Bricking From the Corner: TCU 69, Texas 56

In a game that means a lot for both Texas and TCU’s postseason trajectories, only TCU executed to the level necessary to ensure they’re on the right side of the bubble. Texas was sloppy on defense and TCU sped the Longhorns up on offense to TCU’s tempo for long enough in the first half that it flipped a Texas lead into a TCU lead which the Horned Frogs never relinquished. Add in a sizable helping of Desmond Bane going nuts from deep and you get the result today.

In what is probably Hayes’ last game in Austin - unless Texas goes to the NIT, which, hooraaaaay? - he showed some of the things that made him a likely lottery pick. While his defense was somewhat questionable and his rebounding is a…