The Texas Longhorns have team chemistry as strong as any in this NCAA Tournament.
Texas guard Marcus Carr celebrates after making a basket during the second half of the NCAA college basketball championship game against Kansas in the Big 12 Conference tournament Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. – The Texas Longhorns have only one player who has been around longer than two years, a unique roster shaped by super seniors who showed up through the transfer portal and true freshmen who came to the program the traditional way.
“Twenty years from now, I will still be connected with these guys and we will always remember this moment, because we faced so much this year but we stuck together,” freshman Dillon Mitchell said."This is something I’m blessed to be a part of.”as a No. 14 seed last year. The No. 15 seed Red Raiders are the second-best shooting team in the nation at 51.4% behind only Gonzaga.Averaging 17.
The Horizon League Tournament champion Norse are making their third NCAA appearance in seven seasons of eligibility for the tournament, after the required four-year reclassification period following the move up from Division II. They have yet to win an NCAA Tournament game. The Tigers rank fifth nationally in holding opponents to 28.8% in 3-point shooting. The Hawkeyes are averaging 80.2 points per game, 18th-best.Penn State coach Micah Shrewsberry guided the Nittany Lions in his second season to the Big Ten Tournament championship game, where theyto East No. 1 seed Purdue. That has made him a hot name on the market, with Notre Dame and Georgetown mentioned on the rumor mill as interested programs with vacancies.
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