Texas is beginning to receive answers on the handful of players who had uncertain futures with the program.
On Wednesday, Courtney Ramey announced his return for the 2021-22 season. It was only a matter of time before the dominoes fell regarding the remaining members of last season’s Big 12 championship squad.
Texas won’t have their full set of guards returning next season after it was announced on Thursday that Matt Coleman III would declare for the upcoming 2021 NBA draft.
Thank you, Matt Coleman III.
FIRST player in program history to lead us in assists 4⃣ straight years.
Leader. Graduate. #TexasFamily 🤘
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— Texas Men's Basketball (@TexasMBB) April 29, 2021
During Coleman’s time at Texas, he was a two-time third-team All-Big 12 player, averaging 13.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game for his career. He shot 42.9% from the field, 34.7% from three-point range and 79.5% from the free-throw line.
Last season, he lead all Texas players in steals, assists, and minutes played per game. Coleman was also the only player to play and start in all 27 games.
Now, Texas will await the decisions of Jericho Sims and Greg Brown.