The Daily Texan

Longhorns not looking past lowly Huskies

Trey Scott • March 22, 2011

The Longhorns have a 15-5 record and boast a No. 5 national ranking, good enough to make them the highest-ranked Big 12 team. They’ve won 10 of their last 12, are coming off a conference-opening...

International tennis tourney comes to Austin

Will Anderson • March 22, 2011

The United States Tennis Association is expected to announce that Austin has been selected to host a second-round Davis Cup match in a press conference scheduled for today in the Frank Erwin Center. The...

Kansas’ twin towers

Will Anderson • March 22, 2011

TULSA, Okla. — Across the country, from the East to West coasts, one surname is causing college basketball players in this month’s NCAA tournament to pause: Morris. Morris, as in the...

Texas drops to seventh place after second round at Rancho Bernardo

Stephanie Yarbrough • March 22, 2011

Junior Megan Rosenfeld ended the second day of The Battle at Rancho Bernardo tied for fifth place. She birdied the second and bogeyed the first, 10th and 11th holes. Combining yesterday’s even...

Horns lose third straight at match play tournament

Nick Cremona • March 22, 2011

The seventh-seeded Longhorns faced No. 14 Washington State in the third round of the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship on Monday. After consecutive losses against Duke and Alabama...

Johnsons college career ends too soon with loss to Arizona

Dan Hurwitz • March 22, 2011

You’ve got to feel bad for Gary Johnson. He just ran out of time. He picked up the 686th and final rebound of his college career, but before any shot could be taken or any foul could be made,...

Gillispie chosen to replace Knight as Raiders coach

Austin Laymance • March 22, 2011

Billy Gillispie is back in the Big 12. Texas Tech hired the former Texas A&M head coach Sunday, agreeing to a five-year contract, the school said in a news release. “Over the past...

Horns season ends with another close defeat

Alexandra Carreno • March 21, 2011

It’s back to the drawing board for the Texas women, who now have the entire offseason to reminisce about a season marked by the occasional triumph and more common disappointment. For the third...

Brown’s effort not enough

Will Anderson • March 21, 2011

TULSA, Okla. — J’Covan Brown couldn’t shake the hands of Arizona players after the game as he lay prostrate on the floor of the BOK Center. He wouldn’t look his teammates in...

Luna perfect, helps team to go 6-0 during spring break

Sara Beth Purdy • March 21, 2011

During spring break, sophomore all-American hurler Blaire Luna was invited to the tryouts for 2011 USA Softball National Team. Luna is one of 12 players who has already accepted the invitation to the...

Longhorns fall to Wildcats in third round of NCAA tournament

Dan Hurwitz • March 21, 2011

TULSA, Okla. — Cory Joseph usually looks for his teammates to make two or three cuts on an inbounds pass. With 14 seconds remaining and Texas up two points, Joseph decided he was only going to...

Role player comes off bench, delivers in clutch

Trey Scott • March 21, 2011

Tim Maitland did a Superman slide headfirst into home plate, arms outstretched and artificial turf pellets flying up all around him, to score the dramatic game-winning run in the bottom of the 14th...