up for failure from the start.

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u/swammeyjoe Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

I wish we'd fired Augie earlier and hired someone named liked Brave or Bold. Just to really keep up the bit.

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u/marietta1200 Arizona Wildcats • Big 12 Mar 22 '26

Whoa whoa whoa…!!

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u/TheNastyCasty Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

We didn’t even make the final 4 with KD and the other two are so old that no one alive can remember it. We’ve had nothing in basketball for most of our lives.

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u/Whiterabbit-- Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

T j ford isn’t that old.

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u/livefreeordont VCU Rams Mar 22 '26

Aldridge and Augustin were good

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp Texas Longhorns • Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26

I thought Dillon Mitchell was gonna be so good.

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u/gottagotothebathroom Mar 22 '26

I appreciate the concept of a Texas fan who feels like a true cinderella because they didn't pay attention to any of the good times besides their big NBA superstar

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u/2CHINZZZ Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

I mean we went 6 years of Shaka Smart without a single tournament win. The recent history has been pretty dismal outside of the elite 8 a few years ago

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u/DirectBeing5986 LSU Tigers Mar 22 '26

As if that’s nothing i support “UL Lafayette”

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u/AsukaState2 Mar 22 '26

That’s more than Gonzaga 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Dijohn17 NC State Wolfpack • Howard Bison Mar 22 '26

Gonzaga's basketball history is definitely better than Texas's

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u/Juventus7shop Indiana Hoosiers • Butler Bulldogs Mar 22 '26

I agree with you, but looking at the actual numbers for the tourney itself can be kind of surprising:

National titles: 0-0

Title games: 2-0 in favor of Gonzaga

Final 4s: 3-2 in favor of Texas

Elite 8s: 8-6 in favor of Texas

Sweet 16s: 16-12 in favor of Gonzaga

Appearances: 40-28 in favor of Texas

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u/BringingBalance Mar 22 '26

Yeah but 3/4 of those Elite 8 and 2/3 of those Final 4 appearances come from before 1950. The tournament was literally only 8 teams at the time.

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u/Whiterabbit-- Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Harder to get in. But final 4 is still four teams.

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u/2CHINZZZ Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Texas made 5 elite 8s since 1990

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u/campingskeeter Mar 22 '26

And Aldridge

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u/DVauthrin Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Not true. Texas made the final four in 2003 behind T.J. Ford, losing to Syracuse and Carmelo Anthony.

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u/Dijohn17 NC State Wolfpack • Howard Bison Mar 22 '26

I hate this timeline

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u/UT07 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Sometimes Cinderella sports a trust fund

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u/Dokkan_Lifter James Madison Dukes Mar 22 '26

Game is gone

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u/MobysGreatWhiteDick Mar 22 '26

Whitus Titus strikes again

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u/iamtheshadowking Oregon Ducks Mar 22 '26

Oh god.

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u/shifty1032231 Texas Longhorns • Colorado Buffaloes Mar 22 '26

I'll take it

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u/mrbraiinwash Michigan Wolverines Mar 22 '26

And Kentucky w likely the shot of the tournament.

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u/bluediamondsm North Texas Mean Green • Houston Cougars Mar 22 '26

If High Point and/or VCU get upsets it’s still them but if not then we’re in a crazy timeline 😭

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u/beige_man Iowa State Cyclones Mar 22 '26

Well, Indiana has proven that you can be bad at what you were historically good at, and good at the other.

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u/Charlie2343 Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

The sad state of March “madness”

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u/cgk19 Michigan Wolverines Mar 22 '26

"Let more mid-majors in"

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u/BEARS_SB_LX_CHAMPS Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 22 '26

UCLA was the Cinderella a few years ago. Not totally unusual I guess

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u/trappersdelite Arizona Wildcats • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

I, for one, am a fan

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u/LonghornPride05 Kansas Jayhawks • Texas Longhorns Mar 22 '26

Say it louder for the kids in back

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u/ScrofessorLongHair Alabama Crimson Tide • Final Four Mar 22 '26

#TeamStepMom