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Abilene Christian Earned Every Bit Of Its Remarkable Upset of Texas

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INDIANAPOLIS — This time, Cinderella was late. The clock had, literally, already struck midnight at Lucas Oil Stadium by the time No. 14 seed Abilene Christian showed up in earnest at the dance, as junior forward Joe Pleasant made his way to the foul line. Somewhere in a chaotic scramble that followed a clutch Texas three and a key Texas block, Pleasant wound up central enough to the fray to draw a foul from Longhorns guard Matt Coleman with 1.