A season filled with gut checks and daunting challenges gave Texas another test. Like so many times before, Texas passed, surviving to become the highest seed...
for all but the first 94 seconds, second-seeded Texas dismantled No. 3 Xavier 83-71 in the Midwest Regional semifinals Friday. Texas led by as much as 24 and Xavier was never closer than the final margin the second half.
Marcus Carr and Christian Bishop each chipped in with 18. Bishop added nine rebounds stepping for Disu.said when asked about Disu’s injury. “They had his back tonight in a big way. He’s carried us.”on the line. Miami stunned top seed Houston 89-75 earlier Friday behind 26 points and seven 3-pointers by Nijel Pack. Houston, which is joining the Big 12 next season, finished 33-4.“We’ll continue to go day to day with his progress,” Terry said.
“For the past two years for me, since Day 1, meeting RT, he’s been nothing but an amazing coach, a guy that’s pushed me to get better,” Carr said. “He is my head coach.” “I wanted to give him that moment, though, to start the game and have a couple trips because he’s worked so hard and he’s earned the right to be here in a regional and play in a regional,” Terry said. “But we knew we weren’t going to have him very much in this game.”“We really wanted to play for him,” Carr said. “We knew how much this would mean for him. We all got emotional in there just knowing he wouldn’t be out there.
The Longhorns’ lockdown defense again played a big role, holding Xavier to 27.3% shooting in the first half with numerous misses from point-blank range. Fourteen of Xavier’s 24 misses were in the paint. The Musketeers started slow, making just of their first 14 shots, and shot 43.8% for the game.
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