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Like father, like daughter: Vic and Blair Schaefer share basketball bond

Myah Taylor June 26, 2020

For Vic Schaefer, developing his players and winning basketball games is a family affair.  Although Texas’ new women’s basketball head coach picked up numerous individual accolades...

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Lovato discusses move to Texas, women’s basketball roster

Myah Taylor May 22, 2020

Once Elena Lovato discovered head coach Vic Schaefer would be leaving Mississippi State to take over the Longhorns, she didn’t have to think twice about joining him in Austin as the new assistant...

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NCAA allows football, basketball athletes to return to campus starting June 1

Marcus Krum May 21, 2020

The state of college sports in the fall is still up in the air, but athletes may be returning to campus soon. The NCAA decided today that it will allow Division I football and basketball student-athletes...

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Collier, Taylor discuss staying active during quarantine

Myah Taylor May 8, 2020

During a time when offseason workouts would just be getting underway, Charli Collier’s day-to-day life may look just like the rest of the population right now. “I’ll wake up, I’ll...

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Texas Basketball commit Greg Brown III has tools to become star

Aneesh Namburi May 6, 2020

It’s been popular to characterize Texas men’s basketball season as a roller coaster, but there is no better way to phrase it. A major part of the team’s issues was forward play, where...

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Longhorn basketball: Ranking Texas’ best recruiting classes

Stephen Wagner April 29, 2020

There’s a reason Texas head coach Shaka Smart has never been accused of being a bad recruiter, and we were reminded why last week.  But Texas’ men’s basketball recruiting is something...

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Smart’s one-man recruiting class brings excitement to Texas basketball

Stephen Wagner April 27, 2020

Shaka Smart’s 2020 one-man recruiting class might be his best yet as Texas’ head coach.  Although the 2020 class is Smart’s smallest since he assumed the reins of the program...

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5-star basketball recruit Greg Brown III verbally commits to Texas

Stephen Wagner April 24, 2020

Vandegrift High School five-star basketball recruit Greg Brown III will stay in his hometown to play college basketball at UT, he announced via Instagram Live on Friday afternoon. Brown joins a growing...

Season in review: Jericho Sims

Aneesh Namburi April 21, 2020

Say what you want about the state of Texas’ basketball program, but the Longhorns have done one thing really well: getting their young centers drafted. Since 2015, Myles Turner, Jarrett Allen, Mo...

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Sutton achieves WNBA dreams, inspires St. Louis youth

Myah Taylor April 20, 2020

When Sug Sutton dressed up as WNBA legend Candace Parker for Halloween one year during her childhood, no one in her neighborhood could figure out who she was. But the former Texas point guard said she...

WNBA Draft: 2 Longhorns selected to play professionally

Robert Trevino April 19, 2020

The 2020 WNBA Draft saw two Longhorns join some of the best teams in the professional ranks, as senior forward Joyner Holmes and senior point guard Sug Sutton were taken 19th and 36th overall by the Seattle...

Holmes awaits virtual WNBA draft

Myah Taylor April 17, 2020

Joyner Holmes’ childhood dream of becoming a WNBA player will start out much differently than she ever anticipated. Holmes won’t be in New York City clad in her best attire when her name...

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