the First Four to the Final 4 13 years back, and it's been two years because he reached the NCAAs in his initial season at again, Smart is about 200 miles from the school of the Texas Longhorns, this moment in Dallas following a first-round blowout loss to North Carolina in 2022 concerning 30 miles west in Ft really did not win an NCAA Competition game in six seasons in Austin, which is why there were questions about his future adhering to a surprising loss to Abilene Christian in 2021. He made the first action by taking the Marquette task. 3 NCAA triumphes later-- consisting of a limited second-rounder over Colorado last weekend break-- Smart is evading shadows once more as third-seeded Marquette prepares to encounter No. 11 seed North Carolina State in the South Regional on Friday evening. And now there's an opportunity to lower the nets in the state where March Madness has primarily been depressing for him. " When the period started, I constantly do this, I seek out the NCAA Event sites," Smart stated. "So today we might be in 5 places. We might be in Detroit, Boston, LA, Dallas, or remain in Milwaukee due to the fact that the period is over. I would have taken any one of those initial four. " A year back, after the Golden Eagles lost to Michigan State in the second round following the program's initial tournament victory in one decade, the Longhorns reached the Elite Eight prior to shedding to were still adequate Texas connections for Smart to delight in that run by the Longhorns vicariously. Now he's in setting to do something that assisted him get the Texas task in the first place. "He does not truly say way too much about it to us," leading scorer Kam Jones said. "I know as a person, as a rival, as a male, he assumes concerning it. It implies something to him. That type of simply goes into our team objective of we desire to win. Most of us intend to win one for Coach, intend to win for each and every various other. We want this bad. " Chase Ross, a sophomore from Dallas, was hired by Smart to go to Texas before choosing to join him at Marquette. He really did not also know the Golden Eagles might wind up in his hometown up until they reached Indianapolis for the very first and second an event on Sunday would suggest a little extra for Ross and Smart, no matter of whether they would claim so. " He's an amazing, tranquil and collected man," Ross claimed of his coach. "He stays true to himself. With him being in the state he's in and telling us what he needs from us, I assume we'll be great. " Despite the number of times Smart winds up back in Texas chasing an NCAA title, he will constantly minimize the link. His gamers recognize, but understand far better than to ignore hadn't actually thought of the idea of a Texas party until a press reporter brought it up. " I make certain it would be kind of bittersweet for him, respectable experience for him to be able to do that," Jones claimed. "In order for us to do that, we have to do what we need to do Friday. " So, very first points first https://www.longhornssportsapparel.com. Seems like something Smart would say. __ Get alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season. Register right here. AP March Chaos bracket:

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