Longhorns have lost several key players during the season but they won't use that as an...
Texas guard Rori Harmon and coach Vic Schaefer won't look for any excuses as team heads to NCAA tournament against East Carolina.Texas accepts that the lofty outside expectations are warranted. Make two straight trips to the Elite Eight and people start to expect it. Tack on the program’s first Big 12 regular-season title in 19 years and, well, everyone starts itching for even more.
Fourth-seeded Texas begins its NCAA tournament with a first-round matchup against No. 13 seed East Carolina at the Moody Center in Austin. If the Longhorns win, they’ll face either No. 5 seed Louisville or No. 12 seed Drake on Monday. And though third-year coach Vic Schaefer has lamented the Longhorns’ injury misfortune at times, the hard-driving coach knows Texas' opponents won’t shed any tears.
“We talked about how when you lose such a special player like Sonya, it's not like one person can fill that role immediately, it's everyone needs to step up,” junior guard Shay Holle said. “We kind of took it as a team effort, everyone stepping up in their own way.”
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