A victory would give Texas a coveted fourth Quad 1 win and would boost its current NET ranking of No. 29 and KenPom ranking of No. 31. Freshman Tre Johnson, the SEC’s leading scorer at 19.

It was perhaps the most frenzied, entertaining, dramatic and consequential trade deadline in NBA history. And the East-leading Cavs were at the center of it. They weren’t involved in a last-hour Hail ...