Jeff Howe

Adrian Rodriguez: Professional Hitter

M2: Texas 0, Upstate 0

Great snag by Becerra and a better pick by Borba for the second out of the inning. Texas continues to play outstanding defense.

After Volantis’ second K of the afternoon, he gives up a one-out double to right. That’s the first runner for either side.

Both clubs are hitless through one. Volantis only needed 10 pitches to get through the first inning.

The Longhorns go for the series sweep at noon (SEC Network Plus).

That's it for Sean Miller. A deflating loss as Texas heads to Nashville looking for a win over Ole Miss to likely lock up an NCAA Tournament bid.

Miller said the possession when Oklahoma got the putback after Texas went up one is a microcosm of his frustrations with his team on defense. They did everything right and got the stop, but a missed blockout led to OU scoring. That's the stuff that's driving him nuts. He knows this team has limitations defensively, but they've got to find a way to get critical stops, he said.

Miller said the season is essentially on the line against Ole Miss in Nashville on Saturday. At least, that's how he said Texas needs to approach the SEC Tournament.

Miller: "There's not a silver lining or a big picture here. We lost a meaningful game tonight."

Miller on the defense: "We're going to keep working to be the best that we can be."

Miller said Texas just didn't get the kind of looks it had gotten throughout the regular season. He credits Oklahoma for guarding the Longhorns tough.

Miller: "I thought Oklahoma defended us well. I don't think we defended in the first, maybe, 12 minutes of the second half."

Miller said Pope's field goal attempts were elevated tonight because he got stuck with the ball at the end of possessions due to a lack of flow on offense (Pope shot 8-for-25 from the field and 7-for-18 from 3-point range).

Miller thought Dailyn Swain wore down by the time Texas got to overtime. He thought OU did a good job of guarding Swain.

Miller: "I'm not giving a big picture because there is no big picture. We lost a big game here tonight."

I think they've got to win at least one to feel good on Selection Sunday.

Miller said once overtime began, Texas missed a wide-open layup, missed two free-throws and wasn't as hard to score against as they were at other times in the game.

Miller: "I think we're kind of through the whole momentum thing. You just have to play good basketball."

Miller said Texas struggled getting key rebounds. He said Oklahoma got a lot of the loose balls that add up at the end of a game.

Pope making the three free throws at the end of regulation wasn't easy, Miller said. "He was terrific in his last game here at Texas at home," Miller said. "If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have gotten to the finish line."

Miller said OU forced Texas to pass a lot and the Longhorns "didn't generate good, clean shots throughout the game."

"Like we've done 20 times," Miller said, Texas didn't play well to start the second half.

Oklahoma has gotten better and is playing its best basketball of the year. Miller said the Longhorns simply couldn't raise their effort to guard the Sooners for 40 minutes.

Sean Miller: "We really had everything that we wanted here in our final home game... Obviously, we didn't take advantage of that."