Review Gives Texas Win in Overtime

P.J. Tucker’s shot in the lane at the overtime buzzer was ruled good after officials watched the replay for several minutes, and No. 18-ranked Texas beat No. 25 Providence, 79-77, in men’s basketball at Providence, R.I.

“The first eight times we watched it we couldn’t see the light go off because of the ball; and three zeros does not end a game, the light does,” said referee Tim Higgins, who drew the ire of the crowd of 12,993. “We finally saw a side view and after 10, 15 times it was clear the ball was out of his hand at the light.”

At first there was a crowd around the monitor, then the officials chased away the coaches and several players. “It was a funny feeling,” Texas’ Royal Ivey said. “I was saying if we have to play another five minutes, let’s play.”

Said Providence Coach Tim Welsh: “I stayed away, and one of the refs told me it was no good. When he said that, I went and started coaching my team for five more minutes.

“Then I look up and there’s a heated four-way conversation going on,” Welsh added. “Then they told me the ball was released before the red light came on, but the red light and clock weren’t in sync. The ball was definitely in his hand when the clock showed three zeros, there was no dispute about that.”

Texas Coach Rick Barnes said he simply told the refs to “get it right.”

Ivey, a senior guard, had a career-high 22 points for the Longhorns (8-2), who won away from home for the first time this season in three games.

Brandon Mouton, who sat out the last game because a leg injury, had 20 points for Texas.

“It was huge in terms of getting respect from around the country,” Mouton said.

Ryan Gomes had a season-high 28 points for the Friars (8-2), who had a five-game winning streak snapped. Earlier in the day, they had entered the top 25 for the first time in almost three years

No. 13 Kansas 77, Colorado 62 -- Wayne Simien had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and the Jayhawks won their conference opener for the 13th consecutive time in the game at Boulder, Colo.

Keith Langford had 18 points, J.R. Giddens 15 and Aaron Miles 12 for Kansas (9-2, 1-0 Big 12).

Colorado (6-4, 0-1) was led by Blair Wilson with 19 points, Michel Morandais with 14 and David Harrison with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Kansas led, 37-29, at halftime and used two 7-0 runs in the second half to keep Colorado at bay.

Colorado -- which suffered its third consecutive loss, all at home -- cut the deficit to 40-34 early in the half before Kansas’ first seven-point surge, which included Jeff Graves’ three-point play.