Christina is a senior studying public health with a sports media minor. She is the former editor for Double Coverage, the Texan’s college football insert. Christina previously covered men’s basketball and women’s soccer for the Texan. She has bylines in Yahoo Sports, the Dallas Morning News, the Lexington Herald-Leader and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. Christina currently covers Texas football and men’s basketball for the Houston Chronicle.
In the wake of Texas’ impending move from the Big 12 to the SEC, The Daily Texan spoke to sports editors at student newspapers across both conferences to get their thoughts on the Longhorns’ recent...
“It’s been a long time coming.”
13 years, 11 months and 27 days, to be exact. 5,110 days total. That’s how long the gap is between Texas’ second-most recent Big 12 title and the one it won...
I came to the University of Texas with intentions of working in the medical field. A hastily-done application changed that.
The spring of my freshman year, I decided to apply for the Daily Texan sports...
Former Texas running back Bijan Robinson is headed to Atlanta to play for the Falcons after three seasons with the Longhorns. He is Texas’ first offensive player drafted in the first round since Vince...
Former Oral Roberts guard Max Abmas announced his commitment to Texas for the 2023-2024 season on Tuesday evening. In his last season at Oral Roberts, Abmas averaged 21.9 points on 43.6% shooting from...
Texas Athletics is making significant changes to The Big Ticket for the 2023-2024 school year to improve the student experience.
After consulting with the Student Government president, vice president...
Former McDonald’s All-American and Texas freshman guard Arterio Morris is going into the transfer portal. The news was first reported by On3’s Joe Tipton.
Morris averaged 4.6 points, 1.4 rebounds...
Just a day after Texas was minutes away from the Final Four, Texas has officially promoted Rodney Terry to full-time head coach.
Texas announced it had dropped the interim tag from Terry’s title...
20 minutes.
That’s what was written on Miami’s white board during halftime. And that’s how long Texas needed to maintain its lead and send itself to the Final Four. But in a little under 17 minutes,...
Texas is no stranger to Miami third-year sophomore guard Nijel Pack.
Pack, formerly of the Kansas State Wildcats, made an uncontested layup in the last 90 seconds of Kansas State’s game against Texas...
While Texas has had its fair share of trouble this season, you wouldn’t know based on its performance against Xavier on Friday night. With the way that Texas played in the Sweet 16, you wouldn’t know...
When he’s not commanding the floor for Texas men’s basketball, Marcus Carr takes on a much different role at home — a father.
And the skills the Toronto-born guard has learned through basketball...
Just four years ago, Dylan Disu was known as Bambi inside the Vanderbilt locker room. The young Pflugerville product had an adjustment period as he adapted to the physicality of SEC basketball.
“He...
No. 4-seed Texas will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament at the Moody Center. Texas will play No. 13-seed East Carolina in the first round and the winner of No. 5-seed Louisville and...
No. 7 Texas earned the Big 12 automatic qualifier bid on Saturday night after it rattled No. 3 Kansas, 76-56, to win the conference tournament.
Texas will head to Des Moines for the first round of...
Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 23 de febrero por Emma Hutchinson y Christina Huang y fue traducido al español por Esteban Elias.
Aunque el baloncesto femenino de...
While Texas women’s basketball is seeing success on the court, head coach Vic Schaefer and his team are still working to increase attendance at their home games.
Texas is not the only school...
CW: This article contains mentions of interpersonal violence.
Former Texas basketball head coach Chris Beard released his first statement after Travis County officially dropped domestic violence charges...
The Big 12 announced on Feb. 9 an agreement between the conference, the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma to allow both universities to depart a year earlier than was first agreed upon.
The...
Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 19 de enero por Christina Huang y fue traducido al español por Alexa Leon.
A pesar de la montaña rusa de un mes que tuvo el baloncesto...
Despite the rollercoaster of a month that Texas men’s basketball had, interim head coach Rodney Terry and his team are doing well. The Longhorns are currently fourth in the Big 12 and the No. 7 team...
Since the beginning of the season, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian made it clear that he wanted to bring his team to the Big 12 title game in December.
“I’ve said all along, my goal is to be in...
