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WATCH: Texas Men’s Basketball hype video ahead of season opener

Texas men’s basketball released a hype video ahead of their season opener at home against Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Nov. 25.

The Longhorns tip off their season opener at home against Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Continue reading “WATCH: Texas Men’s Basketball hype video ahead of season opener”

Texas Basketball: Longhorns announce date for Villanova in Big 12-Big East Challenge

The Texas Longhorns will host the No. 3 ranked Villanova Wildcast in Austin on Dec. 6. This is part of the Big 12-Big East Challenge.

It was announced that the Texas Longhorns will host the Villanova Wildcat’s on Dec. 6 as part of the Big 12-Big East Challenge. This means that the Texas Longhorns will play all three teams at the top of the preseason AP Top 25 with Gonzaga, Baylor and now Villanova. This will make sure the team is battle tested provided they are able to get into the March Madness tournament by season’s end.

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This could be a huge year for Texas head coach Shaka Smart as he is often discussed as being on the hot seat. He hasn’t achieved the level of success he had at Virginia Commonwealth University. Despite the fact that he recruits well. Last season they finished 10th in the conference but signed the No. 9 player in the country. In 2019 they were No. 17 according to 247Sports Composite rankings.

The full Big 12-Big East Challenge Schedule

Villanova at Texas
Creighton at Kansas
Baylor at Seton Hall
Providence at Texas Christian
St. John’s at Texas Tech
Oklahoma at Xavier
West Virginia at Georgetown
Oklahoma State at Marquette
DePaul at Iowa State
Kansas State at Butler

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Texas Basketball: The Longhorns crack the preseason AP Top 25

The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball is getting ready for another run at the Big 12 Championship. They crack the AP Top 25 preseason poll.

There is a lot of hope and promise with the Texas Longhorns men’s basketball heading into the 2020-21 season. The Longhorns finished third in the conference at 9-9 in Big 12 play and 18-13 overall. The team returns everyone from last year’s team. They also added top recruit in the state Greg Brown. He was ranked the No. 9 recruit nationally by 247Sports Composite rankings.

To kick off the season the AP Poll ranked the Texas Longhorns as the No. 19 team in the country. They are the lowest ranked team out of the Big 12 Conference to make the top 25. The Big 12 has four total teams in top 15 of the rankings. Baylor, Kansas, Texas Tech and West Virginia join Texas in the rankings.

This should be a highly competitive conference race all season long. Here is a look at the entire Top 25.

The full rankings

  1. Gonzaga
  2. Baylor
  3. Villanova
  4. Virginia
  5. Iowa
  6. Kansas
  7. Wisconsin
  8. Illinois
  9. Duke
  10. Kentucky
  11. Creighton
  12. Tennessee
  13. Michigan State
  14. Texas Tech
  15. West Virginia
  16. North Carolina
  17. Houston
  18. Arizona State
  19. Texas
  20. Oregon
  21. Florida State
  22. UCLA
  23. Ohio State
  24. Rutgers
  25. Michigan

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WATCH: Texas basketball’s top recruit Greg Brown is a freak athlete

Texas basketball commit Greg Brown shows off his athleticism during open runs with several impressive dunks.

The Austin community as a whole was elated when power forward Greg Brown announced his commitment to the University of Texas in April. Continue reading “WATCH: Texas basketball’s top recruit Greg Brown is a freak athlete”

An NBA team composed of only Texas Longhorns

What would an NBA team look like if it was only composed of former Texas Longhorns currently in the NBA? Here is our starting five.

Recently Longhorns Wire released their all NFL offensive and defensive teams using only Longhorns currently in the NFL. The offensive teams and defensive posts can be found using the links below.

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Kansas coach Bill Self predicts Texas to make the NCAA tournament

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self believes that Texas has already done enough to receive an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament.

The madness continues.

Texas men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart led the Longhorns on a miraculous five-game win streak over the past month. In what appeared to be a disappointing season that had minimal hope, Texas began to creep into discussions regarding the NCAA tournament.

The hype was short-lived as Texas fell flat in the season finale at home to Oklahoma State. In doing so, the Longhorns finished the regular season .500 in Big 12 play and 19-12 overall.

Some believed Texas would need to defeat Oklahoma State in order to receive an at-large bid into the tournament, while others were confident Texas had already done enough to sneak in.

Kansas head coach Bill Self agrees with the latter. According to Dallas Morning News reporter Chuck Carlton, Self believes six teams from the Big 12 should be included in the selection process.

It’s quite an uphill battle for Texas to win the Big 12 tournament and receive an automatic bid. Kansas and Baylor are in a superior tier to the rest of the conference, while the Longhorns would still have to defeat a solid Texas Tech team in the first round to even make it to that point.

In terms of how successful Self has been this season with the Kansas program, his words carry a bit of weight. If you go at least .500 in conference play, you have a much higher probability of making it into the NCAA tournament.

The six Big 12 teams mentioned would include Kansas, Baylor, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas and Texas Tech. Four of those six programs concluded the season by going 9-9 in conference play. Texas Tech has the worst overall record of the six teams, but they also have a legitimate chance to make a statement in the Big 12 tournament.

Each of these six teams can make a great case for the NCAA tournament, it solidifies that Texas is still very much in consideration for an at-large bid this year.

 

 

WATCH: Shaka Smart reflects on Texas’ upset win over West Virginia

Texas men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart shares his thoughts on Texas’ impressive upset win over West Virginia.

There’s no question that the Texas basketball program is hanging on by a thread.

In what seemed like a far-fetched possibility, the Longhorns now have hope to sneak in to the NCAA tournament after an impressive upset win over No. 20 West Virginia on Monday.

Although they’ve been plagued with a variety of injuries to Jase Febres, Gerald Liddell, Jericho Sims and Kamaka Hepa, Texas has now won three consecutive games.

There’s still a tough road ahead, but head coach Shaka Smart expressed that this is the best the Longhorns have been playing since he’s been with the program. He’s proud of how his guys fought and battled against a very physical Mountaineers team.

Texas will travel to No. 22 Texas Tech this Saturday in a critical Big 12 showdown.