With the men’s NCAA Tournament set to begin this week, two former Lake Highlands High School basketball players are set to compete in March Madness.
Tre Johnson in the Alamodome.
The first NCAA Tournament game, St. Francis U against Alabama State, will tip-off tonight at 5:40 p.m. CST, signalling the beginning of March Madness. Eight teams will compete over the next two days as part of the First Four games, in which eight lower-seeded teams are given the chance to secure a spot in the First Round through play-in games.
One such team is Texas. Led in scoring by former LHHS standout Tre Johnson, the Longhorns will tip-off on March 19 against Xavier at 8:30 p.m. in Dayton, Ohio. Johnson is coming off a stellar season in which he was named SEC Freshman of the Year and set a Texas freshman scoring record in an overtime loss to Arkansas. He is currently a finalist for the Jerry West Award, which is annually given to the top shooting guard in Division 1 basketball, and has been mentioned in NBA Draft discussions as a top prospect.
Samson Aletan, a 2023 graduate, is currently playing for Yale. Standing at six-foot-ten, Aletan and the Bulldogs will see their first taste of action Thursday night against Texas A&M at 6:25 p.m. The winner of the game will go up against the winner of UC San Diego/Michigan in the Second Round.
The tournament will run until the NCAA Championship Game on April 7. Information on viewing can be found here.
