Cedric Golden

Texas wil play the BYU-Kennesaw State winner at 6:10 p.m. Saturday.

The Texas Longhorns survived some spotty free throw shooting to take down BYU, 79-71. March Madness is alive and well in the 512. Horns get the Gonzaga-Kennesaw State winner Saturday.

What a pass from Dailyn Swain to Jordan Pope who drained a titanic triple from the corner. Horns up 75-68 with 81 seconds left.

Do yall think the Horns close it out? BYU has only five team fouls but are in the double bonus the rest of the way.

AJ Dybansta with one of the nastiest in-game dunks of the year. That was disgusting. And the Horns answer with a run of their own. Texas leads 63-51 with 12:15 left.

The Horns have answered a couple of BYU runs and maintain a 55-47 lead with 14:44 left. Matas Vokietaitis is having the game of his life.

BYU opens the half with a 7-2 run. Sean Miller is in a constant dialogue with the same ref he glared at the first half. Miller doesn't like that BYU is allowed to be handsy while the Horns are piling up fouls.. Also not happy the refs missed a goaltending call on a Matas drive.

Tramon Mark is on some different, eh, ish, today. He's picking up where he left off in Dayton. Another late shot goes down. Horns lead 46-37 at the half.

Chendall Weaver landed on his left shoulder on the drive. He's rubbing it on the bench. Took a hard fall.

BYU has missed all six 3-point attempts.

Sean Miller barked at an official before that timeout interview. Then he glared at the guy after he finished with the reporter. He's happy with the officiating but the Horns are up 30-25 with 6:42 left in the half.

Texas has to be near-perfect on offense to win. The Horns get very few easy buckets in transition.

That's 3 blocks for Tramon Mark. He just swatted away an AJ Dybansta shot.

Have you noticed how hard Tramon Mark is playing on defense the last couple of games? He has two blocks already.

BYU leads Texas 21-20 with 12:02 left in the half. It's a brisk pace, faster than Texas -- which likes a fast pace -- is used to playing.

Missouri State coach Vic Schaefer? While speaking today about the 16th-seeded Lady Bears, Schaefer recalled that he was turned down a few times for coaching jobs at Missouri State. No. 1 seed Texas and Missouri State will meet in the NCAA Tournament tomorrow. #HookEm

How about them Horns! Great job men. On to the next one. #HookEm #NCAAMarchMadness

Tramon Mark came to the rescue with a last-second jumper. Texas is into the big tournament with a 68-66 win over North Carolina State. What a finish. Horns will play BYU Thursday in Portland. Happy Madness.

Tramon Mark, wow

Heartbreak is coming to one of these teams. Which one??