In preparation for Texas football’s game against Kansas, The Daily Texan spoke to the University Daily Kansan co-sports editor Jordan Ziegler about what to expect on the field this Saturday in Lawrence.
The...
Last Saturday’s game against TCU did not go the way that Quinn Ewers intended it to.
Texas’ starting quarterback completed 17 out of 39 passing attempts against TCU, netting 171 yards. Ewers was...
No. 9 Alabama @ No. 11 Ole Miss
2:30 p.m. CT, CBS
Alabama’s chances at making the College Football Playoff were wiped away after a 32-31 overtime loss at No. 7 LSU. Last Saturday’s win was...
While Texas was taken out of playoff contention weeks ago, last week’s win over Kansas State proved that there’s still a lot to be excited about for the remainder of the 2022 season.
The Longhorns...
No. 1 Tennessee @ No. 3 Georgia
2:30 p.m. CT, CBS
While both teams are projected College Football Playoff contenders, this Saturday is another chance for Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker to make...
The first College Football Playoff rankings of the season were released on Tuesday, and many were surprised by how they panned out. While the rankings won’t satisfy all college football fans and media...
As December gets closer and closer, the race for the Big 12 title seems to get tighter every week.
Three out of the four Big 12 games last week were three-point wins. West Virginia beat Baylor 43-40...
No. 7 Ole Miss @ LSU
2:30 p.m. CT, CBS
While No. 7 Ole Miss comes in as the ranked team in this matchup, LSU is favored to win. The Brian Kelly era in Baton Rouge isn’t quite living up to expectations,...
No. 3 Alabama @ No. 6 Tennessee
Oct. 15, 2:30 p.m. CT, CBS
While Alabama is still one of the best teams in the nation, it has looked relatively weaker in recent weeks. Alabama starting quarterback...
Leave no doubt.
That’s what Matthew McConaughey had to say about Texas’ historic 49-0 win over Oklahoma last weekend.
And while Texas was undoubtedly the better team at the Cotton Bowl for...
Despite Texas’ dominant 38-20 win over West Virginia, the victory came at the tail of a particularly violent week in football.
West Virginia running back CJ Donaldson was carted off of the field after...
Christina Huang, Double Coverage Editor
• September 30, 2022
While last Saturday’s loss against Texas Tech was frustrating for Texas fans due to the team’s many self-inflicted errors on the field, there was another layer to the loss in Lubbock that made it sting...
Christina Huang, Double Coverage Editor
• September 23, 2022
Duke @ Kansas
Sept. 24, 11:00 a.m. CT, FS1
While Duke and Kansas are blue bloods of the college basketball world, both schools are off to a hot start on the gridiron. Both teams are 3-0 as Duke rolls...
Christina Huang, Double Coverage Editor
• September 22, 2022
Up until this point, Texas football hasn’t looked too bad.
Texas managed to stay neck and neck with Alabama in its 20-19 loss; it pulled out a 41-20 win over UTSA after ending the first half at...
Christina Huang, Double Coverage Editor
• September 15, 2022
No. 13 Miami @ No. 24 Texas A&M
Sept. 17, 8:00 p.m. CT, ESPN
All eyes are on Texas A&M as it looks to recover from a shocking 17-14 loss to Appalachian State. The Aggies’ schedule doesn’t...
Christina Huang, Double Coverage editor
• September 15, 2022
Throughout this week, many Texas fans have been asking themselves what could have happened in last Saturday’s Alabama game if Quinn Ewers had not been injured, or what might have happened had the officiating...
Many Texas fans do not hold fond memories of the 2010 BCS Championship Game and for good reason too. That fateful day in January 2010 was the last time Texas football participated in a national title game....
As year two of the Steve Sarkisian era approaches, the Texas head coach is looking forward to moving past his, at best, mediocre 5-7 first season. Sarkisian has every reason to believe that the 2022 season...
Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of domestic violence.
Incoming Texas men’s basketball freshman Arterio Morris — the nation’s top-ranked point guard in the 2022 recruiting class...
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 12, 2022 flipbook.
Sixth-year Texas guard Marcus Carr put on a scoring show for Canada’s U23 team this past week in the GLOBL JAM tournament,...
