Second-seeded Texas enters this year's NCAA tournament with lofty expectations. But without interim coach Rodney Terry stepping up, there's no telling how the Longhorns would've handled the strains of this season.
Texas head coach Rodney Terry during overtime of an NCAA college basketball game against Oklahoma in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. DES Moines, Iowa – Rodney Terry didn’t have long to sit with the shock the morning of Dec. 12.
To that end, Terry gathered the team’s six elder rotation players and sophomore guard Tyrese Hunter for an open discussion early that morning. Everyone spoke through their confusion and uncertainty, aired it all out. Asked about Beard landing a new job so soon, the Longhorns refrained from any substantial commentary, opting instead for brief and generic “best wishes.”
The last time a Texas team entered the NCAA field with such expectations, Rick Barnes was the head coach, Terry was his lead assistant and D.J. Augustin was arguably the best guard in the country.There’s myriad reasons Texas is such a trendy Final Four pick despite its failure to advance to even the Sweet Sixteen since that 2008 team led by Augustin.
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