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Texas defeats Oklahoma in 11 innings
The Longhorns escaped with a huge Friday night win over the Sooners in Austin. Texas’ Douglas Hodo III found the left center gap to bring in Mitchell Daly in the 11th ending to walk it off with a final score of 4-3.
Texas’ star pitcher Ty Madden was finished after six innings pitched. He threw 94 pitches with six strikeouts and allowed six hits. It was a gritty win for the Longhorns considering Oklahoma took the lead 2-0 in the first inning.
Walk it off, @DouglasHodo, and run into the outfield. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/3nXJNE4Aru
— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) March 27, 2021
Leading candidate to replace Shaka Smart at Texas
The rumors began swirling on Friday just moments after it was announced that Shaka Smart would leave Austin to accept the head coaching job at Marquette. It was a peaceful yet surprising exit for both Texas and Smart, but who are the leading candidates to replace him?
While many assume that Texas Tech’s Chris Beard would be reluctant to leave his current role, it appears to be more of a realistic possibility as time passes. It’s important to note that Beard graduated from Texas and worked as a student assistant in the early 1990s.
This is certainly worth monitoring in the coming days.
Got a call from a college basketball source I trust who says Chris Beard is "absolutely going to Texas. It's a done deal. One-hundred percent." Obviously college basketball isn't my coverage area, but this source felt strongly enough to call and tell me.
— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) March 27, 2021
Top Big 12 football commit accused of domestic violence, Kansas terminated the recruitment
Quaydarius Davis is a four-star recruit out of Dallas and the No. 23 ranked wide receiver prospect in the 2021 recruiting class according to 247Sports composite. He is also the highest ranked signee in school history for the Kansas Jayhawks.
Kansas has now cut ties with Davis after allegations of domestic violence surfaced on Wednesday.
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