Texas hosts Xavier Sunday in 2nd round of NIT

By Steve Habel, Senior Contributing Writer

AUSTIN – There’s philosophical question that asks, “if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?”

Texas’ 79-73 win over South Dakota State Tuesday in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament, watched in person by 1,739 patrons at the Erwin Center and countless hundreds more on a national television broadcast, draws comparisons to that question – and not in a good way.