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Mar 20, 2025

NCAA Tournament schedule: What time is Texas vs Xavier?

Rodney Terry and the Longhorns are back. Texas men's basketball isn't mentioned among the bluest of basketball blue bloods, but the Longhorns are among the elite when it comes to the NCAA Tournament.

Rodney Terry and the Longhorns are back.

Texas men's basketball isn't mentioned among the bluest of basketball blue bloods, but the Longhorns are among the elite when it comes to the NCAA Tournament. The team’s selection on Sunday marked the 39th overall appearance in the tournament for Texas.

The Longhorns post some impressive bona fides, even if UT doesn't have the rich history of Kentucky (a record 62 appearances) or UCLA (a record 11 national championships). Texas ranks ninth on the all-time list with 39 appearances in the tournament, it’s one of just seven schools to appear in at least 23 of the last 26 NCAAs and one of six schools to appear in at least 31 of the last 36 NCAAs.

Not too bad for a program who just joined an incredibly deep SEC.

But the Longhorns are the only team with at least 38 NCAA Tournament appearances to not win the title. If UT wants to change that this year, it'll have to overcome the First Four first.

In the debut of the First Four in 2011, former Texas coach Shaka Smart and an 11-seeded VCU team parlayed a win over USC in Dayton into a Final Four appearance. UCLA did the same thing in 2021.

Xavier leans heavily on a pair of Big East players in forward Zach Freemantle and guard Ryan Conwell. A 24-year-old graduate student, the 6-foot-9, 230-pound Freemantle averages 17.3 points and 7.1 rebounds while shooting 52.6% from the floor.

Here's what to know about the game:

Day: Wednesday

Start time: 8:10 p.m.

Location: UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.

TV channel: truTV

Livestream: Fubo (free trial), CBS Sports+

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