Longhorns arrive in Des Moines for 1st round of March Madness
DES MOINES, Iowa (KXAN)-- The road to the Final Four in Houston began Tuesday for the Longhorns as they departed Austin on Tuesday morning for Des Moines, Iowa.
Texas will take on Colgate at 6:25 p.m. CST Thursday in its Midwest Regional first-round game. While the Longhorns make the trip to Iowa yearly for their Big 12 matchup with Iowa State in Ames, they have never played a game in the Wells Fargo Arena.
The second-seeded Longhorns will go through their workout Wednesday from 2-2:40 p.m., and that is free and open to the public. Colgate will practice from 3:30-4:10 p.m.
The Longhorns snapped a streak of four consecutive losses in their NCAA tournament opener last season with an 81-73 win over Virginia Tech before falling to Purdue in the second round.
Texas has not advanced to the Sweet 16 since 2008, which is also the last time they were a two-seed in the tournament.
Colgate, the Patriot League Tournament Champions, has never won an NCAA Tournament game in five trips. However, they have been competitive against much higher-seeded teams. Last year they were a No. 14 seed and lost to third-seeded Wisconsin 70-67. In 2019 they were a No. 15 seed and lost to second-seeded Tennessee 77-70. In their second trip ever, they lost to #1 seed Connecticut 68-59.
Here is the entire schedule of practice times for the eight teams in Des Moines on Wednesday.
- 11-11:40 a.m. - Howard
- 11:45 a.m.-12:25 p.m. - Illinois
- 12:30-1:10 p.m. - Kansas
- 1:15-1:55 p.m. - Arkansas
- 2-2:40 p.m. - Texas
- 2:45-3:25 p.m. - Texas A&M
- 3:30-4:10 p.m. - Colgate
- 4:15-4:55 p.m. - Penn State