AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Rodney Terry held Texas together in crisis. Then he took the Longhorns on their deepest NCAA Tournament run in 15 years.

His reward: Texas removed the “interim” tag from his title and made him the full-time head coach.

“I felt confident the whole time to be honest with you," Terry said Tuesday at his news conference, where the former assistant was introduced as head coach. "I’d prepared my whole life for this opportunity.”

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LAS VEGAS (AP) Ty Brewer had a career-high 30 points with 12 rebounds and five steals, Eric Gaines scored seven of his 13 points in overtime and UAB beat Utah Valley 88-86 on Tuesday night to set up an all-Conference USA final in the NIT.

UAB (29-9) will face North Texas for the fourth time this season on Thursday for the NIT championship. UAB lost to North Texas twice in the regular season before winning 76-69 on March 10 to advance to its second straight conference tournament championship game.

Dusty May's March Madness run with FAU likely was one few saw coming.

May had, to be fair, not much better than minimal name recognition when he took the Florida Atlantic job five years ago. That wasn’t the case with almost all the other FAU coaches over the years, names like Mike Jarvis and Matt Doherty and Michael Curry and Sidney Green and Rex Walters.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn's top signee from last year, center Yohan Traore, plans to transfer.

The five-star recruit from France, who played a limited role as a freshman, announced his plans in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Jordan Miller took 20 shots in the regional final for Miami and made them all, helping the Hurricanes rally their way into the Final Four. The personification of clutch.

Fitting.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Brian Dutcher lays out San Diego State’s mission in plain talk to avoid any confusion.

“We’re a defensive-first team,” the sixth-year coach said after the Aztecs muscled past Creighton 57-56 on Sunday and into their first Final Four. “Everybody knows that about us, and our defense carries us.”

North Carolina guard Caleb Love says he will enter his name into the transfer portal after three seasons with the Tar Heels.

The 6-foot-4 Love announced his decision with a social media post Monday. He had big moments during an unexpected run to last year's national championship game though he also wrestled with inconsistency for most of his college career.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Creighton guard Ryan Nembhard sat quietly, tossing his head back and taking a deep breath as he reflected on the decisive foul called with 1.2 seconds left in the NCAA Tournament's South Region final against San Diego State.

Ryan Kalkbrenner and Baylor Scheierman, seated next to Nembhard, had towels over their mouths.

LAS VEGAS (AP) Dan Hurley got choked up when asked about his dad on the eve of UConn's Sweet 16 game.

Tears flowed again before the Huskies' Elite Eight game, this time from thinking about what he considers his other family.

Everyone's heard of UConn. All these other guys? They'll need name tags at the Final Four.

When they travel to Houston next week to play for the national title, Florida Atlantic, San Diego State and Miami will be making their first appearances at college basketball's grand finale, the first time since 1970 that three first-timers all showed up in the same year.