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How to buy NCAA Tournament Portland Regional Women’s Sweet 16 and Elite 8 tickets

Want to watch March Madness and the women’s Sweet 16/Elite 8 live in Portland this weekend? Tickets are still available for as little as $23.

Only 16 teams remain in the 2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament, and half of them will be playing in Portland, Ore. this weekend.

That’s right, March Madness heads to Portland as Moda Center at the Rose Quarter is set to host a weekend of Sweet 16 and Elite matchups that will eventually send two teams onto Cleveland and the Final Four.

SHOP: Portland Regional Sweet 16 and Elite 8 tickets

Individual tickets to Portland’s Sweet 16 action give access to both games on a single day.

On Friday, March 29, No. 2 Stanford kicks off the Portland Regionals when they take on No. 3 North Carolina State at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

That game will be immediately followed by No. 1 Texas vs. No. 5 Gonzaga.

SHOP: Friday Sweet 16 tickets for as little as $23

On Saturday, March 30, the other Portland Regional gets underway with JuJu Watkins and No. 1 USC vs. No. 5 Baylor at 5:30 p.m. EDT.

That game will be immediately followed by Paige Bueckers and No. 3 UConn vs. No. 7 Duke.

SHOP: Saturday Sweet 16 tickets for as little as $37

If you want to catch all the action, weekend passes are still available for as little as $146.

The weekend passes include access to all four of Thursday and Friday’s Sweet 16 games and then both Saturday’s and Sunday’s Elite Eight showdowns between the winners of Thursday and Friday’s Sweet 16 contests.

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How to buy NCAA Tournament Portland Regional Women’s Sweet 16 and Elite 8 tickets

Want to watch March Madness and the women’s Sweet 16/Elite 8 live in Portland this weekend? Tickets are still available for as little as $23.

Only 16 teams remain in the 2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament, and half of them will be playing in Portland, Ore. this weekend.

That’s right, March Madness heads to Portland as Moda Center at the Rose Quarter is set to host a weekend of Sweet 16 and Elite matchups that will eventually send two teams onto Cleveland and the Final Four.

SHOP: Portland Regional Sweet 16 and Elite 8 tickets

Individual tickets to Portland’s Sweet 16 action give access to both games on a single day.

On Friday, March 29, No. 2 Stanford kicks off the Portland Regionals when they take on No. 3 North Carolina State at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

That game will be immediately followed by No. 1 Texas vs. No. 5 Gonzaga.

SHOP: Friday Sweet 16 tickets for as little as $23

On Saturday, March 30, the other Portland Regional gets underway with JuJu Watkins and No. 1 USC vs. No. 5 Baylor at 5:30 p.m. EDT.

That game will be immediately followed by Paige Bueckers and No. 3 UConn vs. No. 7 Duke.

SHOP: Saturday Sweet 16 tickets for as little as $37

If you want to catch all the action, weekend passes are still available for as little as $146.

The weekend passes include access to all four of Thursday and Friday’s Sweet 16 games and then both Saturday’s and Sunday’s Elite Eight showdowns between the winners of Thursday and Friday’s Sweet 16 contests.

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How to buy NCAA Tournament Portland Regional Women’s Sweet 16 and Elite 8 tickets

Want to watch March Madness and the women’s Sweet 16/Elite 8 live in Portland this weekend? Tickets are still available for as little as $23.

Only 16 teams remain in the 2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament, and half of them will be playing in Portland, Ore. this weekend.

That’s right, March Madness heads to Portland as Moda Center at the Rose Quarter is set to host a weekend of Sweet 16 and Elite matchups that will eventually send two teams onto Cleveland and the Final Four.

SHOP: Portland Regional Sweet 16 and Elite 8 tickets

Individual tickets to Portland’s Sweet 16 action give access to both games on a single day.

On Friday, March 29, No. 2 Stanford kicks off the Portland Regionals when they take on No. 3 North Carolina State at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

That game will be immediately followed by No. 1 Texas vs. No. 5 Gonzaga.