Texas softball was unseeded in the NCAA Tournament. After eliminating ranked teams in Washington, Arkansas and now Oklahoma State, Texas continued its improbable postseason run, becoming the first unseeded...
Andrew Jones’ six-year career at Texas has been marked by great success and deep heartbreak. On Sunday, the ninth-best scorer in program history announced that he would leave Texas to pursue an NBA career.
“We...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 22, 2022 flipbook.
After seven years in development, including about two years of construction, UT’s $375 million Moody Center made its debut...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 22, 2022 flipbook.
One of the first things Chris Beard said after Texas was bounced from the NCAA Tournament was about building a new program...
Texas was down 32-31 as the clock neared zero in the first half.
The start of the game was not ideal for the Longhorns, taking five minutes before getting their first point. Texas did not take its first...
No. 21 Texas men’s basketball played its final game at the Frank Erwin Center on Monday night and came up short in a 68–61 loss to No. 3 Baylor. Regardless of the outcome, the game marked the end of a monumental era in Texas basketball history.
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 21, 2022 in the flipbook.
With just four games left in the regular season, three high school players have committed to Texas men’s basketball...
Marcus Carr, the top-ranked preseason transfer, did not score a single point in 33 minutes Saturday’s 61-55 loss to No. 9 Texas Tech. Afterwards, the guard apologized for his poor performance, and on...
The highly anticipated rematch between No. 20 Texas and No. 11 Texas Tech did not tip in Texas’ favor.
Both Longhorn and Red Raider fans packed Frank Erwin Center early Saturday morning, with Texas...
No. 20 Texas rolled into Waco on Saturday morning fresh off a win at the Frank Erwin Center against No. 6 Kansas, only to get routed by No. 7 Baylor. The reigning national champion handed Texas its seventh...
There were some harsh words from Texas head coach Chris Beard after No. 20 Texas fell to No. 10 Baylor on Saturday.
“The way we played basketball today was not Texas basketball,” Beard said.
No....
With a second left in the first half, Texas senior guard Marcus Carr had one opportunity to take the lead. The Longhorns were down 23-22, and the No. 1 transfer in the country swished a 3-point shot to...
When men’s basketball head coach Chris Beard arrived in Austin last April, he made it clear he wanted students to be engaged in Texas basketball.
As the Longhorns enter the last full month of the...
Former head coach Rick Barnes’ return to Austin marked an emotional night at the Frank Erwin Center as Texas hosted No. 18 Tennessee in the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge.
In addition to...
Texas head coach Chris Beard made it clear from the beginning of his tenure that he wanted to build a team capable of competing for a national title in his first year. But now, Texas, 3–3 in conference play, is in trouble.
The defensively-dominated game came to a fitting end when junior forward Brock Cunningham nabbed a steal with four seconds of play remaining, sealing the win for Texas.
Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Jan. 18, 2022 flipbook.
Since Texas men’s basketball has played 17 of its 35 regular season games, the Daily Texan decided to take a look at where...
The Daily Texan spoke with The Iowa State Daily sports editor Matt Belinson to dive into Saturday’s matchup between No. 21 Texas and No. 15 Iowa State.
On New Year’s Day, Texas head coach Chris Beard told the media that one of his goals is to make sure his team makes more free throws than the opposing team even attempts.
However, the No. 14 Texas...
Men’s basketball beat writer Christina Huang answers your questions about Texas men’s basketball, from NBA prospects to Jaylon Tyson’s decision to transfer and everything in between.
COVID-19 continues to shake up the world of athletics.
The No. 14 Longhorns rolled into the Little Apple on Tuesday to face the depleted Kansas State Wildcats, who had seven scholarship players on...
Texas men’s basketball ended its final non-conference game of 2021 with a monster 78-33 win over Incarnate Word. Here are four takeaways from the final game at the Drum this year:
Good defense leads...
Jaylon Tyson, freshman forward for Texas men’s basketball, entered the transfer portal Monday, a Texas Athletics spokesperson said.
Tyson averaged 1.8 points and 6.9 minutes over eight games during...
If you watched junior forward Dylan Disu on Sunday, you would probably be shocked to learn that his former teammates gave him the nickname “Bambi” due to his lankiness and awkwardness moving around...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 23 Double Coverage flipbook.
