The Texas Longhorns were a long shot heading into Selection Sunday but did enough to make the NCAA Tournament field to face off against the Xavier Musketeers in the First Four on Wednesday in Dayton at approximately 8:10 p.m. Central on truTV.
Texas opens as a 2.5-point underdog against the Musketeers, according to Fanduel, setting them up for a potential Cinderella Run. The wins over the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Texas A&M Aggies in the SEC Tournament, which both made the field as higher seeds than the Longhorns, seemingly put them over the edge in the eyes of the selection committee.