After battling back from a 10-point second-half deficit, Texas upset No. 14 Baylor in OT, 61-59. A bench-clearing scuffle at the 2:06 mark in overtime resulted in the ejection of seven players: John Heard, Johnathan Motley and Ishmail Wanwright for Baylor and Cam Ridley, Connor Lammert, Kendal Yancy, and Prince Ibeh for Texas.
Leading the country in the category, Texas held a block party, stuffing the Bears 12 times. Texas’s Isaiah Taylor who survived ejection after engaging in a scuffle with Baylor’s Royce O’Neale, went on to hit the game winner runner with 5 seconds to play in overtime.
While the low- and mid-major conferences prepare for tournaments, the big conferences still have one week remaining in the regular season … and what a week it’s set up to be. Take, for instance, Monday night’s docket, featuring two huge Big 12 matchups and an ACC showdown. So yes, this may seem counter-intuitive, but we’re wishing our weekend away, looking forward to Monday night.
It’s the last full weekend of the regular season as mid-major and low-major conferences begin their conference tournaments next week. And the slate of games doesn’t disappoint. There are two huge games in the Big 12 (but aren’t we saying that every weekend?), a late-night special in the WCC and a Big East battle that has all the makings of an instant classic. Grab your popcorn and settle in for a day of fantastic hoops.
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