In a game that may end up being one of the most consequential of the season in terms of NCAA Tournament bubble prospects, the Oklahoma Sooners went to Austin and came away with a 76-72 win over the Texas Longhorns on Saturday night.

The Sooners burst into the lead with a 5-0 flurry, capped by a Duke Miles bucket and foul shot with 2:42 left. After Arthur Kaluma hit a free throw for the Longhorns, Brycen Goodine drained a 3-pointer to give Oklahoma a 73-67 lead with 2:11 left.

Tre Johnson deserved so much better. On Senior Night at the Moody Center in Austin, the future lottery pick played his last home game in burnt orange and white, a 76-72 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners as the eight-game winning streak for the Texas Longhorns against their Red River rivals pushed head coach Rodney Terry’s team farther off the NCAA Tournament bubble ahead of the SEC Tournament.

Coach Porter Moser and the Oklahoma Sooners survived rival Texas 76-72 Saturday night at Moody Center in an ultimate March Madness bubble battle.

Oklahoma defeated Texas on Saturday night in Austin to earn a much-needed win for its NCAA Tournament résumé. In addition to earning another Quad 1 victory, this result also snaps an 8-game losing streak to the Longhorns for Oklahoma. This was the first-ever win over Texas for Oklahoma coach Porter Moser, who is in his 4th year with the program.