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MILWAUKEE -- It was just like old times for Rick Barnes and Texas. The Longhorns made a successful return to the NCAA tournament when Cameron Ridley converted a tiebreaking layup as time expired Thursday night, lifting his team to an 87-85 victory over Arizona State. Jonathan Holmes missed badly on a long 3-pointer for the Longhorns in the final seconds, but Ridley emerged from the scrum and banked it in as the buzzer sounded. The call stood after a video replay, handing Texas its first tourney win since 2011. "I went to the glass as hard as I could," Ridley said. Ridley finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds for the seventh-seeded Longhorns (24-10), who led by 14 with 12 minutes left. Freshman reserve Martez Walker had 16 points and Demarcus Holland scored 14 on 6-for-6 shooting from the field. "It was a great, great college basketball game and I thought it was really very unfortunate that either team had to lose this game," Barnes said. "We were fortunate. ... We didnt have great execution at the end but we found a way to make a couple plays." Texas will face No. 2 seed Michigan Saturday. The Wolverines advanced with a 57-40 victory over Wofford. Jordan Bachynski had 25 points and seven rebounds for No. 10 seed Arizona State (21-12), which was making its first tournament appearance since 2009. Jahii Carson had 19 points and nine assists, and Jermaine Marshall added 17 points and seven rebounds. "Its a tough one, its a tough way to end the game and end my career," Bachynski said. Texas went to the NCAA tournament in each of Barnes first 14 seasons, making it to the 2003 Final Four. But last season was a disaster for the Longhorns, who went 16-18 and lost in the opening round of the College Basketball Invitational. Barnes lost three starters from that team, but Holmes and Ridley returned, and the Longhorns were determined to turn it around after the disappointing finish. They stumbled a bit heading into the tournament, losing five of eight, but they stepped up at the most critical time against the Sun Devils. Holmes made two free throws to give Texas a 61-47 lead with 12:11 to go, and the Longhorns looked ready to blow out the Sun Devils. ASU then scored 17 of the next 22 points, trimming the deficit to two on Jonathan Gillings 3-pointer with 8:15 left. Arizona State had an 83-82 lead when Holmes grabbed an air ball by Javan Felix and scored while being fouled by Gilling. He made the resulting foul shot with 32 seconds to go. Gilling made two free throws on the other end, setting up the frantic finish. Gilling had four 3-pointers and 15 points for the Sun Devils, who lost their last four games of the season. "They just keep playing, theyve been a next-play, next-game team all season," Arizona State coach Herb Sendek said. "I can tell you right now its a very emotional, heartbroken locker room." The battle of at-large teams in the Midwest Regional featured a pair of coaches with a long history together. Barnes first met Herb Sendek at a 1978 basketball camp at the University of Pittsburgh, and Barnes had Sendek on his staff for one season when he was in charge at Providence. They also coached against each other for years in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Their only other meeting in the NCAA tournament occurred in 2006, when Texas beat North Carolina State 75-54 in the round of 32. Both teams got off to fast starts, with Bachynskis jumper for Arizona State tying it at 21 with 12:32 to go. But Texas responded with a 9-0 run, beginning with Walkers two free throws and ending with Walkers 3 from the wing. Walker added a layup with 31 seconds left to help the Longhorns to a 41-36 halftime lead. 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He scored 13 of their first 15 points of the quarter, and his 8-0 run gave Phoenix its first lead since early in the first period. With 3:04 to go, Minnesota took the lead back on Thaddeus Youngs layup, but Dragic responded immediately with a jumper on the other end. The lead would change seven times in the final quarter until a 6-0 run, capped by a Bledsoe slam with 55 seconds left, put the Suns ahead for good. Dragics missed free throw with eight ticks left on the clock gave the Timberwolves life. Zach Lavine hit two free throws on the other end to cut Phoenixs lead to just one point, and they trailed by two when Thomas missed one of his shots at the charity stripe.dddddddddddd Young rebounded the miss, and Minnesota moved down the floor in transition. Chase Budinger found Wiggins with an open look for 3, but the rookie could not connect. Minnesotas struggling defense stepped up in the first quarter and limited Phoenix to 32 percent shooting. The Timberwolves scored 11 of the final 17 points in the period and took a 25-20 lead after one. An evenly-matched second quarter resulted in a 48-45 Minnesota lead at the break. With 7 1/2 minutes to go, Dragics tip-in pulled the Suns within two, but Bennett scored five points in a 7-0 Minnesota run to extend its lead up to nine points. Minnesota took its largest lead in the third quarter with an outstanding period from Shabazz Muhammad. He scored all 12 of his points in the third, including the first eight for the Timberwolves. Phoenix shot 13-of-22 in the period, but Minnesota used seven offensive rebounds and eight second-chance points to build its lead to a game-high 13 points. Williams hit a triple right at the end of the quarter to give Minnesota a 78-71 lead after three. Game Notes After missing one game with an illness, Minnesota coach Flip Saunders was back on the bench ... Budinger and fellow Wolves forward Robbie Hummel also returned from illness ... Phoenix has scored 100 or more points in 10 straight games ... Minnesota falls to 2-25 when its opponent shoots better than 45 percent. ' ' '