Hoop Dreams of Sweet 16 End for Texas

KUT 90.5 | By Ian Crawford, KUT News

Published March 20, 2011 at 7:51 PM CDT

UT mens basketball coach Rick Barnes talks to reporters after Friday's UT win. The Longhorns lost to Arizona, 70-69, Sunday in the NCAA championship tournament

For the Texas men's basketball team, the music at the Big Dance has ended.

Arizona's Derrick Williams' free throw with nine seconds left in regulation time gave the Wildcats a 70-69 win over the Texas Longhorns in the third round of the NCAA mens basketball tournament.

Jordan Hamilton led the 'Horns in scoring with 18 points, as Texas put on a furious comeback in the second half after trailing by nine at halftime.

The 'Horns finish the year with a record of 28-8.

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Ian Crawford, KUT News

Ian Crawford joined KUT as News Editor in 2008, after spending over four years as a reporter/anchor at KLBJ Radio in Austin. He began his broadcasting career while still in high school in Southern Oregon. During high school and college at the University of Oregon, he worked at times as a reporter, news anchor, sports play-by-play reporter, music host and commercial producer before moving to Texas in 2003.

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