Texas faces Xavier's explosive offense in Sweet 16 matchup in NCAA Tournament
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(2) Texas vs. (3) Xavier
NCAA Tournament Sweet 16: 8:45 p.m. Friday, T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.
TV/radio: CBS/104.9
About the series: Texas leads 3-2. The Longhorns edged Xavier 78-76 in a 2019 second-round NIT Tournament game in the last meeting between the teams.
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About the Longhorns: Disu averaged a team-best 22.5 points and 10 rebounds a game while shooting 71% from the floor in the Longhorns’ first two NCAA Tournament games, and he set a single-game school record with 14 baskets while scoring 28 points in Saturday’s 71-66 second-round win over Penn State. … Allen set his season high in rebounds with 12 against Penn State while reaching double figures on the boards for the third time this season. … Texas is making its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2008, and the team’s 28 wins are tied for the third most in a single season in program history and the most since 2010-11.
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About the Musketeers: Boum transferred to Xavier prior to this season from UTEP, where he played two seasons under current Texas interim head coach Rodney Terry. … Miller, who also coached Xavier from 2004-05 through 2008-09, returned this year after 12 years at Arizona. He’s now led Xavier to the Sweet 16 in each of his past three seasons at the school. … Xavier leans on one of the country's most efficient and explosive offenses; the Musketeers lead the nation in assists per game at 19.2, are No. 6 nationally in field-goal percentage at 49.3%, No. 5 in 3-point shooting at 38.9% and are No. 11 in points per game with 81.2.
— Thomas Jones
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas will try to slow Xavier's explosive offense in Sweet 16 matchup
