The San Antonio Spurs are the team to beat in the NBA’s Western Conference.
Sure, the Oklahoma City Thunder are loaded with young talent, the Dallas Mavericks are the defending champions and the...
Gibbs announces he will transfer
A crowded Texas backcourt claimed its first victim Tuesday. Freshman point guard Sterling Gibbs announced plans to transfer at the end of the semester.
“I’ve...
There’s a growing debate in college basketball about what to do with so-called “one-and-done” players — those select few athletes who leave college after one season for a big payday...
Quarterback David Ash and the Longhorns starters did what they were supposed to do in the spring game: beat the back-ups.
Texas’ first-team offense wasn’t challenged by the second-team defense...
Texas recruit Cameron Ridley will sign his letter of intent and play for the Longhorns next season, Ridley told ESPN’s Dave Telep.
Ridley is a 6-10, 230-pound center from Bush High School in Fort...
Myck Kabongo veered from the path set forth by his predecessors and will return for his sophomore season.
The Longhorns’ starting point guard announced Monday that he would bypass the 2012 NBA Draft...
Editor's Note: This story has been updated at 2:32 a.m. in response to J'Covan Brown's tweets.
J’Covan Brown’s spin move caught the attention of NBA scouts and Big 12 defenders...
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Longhorns struggled all season to win close games, and that’s why Texas will watch the rest of the NCAA Tournament from home.
The Longhorns’ season ended Friday...
NASHVILLE, TN--Even in the NCAA Tournament, Texas couldn't escape its biggest weakness: winning close games.
The eleventh-seeded Longhorns lost to sixth-seeded Cincinnati, 65-59, on Friday at...
J'Covan Brown wasn't sure the Texas Longhorns would be back in the NCAA tournament before the season started.
He's glad he was wrong.
Brown, a junior guard, was one of three returning...
No team from the state of Texas has ever won the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship.
That’s right, the state with the most teams in the conference has never had a school crowned tournament...
Texas is in unfamiliar territory entering the Big 12 Tournament.
Since Rick Barnes arrived in 1998, the Longhorns have locked up a bid to the NCAA Tournament prior to playing in the conference tourney....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Longhorns didn’t have an answer for Quincy Acy down the stretch as No. 14 Baylor rallied to end UT’s hopes for an upset.
Acy scored eight points in the final 4:45 to help Baylor overcome...
The Longhorns are going back to Oklahoma this weekend for the second time in five days with a chance to further expand their NCAA tournament resume.
Texas visits Oklahoma State on Saturday looking to...
The Longhorns are a better team in the second half.
Texas rallied to beat Oklahoma, 69-58, on Tuesday night in Norman, Okla. to extend its winning streak to four games. UT (17-9) overcame a five-point...
The hallmark of a Rick Barnes team has always been a stifling defense. Now, two-thirds of the way through Big 12 play, the Longhorns are finally becoming a defensive menace.
Texas has won three straight...
The free throw line was the Longhorns' best friend in a game they desperately needed.
Texas made more free throws (35) than field goals (18) and engineered another second half comeback to beat...
The Longhorns are starting to peak at the right time. The same holds true for Kansas State, though.
Texas hosts the Wildcats Saturday afternoon at the Frank Erwin Center and look to extend its winning...
Texas won the last scheduled game against rival Texas A&M, 70-68, at one of the Big 12’s loudest venues, Reed Arena, on Monday night. The Longhorns hadn’t won a game away from Austin since...
The Longhorns figured out one way to avoid their late-game woes: blow out the other team.
Texas cruised past Texas Tech, 74-57, on Saturday night at the Frank Erwin Center. After weeks of crushing defeats...
The Longhorns figured out one way to avoid their late-game woes: blow out the other team.
Texas cruised past Texas Tech, 74-57, on Saturday night at the Frank Erwin Center. After weeks of crushing defeats...
The Longhorns signed 28 recruits on Wednesday and were able to fill nearly all of the holes Texas had in 2011. Here’s our grade report on Mack Brown’s 15th recruiting class at UT.
Quarterback:...
Basketball head coach Rick Barnes has dished out plenty of blame in recent weeks as the Longhorns continue to plummet towards the cellar of the Big 12 conference.
Texas has dropped five of its last...
The Texas Longhorns didn’t have an answer to Missouri’s Michael Dixon, and the No. 4 Tigers thwarted another late comeback attempt by UT.
Dixon ended a furious second-half rally by Texas with...
WACO — There wasn't much for the Longhorns to take away from another road loss, except for J'Covan Brown rediscovering his shooting touch.
Texas didn't execute down the stretch, the...
The Baylor Bears got their swagger and their best player back this week. That’s bad news for Texas and the rest of the Big 12.
The No. 6 Bears (18-2; 5-2 Big 12) snapped a two-game losing streak...
The Longhorns proved they could beat a quality opponent even when J’Covan Brown can’t find his shot.
Texas got enough strong play from its role players and bench to overcome a rough shooting...
Rick Barnes expected J’Covan Brown to be the Longhorns’ leading scorer this season. But the coach didn’t envision Brown becoming the team’s de facto point guard. That duty was supposed...
Texas couldn’t overcome a slow start against the Kansas Jayhawks, and then fell victim to poor execution in the final possessions after giving the Big 12’s best team all they could handle.
The...
The Longhorns gave the Kansas Jayhawks all they could handle, but UT fell just short in a bid to upset the Big 12's top team.
The Longhorns rallied for another furious second half comeback, their...
Texas lost the ball, and then the game.
The Longhorns’ 16th turnover of the night squandered a furious second-half comeback and led to Kansas State’s final basket as UT lost, 84-80, on Wednesday...
The current Big 12 format will be in place for this season only, a shame considering the conference is among the most competitive nationally from top to bottom.
The Big 12 is the only league with three...
While most students packed up and headed home for the holiday break, the Longhorns played seven games.
Texas went undefeated at home, beating Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Rice and Temple. Still, the...
Originally posted on Jan. 2, 2012
The Longhorns welcomed six new coaches in 2011 and they helped bring a three-win improvement to the program: from 5-7 to 8-5. Texas played some of its best ball in California--a...
J'Covan Brown dazzled individually for the Longhorns, but Missouri collectively outplayed Texas and the hot-shooting Tigers continued UT's road woes.
Brown put on an offensive display...
Julien Lewis made the most of his lone opportunity to play Texas A&M at home.
The freshman guard broke out of a shooting slump and poured in a team-high 16 points to lead Texas (12-4; 2-1 Big 12)...
It wasn't pretty, but Texas held off Oklahoma State, 58-49, Saturday in the Longhorns' Big 12 home opener.
Both teams struggled from the field in the first half, including a five-minute drought...
SAN DIEGO--The opportunities kept coming for the Texas Longhorns, and when they finally capitalized on a takeaway, UT ended its season in dominating fashion.
Texas forced five California turnovers, including...
Texas isn't on California's nice list.
Cal hasn't forgotten its painful Bowl Championship Series snub in 2004, which saw Texas accept a Rose Bowl bid after the Golden Bears slid from fourth...
After a disappointing end to the regular season that saw Texas lose three of its last four games, the Longhorns need as much practice time as they can get.
With an invitation to play California in the...
After a disappointing end to the regular season that saw Texas lose three of its last four games, the Longhorns need as much practice time as they can get.
With an invitation to play California in the...
Quandre Diggs is used to following in his brother’s footsteps.
The freshman cornerback came to Texas a decade after his older brother, Quentin Jammer, starred with the Longhorns as a defensive back....
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...
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...