SHOP: Friday Sweet 16 tickets for as little as $23

On Saturday, March 30, the other Portland Regional gets underway with JuJu Watkins and No. 1 USC vs. No. 5 Baylor at 5:30 p.m. EDT.

That game will be immediately followed by Paige Bueckers and No. 3 UConn vs. No. 7 Duke.

SHOP: Saturday Sweet 16 tickets for as little as $37

If you want to catch all the action, weekend passes are still available for as little as $146.

The weekend passes include access to all four of Thursday and Friday’s Sweet 16 games and then both Saturday’s and Sunday’s Elite Eight showdowns between the winners of Thursday and Friday’s Sweet 16 contests.

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What a successful portal haul looks like for Texas hoops offseason

How head coach Rodney Terry approaches the transfer portal will indicate what he learned last offseason.

Texas head coach Rodney Terry is a good basketball coach. That much seems evident through two seasons in Austin. Whether or not he is good enough at roster building is up for debate.

Terry is 4-2 in the NCAA tournament at Texas. An Elite Eight finish and Big 12 tournament title headline Terry’s accomplishments on the Forty Acres. If given a talented roster, he can guide it to tournament wins. That his current team won a game in March Madness is impressive in its own right.

The team that Terry assembled for the 2023-24 campaign was lacking. It was incomplete because of a lackluster effort in the portal or an inability to close enough big time players. They were certainly available in the last transfer portal class. Texas just didn’t bring in the same volume of quality players it brought in over the prior two offseasons.

The last portal class didn’t yield a guard combo of Marcus Carr and Sir’Jabari Rice. It didn’t come close. There was no alpha forward or leader like Timmy Allen. A successful portal haul has to include a lot more of players like that for the Longhorns this offseason.

To his credit, Terry has an excellent recruiting class. Five-star shooting guard Tre Johnson headlines a class that includes two other big time players in Cam Scott and Nicolas Codie. Three freshmen likely aren’t going to transform the Texas basketball team on their own. They will probably need more help.

Texas has to do better in the transfer portal this offseason. It can’t afford to pass or fail to sign prospects like Arizona guard Caleb Love and Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht who we wrote about last offseason. Those players are still playing. The Longhorns are watching at home.

How Rodney Terry approaches this transfer portal will indicate whether or not his roster building philosophy has changed. It might need to change if Texas wants to get back to playing after the first weekend.

How to watch No. 1 Texas vs. No. 8 Alabama in the NCAA Tournament

Texas faces Alabama on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Texas’ women’s basketball program continues its quest for a national title on Sunday. Continue reading “How to watch No. 1 Texas vs. No. 8 Alabama in the NCAA Tournament”

Tennessee eliminates Texas, 62-58

Despite several opportunities, Texas came up short against Tennessee.

The Texas Longhorns’ basketball season ended on Saturday night. The team lost to the Tennessee Volunteers, 62-58.

Despite several chances to get back into the game, Texas seemed incapable of making it interesting until late.

Tennessee had perhaps its worst offensive performance of the year. The team shot 3-for-25 from behind the three point arc and 34% from the field. Yet it was the Vols’ suffocating defense that rendered the Longhorns incapable of a comeback.

Texas struggled to hit the three as well going 7-for-23. Even so, its inefficiency from its top two scorers made offense more difficult.

Longhorns guard Max Abmas and forward Dylan Disu combined to go 7-for-28 on the way to 22 combined points. Guards Tyrese Hunter and Chendall Weaver each added 13 points to lead the team in scoring.

The recurring issue of the season reared its head on Saturday. The team simply didn’t have enough offensive contributors from its lackluster portal haul. And despite 22 missed three point baskets from Tennessee, Texas couldn’t make them pay offensively in response.

The Longhorns failed to duplicate their 2023 NCAA tournament run. They’ll look to regroup in the offseason following the second round loss.

Tennessee beat Texas in the Round of 32 despite only making 12-percent of its 3-pointers

The Vols are very lucky to still be dancing.

The Tennessee men’s basketball team is very lucky to be dancing after an atrocious night from the arc.

The team earned a hard-fought Round of 32 victory over Texas on Saturday night, one where the Volunteers went a staggering 3-for-25 in 3-point attempts. That’s just 12-percent of 3-pointers made on the night.

