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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Horns seeking upset over top ranked Kansas

Austin Laymance March 2, 2012

The Longhorns may have done enough to secure an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament with Wednesday’s win over Oklahoma, but a victory at No. 3 Kansas on Saturday would all but assure the Longhorns...

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Texas sits on Bubble Watch as tournament approaches

Nick Cremona March 2, 2012

Texas is currently on a lunch date in college basketball’s equivalent of the friend zone. Not to conjure images of MTV’s “Friendzone,” which is every bit as awkward as you imagine,...

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Freshman helps Texas outlasts Sooners on Senior Night

Sameer Bhuchar March 1, 2012

Freshman Sheldon McClellan netted 24 points and junior J’Covan Brown added 22 points and six assists to help Texas outlast the Sooners on senior night in the Frank Erwin Center. Texas’ seniors...

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Freshman steals show on senior night

Austin Laymance March 1, 2012

Leave it to a freshman to salvage senior night for the Longhorns. On an evening when Texas honored seniors Clint Chapman and Alexis Wangmene, rookie swingman Sheldon McClellan exploded for a career-high...

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Big 12 Basketball Notebook

Austin Laymance February 29, 2012

Kansas secures eighth straight Big 12 Championship The Kansas Jayhawks are Big 12 champs. Again. KU wrapped up the program’s eighth consecutive Big 12 regular season title on Monday night with...

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Texas to take on Sooners in possible trap game

Sameer Bhuchar February 29, 2012

The Longhorns are walking on pins and needles right now. That’s not good for a team still trying to prove that it’s tournament worthy, and Oklahoma (14-14, 4-12 Big 12) will try to be the edge...

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Longhorns escape Lubbock with win

Austin Laymance February 27, 2012

The Longhorns' NCAA tournament hopes are still alive thanks to a timely steal from J'Covan Brown. Brown knocked the ball loose from Texas Tech's Javarez Willis and saved it from going out...

Texas hopes to avoid letdown at Texas Tech

Austin Laymance February 24, 2012

The Longhorns basketball team hasn’t learned how to close out games yet. They’ll get another chance on Saturday, though, when Texas travels to Texas Tech for a game against the Big 12’s...

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Stat Guy takes a look at Texas basketball

Wes Maulsby February 23, 2012

Texas needed just one good half of basketball to seal its trip to the NCAA tournament. A sparse resume that only had 17 wins to 10 losses, and three wins over quality teams had a chance to get a lot spicier...

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Barnes, players slipping into quiet resignation of team woes

Sameer Bhuchar February 23, 2012

For about 10 minutes after every game, Texas head coach Rick Barnes addresses the media and assesses his team’s performance. He could have saved himself a lot of time after losing to Baylor —...

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Longhorns lose another close one to Baylor

Austin Laymance February 21, 2012

The Longhorns didn’t have an answer for Quincy Acy down the stretch as No. 14 Baylor rallied to end UT’s hopes for an upset. Acy scored eight points in the final 4:45 to help Baylor overcome...

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Same old Texas shows up, drops another close one

Sameer Bhuchar February 21, 2012

Just when Texas looked like it had grown up, it played the final ten minutes of the second half like the same team that was 1-7 in games decided by six points or less coming into Monday. The Longhorns...

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