Blog 5

The NCAA tournament bracket was released yesterday and for the first time in 40 years, a Texas team will not be participating. University of Texas, Texas A&M, University of Houston, Baylor, Stephen F Austin, Texas Tech, and all other Texas schools missed the cut. Texas has always had someone to root for but this year all the teams under performed. Texas lost their star player Myck Kabongo, projected first round pick. After the loss of star point guard, the team loss all momentum and couldn't beat the big name teams. A&M struggled to replace Khris Middelton, and couldn't adjust to their new conference- the SEC. Baylor also lost players to the NBA, Perry Jones and Quincy Acy. Baylor was projected to e a high seed in the tournament, but Freshman center Isiah Austin couldn't lead the team. It is unfortunate was Senior point guard Pierre Jackson to not make the tournament in his final year. The second largest state will have no teams to play in the NCAA tournament while South Dakota will have at least one team.