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Tennessee avoids upset, Texas puts up strong numbers

Nick Cremona December 5, 2011

After winning its last five games Texas was unable to pull off an upset over the Lady Volunteers this weekend in Knoxville, Tenn. The Lady Volunteers were lead by Shekinna Stricklen who scored 20 points...

Women’s Texas Invitational: Texas stays undefeated

Matt Warden December 5, 2011

And another one bites the dust for the Longhorn women’s swimmers and divers. The women continued their undefeated season by winning the Texas Invitational. The squad finished first on all three...

Men’s Texas Invitational Recap: Horns dominate competition

Matt Warden December 5, 2011

The Longhorns came, saw and conquered in this week’s Texas Invitational by finishing in first place all three days of the competition. Day one of the invitational saw the men total 604 points with...

After power outage, Longhorns take down Bruins

Sameer Bhuchar December 5, 2011

J’Covan Brown shot lights-out Saturday, scoring 22 points to lead the Longhorns past UCLA amid a power outage on the Bruins’ home floor, 69-59. Myck Kabongo added 13 points, eight rebounds...

Texas squaring off against Cal in Holiday Bowl

Christian Corona December 5, 2011

Texas is headed to San Diego to face California in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl on Dec. 28. After wrapping up the regular season with a 48-24 loss to Baylor Saturday, the Longhorns are set to...

Longhorns move onto regional semifinals

Lauren Giudice December 5, 2011

When the Longhorns came out on the court Saturday night, there was no doubt they were ready to play. The team entered Gregory Gym with energy and confidence that could not be stopped. Although they swept...

Press Box Observations: Texas vs. Baylor

Christian Corona December 5, 2011

Here are three observations from Saturday’s loss to Baylor. Griffin made case to win Heisman, Vaccaro hopes he wins it With Alabama’s Trent Richardson and Stanford’s Andrew Luck not...

Bears maul Horns, take advantage of Texas miscues

Christian Corona December 5, 2011

Beating a team as good as Baylor is hard enough without beating yourself like Texas did Saturday. The Longhorns committed half a dozen turnovers and twice as many penalties. Justin Tucker, the reliable...

Texas loses to Baylor 48-24

Austin Laymance December 4, 2011

Editor's note: updated 12/04/11 at 11:00 p.m. WACO — It wasn’t the ending Texas envisioned. The Longhorns needed to limit their turnovers. They couldn’t. They wanted to contain...

Big 12 Quick Hits: Week 14

Nick Cremona December 2, 2011

Texas A&M The Aggies finally decided to part ways with head coach Mike Sherman. He was fired early this morning. The Aggies went just 25-25 in his four years at the helm. Some think current Houston...

Players to Watch: Week 14

Wes Maulsby December 2, 2011

Robert Griffin III, Junior quarterback: Robert Griffin III has gone from being a solid player on a fringe bowl team to a household name and one of the top candidates for the Heisman Trophy. He has passed...

Texas’ defensive leaders thrive in bend-don’t-break philosophy

Austin Laymance December 2, 2011

The Texas defense has made a habit of forcing field goals in the red zone this year, and the Longhorns will need that trend to continue. UT’s red zone defense was instrumental last week against...

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