KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas ahead Dylan Disu, one of many brilliant stars of the opening weekend of the NCAA Match, was dominated out of the Longhorns’ recreation towards Miami for a spot within the Ultimate 4 on Sunday with a left foot harm.
The 6-foot-9 Disu was the MVP of the Longhorns’ run to the Massive 12 Match title on the identical T-Cellular Heart flooring two weeks in the past, then helped them attain the Candy 16 with 17 factors in a win over Colgate and 28 factors in a win over Penn State.
Disu damage his foot in the course of the second-round recreation towards the Nittany Lions. He made progress with the harm all through the week, and there was some hope he’d be out there for a Midwest Area semifinal towards Xavier. However after a setback, Disu performed simply 94 seconds for No. 2 seed Texas earlier than watching the remainder of the sport in a strolling boot.
“Dylan clearly labored actually onerous to get up to now of the season proper now,” stated interim Texas coach Rodney Terry, who was making an attempt to get the Longhorns previous the Hurricanes and into the Ultimate 4 for the primary time in 20 years.
“We went by the Massive 12 Match with out Timmy Allen, a man that had develop into an actual point of interest of our offense down the stretch in Massive 12 play. Subsequent man up needed to step in and do the job for us,” Terry stated. “No completely different kind of mentality we can have going into the competition towards Miami — subsequent man up, and that will likely be by committee.”
Christian Bishop bought the primary alternative, sliding into the beginning lineup when it was launched about an hour earlier than tipoff in Kansas Metropolis. The native of close by Lee’s Summit, Missouri, scored 18 factors in Friday evening’s win over the Musketeers.
Fifth-seeded Miami superior to the regional last with a whipping of No. 1 seed Houston.
“I all the time say to our guys, ‘We’re all we’d like. We’re all we bought.’ You already know what I imply?” Terry stated. “We’ll discover any person able to go, and we’ll band collectively like brothers, and we’ll exit and compete towards a very, actually good Miami workforce.”
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