Although the Longhorns are no longer eligible for a bowl game, they have a chance to end their underwhelming...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 19 Double Coverage flipbook.
Texas’ postseason chances are on the line as the Longhorns now fight for bowl eligibility after an embarrassing...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 12 Double Coverage flipbook.
Despite all of Texas’ recent struggles, a win over a 1–8 Kansas team is more than doable for the Longhorns....
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 5 Double Coverage flipbook.
Like the Longhorns, Iowa State is also coming off a disappointing loss in Week 9, but that doesn’t mean...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 29 flipbook.
While a win against No. 16 Baylor is definitely possible for the Longhorns, four Bears could cause major issues for Texas.
Gerry...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 15 Double Coverage flipbook.
As college football officially enters the second part of the regular season in Week 7, the Heisman Trophy...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 1 Double Coverage flipbook.
Saturday’s matchup against TCU should be an interesting one, as the Horned Frogs have given Texas trouble...
Texas fell 60-64 to Seton Hall on Thursday night, netting the team its second loss of the season.
The Longhorns traveled to Newark, New Jersey, to face the No. 23 Seton Hall Pirates in their first...
Texas basketball’s head coach Chris Beard has committed to creating a relationship with the student body. The effects were on display after last Monday’s game at Gregory Gym against Sam Houston State.
The...
Men’s basketball beat writer Christina Huang answers your questions about Texas men’s basketball, from recruiting to conference play and everything in-between.
Q: Are there any prospects that Texas...
In the first half, the Longhorns allowed the Spartans just 17 points. Texas forced 19 turnovers in the first half while giving up just five of its own.
No. 5 Texas rolled into The Kennel on Saturday night hoping to hand No. 1 Gonzaga its first home loss since 2018. Then, in the opening minutes in Spokane, Washington, the Bulldogs sprinted away with the...
The Daily Texan spoke to The Gonzaga Bulletin’s sports editor, Cole Forsman, to get a better understanding of what Texas men’s basketball is going up against in its most exciting non-conference matchup...
During the Longhorns’ season-opening 92-48 win over Houston Baptist on Tuesday at the Frank Erwin Center, moments of sloppy play cropped up that do not necessarily correlate with a team boasting a No. 5 national ranking.
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 24 Double Coverage flipbook.
Texas Tech continues the quest for its first win over Texas under third-year head coach Matt Wells. The...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 17 Double Coverage flipbook.
While some Longhorns are no longer playing within the walls of DKR, they still represent Texas football...
Sophomore guard Devin Askew is one of many transfers on the Texas men’s basketball roster this season. The Daily Texan spoke with The Kentucky Kernel sports editor Hunter Shelton to better understand...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 10 Double Coverage flipbook.
No. 15 Texas will be taking its football talent to Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Saturday for a primetime...
Although he wasn’t initially recruited by the Longhorns, Dylan Disu is more than happy to don the burnt orange today.
“(Texas) was my dream school growing up, I’ve always wanted to come here....
Christian Bishop is the only player on the Texas men’s basketball team who has won a March Madness game. The transfer from Creighton helped the Bluejays to a 72-58 win over Ohio in the second round of...
A big task on head coach Chris Beard’s to-do list is get the Texas fanbase familiar with the new players who will suit up in the burnt orange this season. Wednesday’s media availability for Texas men’s...
The Daily Texan spoke with The Minnesota Daily’s sports writers AJ Condon and Tony Liebert about what fans can expect from former Minnesota guard Marcus Carr.
Editor's note: This story first appeared as part of the September 3 Double Coverage flipbook.
The Steve Sarkisian era of Texas football kicks off Saturday at Darrell K Royal- Texas Memorial Stadium...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the August 2 flipbook.
Julia Grosso became Texas soccer’s first Olympian when she was selected to represent Canada in the Tokyo Olympics. Now,...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the July 12 flipbook.
The University of Texas prides itself on both a rigorous academic curriculum and a competitive athletic program. Emily Strophauer...
The transfer portal continues to reward the Longhorns.
Last week, UMass center Tre Mitchell became Texas’ sixth transfer addition this off-season.
The addition of Mitchell should boost the Longhorns’...
