AUSTIN -- Through each game since early January, win or lose, the Texas Longhorns have insisted teammate Andrew Jones has been with them every step of the way as they fought to return to the NCAA Tournament.
When it came time to see if their name would be called on Selection Sunday, the Longhorns dialed up Jones, who is in Houston for leukemia treatments, on a video conference call. They watched and listened together.
"He called it out before we did, maybe his TV was a couple of seconds ahead," junior guard Kerwin Roach II said. "He's so excited.