Dalton Knecht, Zakai Zeigler and Josiah-Jordan James all hit one 3-pointer a piece to keep Tennessee from missing all of their 3-pointers, which would’ve made for even more shocking a victory.

For comparison, Oakland’s Jack Gohlke made six 3-point attempts during his team’s loss to NC State on Saturday night.

The Vols are darn lucky to still be alive after such an abysmal performance, one that had Tennessee coach Rick Barnes beating his old team in Texas, in fact.

However, if Tennessee wants to advance to the Elite Eight, it’s going to have to focus on making 3-point buckets. The luck can run out quick in March.

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How to watch No. 7 Texas vs. No. 2 Tennessee in NCAA Tournament

Texas will face former head coach Rick Barnes in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.

No. 7 Texas will face No. 2 Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Continue reading “How to watch No. 7 Texas vs. No. 2 Tennessee in NCAA Tournament”

Texas defeats Colorado State in team’s NCAA tourney opener, 56-44

Texas is back to the round of 32 after a huge win over Colorado State.

No. 7 Texas is back in the round of 32 after a gritty win over the No. 10 Colorado State Rams. The team did what it needed to do: Survive and advance.

The Longhorns’ tournament success continues under Rodney Terry who improved to 4-1 in the NCAA tournament as the team’s head coach. Terry’s team had a favorable first matchup.

Colorado State needed to beat Virginia in the play-in game to get there. Offensively, the Rams looked like a team that required a play-in game to reach the round of 64.

The Longhorns locked down the Rams offense in the first half. Colorado State trailed 27-11 at the half. Texas’ physicality and success at the backboard proved valuable.

Much of Texas’ offensive success came off two-point baskets. The team went 1-for-14 from behind the three point arc. The Longhorns’ opponent didn’t do much better going 6-for-24 from three point range.

Texas forward Dylan Disu and guard Max Abmas each scored 12 points despite shooting for a combined 10-for-33 from the field. Forward Chendall Weaver was the next highest scorer with 11 points on 5-for-7 on field goals.

Texas advances to face the winner between No. 2 Tennessee and No. 15 Saint Peter’s.

2024 NCAA Tournament: #10 Colorado State Loses 56-44 to #7 Texas

Colorado State came into this game with high expectations, but a poor first half cost the Rams a chance to make a bigger splash.

2024 NCAA Tournament: #10 Colorado State Loses 56-44 to #7 Texas

The Rams couldn’t continue their momentum from Tuesday

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A bad first half cost CSU.

After taking it to the Virginia Cavaliers, the CSU Rams faced basically the same fate. A poor first half of just 11 points cost Colorado State. They were able to make a run in the second half, but the Texas Longhorns were just too much to overcome for the Rams.

First Half

The Rams got out to a fast start by opening an 8-2 lead, but then the Longhorns went on a 25-3 run to close out the half. The Rams were getting open looks, but they just weren’t falling. Isaiah Stevens also struggled from the field as he went 0-8 from the field in the first half.

Texas was active on defense as they didn’t allow the Rams to get comfortable. The Rams were held to just one three point make and 4-25 overall from the field with no free throw attempts. The length and physicality kept the Rams in check on both ends of the floor.

Second half

Colorado State tried to make it a game in the second half, but the week of travel they had just left them with dead legs. The Rams were missing a lot of their shots short and just couldn’t overcome the athleticism of Texas. Joel Scott and Isaiah Stevens were able to make it to double figures, but it just wasn’t enough.

Texas was held in check for the most part. Dylan Disu and Max Abmas combined to shoot 10-33 from the floor, 1-12 from three, and 3-6 from the line for 24 points. Chendal Weaver was the other player to step up for Texas. The sophomore guard was able to chip in 11 points and played strong defense for the Longhorns.

Final thoughts

This was a great season for the Rams. They were able to make it to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years. Niko Medved now has some things to work on for the Rams. They need to get more athletic and more physical. A lot of times they were outworked and outphysicaled this season. If the Rams can do that, they can go further in the NCAA tournament.

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