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Championship Week sets stage for March Madness

Antonio Morales March 7, 2012

Besides handing out 30 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament, Championship Week serves as a stage for elite teams trying to secure a quality tournament seed and gives bubble teams one last chance to prove...

Texas needs Chapman to step up with Wangmene done for the season

Nick Cremona March 6, 2012

Strengths: The best thing Texas has going for it is the strength and depth of the Big 12. The Longhorns play in one of the top conferences in the nation and held their own with a 9-9 record in league...

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KU shrinks Longhorns’ tournament chances

Sameer Bhuchar March 5, 2012

Kansas forward Thomas Robinson led the Jayhawks with 25 points and 14 rebounds to a 73-63 win over the Longhorns on Saturday, effectively forcing Texas’ NCAA tournament hopes on the shoulders of...

Robinson, Kansas take down Texas, win regular season title.

Sameer Bhuchar March 4, 2012

Kansas forward Thomas Robinson led the Jayhawks with 25 points and 14 rebounds to a 73-63 win over the Longhorns on Satuday. Kansas’ squad of pro-ready athletes put Texas away in the second half...

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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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