Vokietaitis has 23 as No. 11 seed Texas gets past Dybantsa and No. 6 BYU 79-71 in March Madness

— Matas Vokietaitis had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and No. 11 seed Texas knocked off sixth-seeded BYU 79-71 on Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, overcoming 35 points from Cougars...
Mar 20, 2026, 12:48 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--TEX
0%
--BYU

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jordan Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Camden Heide makes 0-foot tip in dunk
  • Robert Wright III misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • AJ Dybantsa makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tramon Mark makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Robert Wright III makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dailyn Swain makes driving layup
  • Robert Wright III misses driving layup
  • AJ Dybantsa makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tramon Mark misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Robert Wright III makes driving layup
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses alley oop dunk
  • Camden Heide misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • AJ Dybantsa makes driving layup
  • Camden Heide makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dailyn Swain assists)
  • Kennard Davis Jr. makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Robert Wright III assists)
  • Dailyn Swain misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jordan Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Camden Heide misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chendall Weaver makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Jordan Pope assists)
  • Kennard Davis Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kennard Davis Jr. makes driving layup
  • Kennard Davis Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dailyn Swain makes driving layup
  • Dailyn Swain makes free throw 1 of 1
  • AJ Dybantsa makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Robert Wright III makes driving layup
  • Jordan Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dailyn Swain assists)
  • Robert Wright III misses driving layup
  • Dominique Diomande misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tramon Mark makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kennard Davis Jr. misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes layup (Dailyn Swain assists)
  • AJ Dybantsa misses driving layup
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • AJ Dybantsa misses driving layup
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tramon Mark misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aleksej Kostic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dailyn Swain makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot
  • AJ Dybantsa makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Dailyn Swain misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Pope makes driving layup
  • AJ Dybantsa makes layup
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes 0-foot dunk
  • Robert Wright III makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Chendall Weaver misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Chendall Weaver makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses layup
  • Kennard Davis Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kennard Davis Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Pope misses 12-foot floating jump shot
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Robert Wright III misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses 13-foot floating jump shot
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses layup
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • AJ Dybantsa misses driving layup
  • Nic Codie misses layup
  • Robert Wright III misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nic Codie misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • AJ Dybantsa makes driving layup
  • Dailyn Swain misses driving layup
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kennard Davis Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists)
  • Tramon Mark makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Dailyn Swain assists)
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Keba Keita makes 0-foot tip in dunk
  • Keba Keita makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Aleksej Kostic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aleksej Kostic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dailyn Swain misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses tip in layup
  • AJ Dybantsa misses driving layup
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Robert Wright III makes driving layup
  • Chendall Weaver makes layup (Jordan Pope assists)
  • Robert Wright III misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Tramon Mark makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chendall Weaver assists)
  • Aleksej Kostic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kennard Davis Jr. assists)
  • Jordan Pope misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Aleksej Kostic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dailyn Swain makes layup (Matas Vokietaitis assists)
  • Aleksej Kostic misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Robert Wright III misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tramon Mark misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Robert Wright III makes driving layup
  • Tramon Mark makes driving layup
  • AJ Dybantsa misses driving layup
  • Simeon Wilcher misses driving layup
  • Simeon Wilcher makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Tramon Mark assists)
  • AJ Dybantsa makes 1-foot dunk
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes driving layup
  • Robert Wright III misses driving layup
  • Dailyn Swain makes driving layup
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Dailyn Swain makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chendall Weaver assists)
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Tramon Mark makes driving layup
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dailyn Swain misses driving layup
  • Simeon Wilcher misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • AJ Dybantsa makes driving layup
  • Jordan Pope misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Chendall Weaver misses 10-foot jumper
  • AJ Dybantsa makes driving layup
  • Tramon Mark misses driving layup
  • Aleksej Kostic misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes 7-foot hook shot (Nic Codie assists)
  • Khadim Mboup misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Khadim Mboup misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Robert Wright III misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Chendall Weaver misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Aleksej Kostic misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jordan Pope misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • AJ Dybantsa makes 25-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists)
  • Tramon Mark misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Robert Wright III misses driving layup
  • Dailyn Swain misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2
  • AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tramon Mark misses driving layup
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses driving layup
  • Matas Vokietaitis makes layup
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Keba Keita makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Keba Keita makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tramon Mark misses driving layup
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Robert Wright III makes driving layup (AJ Dybantsa assists)
  • Jordan Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dailyn Swain assists)
  • Aleksej Kostic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kennard Davis Jr. assists)
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Matas Vokietaitis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Robert Wright III misses 7-foot floating jump shot
  • Tramon Mark makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tramon Mark makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aleksej Kostic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tramon Mark makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tramon Mark makes free throw 2 of 2
  • AJ Dybantsa misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Texas LonghornsTEXTEX
(20-14)
(20-14, 5-6 Away)
o144.5
-110
+2.5
-108
o156.5
-112
+130
BYU CougarsBYUBYU
(23-12)
(23-12, 14-3 Home)
-2.5
-110
-2.5
-112
u156.5
-108
-155
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