AUSTIN, Texas — “All day long, I kept thinking, ‘I want the season to continue. I want to keep playing.’”
The Texas Longhorns clearly felt the same way as head coach Shaka Smart, as the Horns scored the first 19 points on Tuesday evening at the Erwin Center and then survived the onslaught by the South Dakota State Jackrabbits to pull out a 79-73 victory in the NIT.
If the biggest question facing the team was whether they would respond after missing the NCAA Tournament, it was answered quickly and emphatically by a team that started the game aggressively on offense and defense.