NEW YORK — A disappointing regular season gave way to a superlative NIT run and tournament title as the Texas Longhorns finished with a five-game winning streak courtesy of a 81-66 victory over the Lipscomb Bisons at Madison Square Garden on Thursday evening that was never seriously in doubt following a 24-7 run to finish the first half.
The program’s second NIT championship finally showed the consistency missing from this team all season. Instead of the team that lost to Radford and Georgia and Oklahoma State, the Texas team that showed up over the final five games looked more like the group that beat North Carolina and Kansas and Purdue.