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No. 11 seed Texas became the first team in five years to go
from the NCAA Tournament's First Four to the Sweet 16, beati ng No.
3 seed Gonzaga 74-68 on Saturday.
First-year coach Sean Miller's Longhorns, who lost five of six
entering the tournament, is the first First Four
team to reach the Sweet 16 since UCLA, which made it all the way to the Final
Four in 2021.
This is the second year in a row where Gonzaga lost in the
Second Round. They previously reached the Sweet 16
in nine consecutive tournaments, a run that included two losses in the
national title game.
And that loss killed our brackets well most of our brackets. Gonzaga's loss meant a loss for 151 of our brackets. But it meant a sweet victory and huge jump in points for
the 13 brackets who picked Texas to advance to the Sweet 16.
The next most impactful game on our bracket was the #12 High
Point upset of #5 Wisconsin 124 brackets took a loss on that game.
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