Aside from Matthew McConaughey, there may be no bigger Longhorns fan than former Texas forward Kevin Durant.
But with No. 7 Texas and No. 2 Tennessee teeing off at 5:25 p.m. MST in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs at 5 p.m. Saturday, the near-simultaneous starts have caused problems for Durant, who couldn’t watch his alma mater.
But luckily for Durant, some fans sitting on San Antonio’s courtside at the Frost Bank Center provided Durant with Texas-Tennessee score updates while he was busy taking on the Spurs.
Good fans keep players informed about March Madness ???? @KDTrey5 (via drchiddy/TT) pic.twitter.com/QfC3ut6jIe
— Overtime (@overtime) March 24, 2024
Texas trailed by nine points at halftime when Durant received the score update. Unfortunately for Durant, the Longhorns lost 62-58 on Saturday.
During his lone season at Texas, Durant averaged 25.8 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.9 blocks in 35 games.
During his tenure at Longhorn, Durant became the first freshman to be unanimously named the National Player of the Year and the first freshman to win one of the NFL’s National Player of the Year awards. year. In the 2007 NCAA tournament, Durant’s No. 4 Texas lost in the second round to No. 5 USC despite Durant scoring 30 points and nine rebounds.
Durant finished 12 of 16 from the field for 25 points in 31 minutes in the Suns’ 131-106 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.
