Texas Triumphs in SEC Showdown, Eyes At-Large Berth

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00:00That first game on the board was a huge one in the Lone Star showdown between Texas A&M and Texas.

00:07The Longhorns have now won two consecutive games to start off their rendition of SEC

00:13tournament action and that one yesterday over their bitter foes in the Aggies might be good

00:19enough to send Texas to the NCAA tournament. Now healthy, this Texas team looks like the

00:27preseason top 25 team we all expected to be led by one of the great freshmen in the sport

00:33in Trey Johnson. They outlast the Aggies in double overtime 94-89. Texas wins outright as a

00:41five and a half point dog. Yeah like you say in the NFL any given Sunday in the SEC any given day

00:47anybody can beat anybody it feels like outside of maybe South Carolina and you're seeing some of

00:51those results. You can get hot in this tournament, you can put up more victories, you can start to

00:56sway some opinions, you can put yourself in the bubble. Let's just say Texas just keeps winning

01:00and winds up let's just say in the SEC title game in the toughest conference here only going 6-12

01:05in the regular season and as you said getting healthy now playing better at the right time

01:08that could sway some people and some information to go with you as opposed to against you but also

01:14a double overtime victory all that mocks here but understand this you don't play double overtime

01:18game like whoo man we don't play again till next Sunday no you play right away the very next day

01:23we'll see if Texas is up to the challenge and we'll see right that slingshot theory Texas playing

01:29their best basketball can they continue doing just that they take on Tennessee during the afternoon

01:35of semi or quarterfinal Friday rather at the Southeastern Conference Tournament. The Vols

01:41want to grind you out defensively. Texas yesterday playing with a ferocity and a motor matching that

01:47of Buzz Williams and his Aggies but when you look at Texas A&M right now DRS they lost four straight

01:54toward the tail end of the regular season even including their opening game in March against

01:59Florida bounced back with two straight wins in their final week including at home against Auburn

02:04a road win against LSU dropped their opener in the SEC tourney so they dropped five of their final

02:11seven awaiting their fate on selection Sunday A&M will be in just a matter of seed line right now

02:18one thing to know about the Aggies as you start to fill out your bracket everything will be

02:22matchup dependent if Texas A&M is playing a team that is not great rebounding that is weak on the

02:27glass favor A&M the best offensive rebounding team you will ever see no second opportunity

02:36is out of bounds DRS as we go through the rest of the SEC tournament that we saw yesterday let's

02:43get to the boring game of the four if you will Missouri knocking off Mississippi State as Donnie

02:49and I said yesterday we love Mizzou to cover lay in three and a half points we love the total two

02:54sky over 155 and a half working its way up through the afternoon and evening hours both of those

03:01cash as Missouri knocks off the Bulldogs 85 73 over that total of 155 and a hook 156 and a half

03:09even yeah good basketball team 10 and 8 in the SEC which again is a very good record here in the

03:14regular season and it's one of those things we look at Mississippi State don't really know what

03:17to get out of them anymore defensive identity really not there they get they get pasted on a

03:22night-to-night basis their calling card for Chris Jans was supposed to be we're going to play really

03:26good defense and slow it down they do the opposite of around so maybe an identity crisis for that

03:31team that's slipping up and again was out at 39 points in the first half 46 in the second half

03:36from Mizzou Missouri again a fun team which we say a lot in the SEC but the question mark

03:41certainly around for those Bulldogs and who are they actually