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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Basketball

Oklahoma embarrasses Longhorns on Big Monday

Evan Berkowitz January 6, 2015

Big Monday couldn’t have gone any worse for No. 10 Texas at home as No. 16 Oklahoma sent a loud and clear message to the rest of the Big 12 and the nation. Wrecking Texas 70-49 on its home...

Offense thrives as No. 9 Texas surges past Lipscomb

Evan Berkowitz December 17, 2014

Texas put their offensive woes in the rearview mirror as they pummeled Lipscomb 106-61 Tuesday night at the Erwin Center. “The fact is we moved the ball,” head coach Rick Barnes said. “That’s...

Damarcus Croaker to transfer

Evan Berkowitz December 17, 2014

Sophomore guard Damarcus Croaker will transfer and has been given an unconditional release from his scholarship, the school announced Tuesday afternoon. The 6-foot-2 guard will probably transfer somewhere...

Texas defense allows fewest points since 1946 in blowout of Texas State

Evan Berkowitz December 14, 2014

The No. 8 Longhorns are banking on the principle that “defense wins championships.” Their offense continues to struggle, but their defense is as good as anyone after holding Texas...

Texas suffers first loss of the season against No. 1 Kentucky

Peter Sblendorio December 6, 2014

In a clash of college basketball heavyweights, No. 1 Kentucky proved to be Muhammad Ali. The Wildcats erupted out of halftime on a 18-2 run and held off No. 6 Texas’ late comeback attempt en route...

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Longhorns look for better performance against top-ranked Kentucky

Peter Sblendorio December 5, 2014

No. 6 Texas men’s basketball enters Friday’s matchup against No. 1 Kentucky fresh off its worst offensive performance of the season. The Longhorns shot 30 percent from the field and 18.5...

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Longhorns overcome sloppy offense to beat UT-Arlington

Peter Sblendorio December 3, 2014

The Texas basketball big men dominated the paint on defense all night long. Their performance proved to be just enough to allow the Longhorns to overcome their sloppiest offensive performance of the...

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Notes from Texas’ win against UT-Arlington

Evan Berkowitz December 3, 2014

The men’s basketball team found itself in a close one against a lower-ranked UT-Arlington team but pulled out a 63-53 victory in the end. Freshman forward Myles Turner led the Longhorns with an 18...

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Javan Felix is the only remaining option

Evan Berkowitz December 2, 2014

No. 6 Texas’ greatest assets were supposed to be its depth and 11-man rotation. Head coach Rick Barnes has plenty to choose from in the front court with four rotation players who are at least...

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Jonathan Holmes’ last-second three stuns UConn

Evan Berkowitz November 30, 2014

Down 54-52 to No. 24 UConn with 4.4 seconds left, basketball head coach Rick Barnes drew up a familiar play. Coming off a back screen, senior forward Jonathan Holmes found himself wide open in the corner...

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Turner’s career night helps Longhorns beat Saint Francis

Jacob Martella November 26, 2014

While the Longhorn offense sputtered without its top two point guards at times, freshman forward Myles Turner filled the void. After a solid first half, which saw him put up 11 points and six rebounds,...

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SEC efforts to halt Texas-Texas A&M bowl game detrimental to school spirit

Jori Epstein November 25, 2014

It was already a beautiful day: sunny, 70 degrees and a cool breeze after days of thunderstorms. College Station almost could have been nice. Except that it’s College Station.  On Sunday,...

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