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Johnson, Duvernay lone Longhorns at Senior Bowl

Sam Bellessa January 28, 2020

Last Saturday in Mobile, Alabama, college football’s senior class took the field for the last time in the Reese’s Senior Bowl. What has become known as the college football all-star game, the...

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Sutton, Holmes join Higgs in 1000-point club

Myah Taylor January 28, 2020

Senior point guard Sug Sutton’s 12-point performance against Oklahoma State not only propelled Texas women’s basketball to victory in a tough road win Saturday, but it also granted her membership...

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Texas aims to keep winning streak alive at Oklahoma

Myah Taylor January 28, 2020

Now tied for second with TCU in the Big 12 standings, the Texas women’s basketball team will seek another conference victory when it travels to Norman, Oklahoma, for Tuesday’s matchup against...

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From the Bahamas to college basketball: Freshman Kai Jones develops potential at UT

Wills Layton January 28, 2020

It didn’t take much for Shaka Smart to become enamored with Kai Jones. After watching film on his phone of the 6-foot-11-inch forward dominating high school games, Smart knew he had found someone...

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Friends, former rivals share emotions on Twitter over Kobe Bryant’s death

Stephen Wagner January 27, 2020

Legendary Laker and future NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant was one of nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday morning, TMZ reported.  His 13-year-old daughter,...

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Longhorns’ late rally comes up short against LSU

Stephen Wagner January 26, 2020

Shaka Smart didn’t get the result he wanted in the win column, but he seems to have finally found some semblance of passion, something that was absent in Texas’ 38-point loss on Monday. Saturday...

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Lack of offensive identity factors into Longhorns’ spiral against LSU

Wills Layton January 26, 2020

For the third consecutive contest, Texas men’s basketball found itself on the wrong side of the final score in season-defining losses. Saturday’s 69-67 loss to LSU at home exposed the primary...

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Texas overcomes mistakes in hard-fought victory over Oklahoma State

Myah Taylor January 25, 2020

After three quarters of turnovers and missed opportunities in the paint, Texas women’s basketball rallied late to defeat Oklahoma State 61-56 in Stillwater on Saturday afternoon. “We struggled...

Texas heads to Stillwater in search of important conference win

Robert Trevino January 24, 2020

It’s no secret that in this year’s Big 12, wins come at a premium. Apart from conference leader Baylor, who is a perfect 5–0 in conference play and has won those games by an average...

Longhorns have much to prove against LSU

Wills Layton January 24, 2020

When Shaka Smart was named the next head coach of the Texas men’s basketball program in 2015, there was much fanfare. Smart was coming off an impressive six-year run at Virginia Commonwealth University,...

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It’s time for Texas to make the Smart decision

Donnavan Smoot January 23, 2020

If head coach Shaka Smart’s seat wasn’t hot before the week started, it’s scalding now. Texas men’s basketball traveled to West Virginia and received a first-class Mountaineer molly-whopping,...

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Texas holds off Kansas behind veteran leadership

Robert Trevino January 23, 2020

Despite welcoming in a Kansas team that limped into Austin after a 1–4 start to conference play, the Longhorns had their share of struggles early on. While it took strong performances from some of...

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