The free-throw line 15 feet from the basket can be the loneliest spot on the basketball court.
A game can be won or lost from the stripe, and on Saturday afternoon Texas experienced the latter result...
The Crimson Tide will roll into the Frank Erwin Center on Friday for an 8:30 p.m. contest against Texas, the first between the two programs since 1971.
The Longhorns look to break a three-game...
With the end of the semester drawing near, students on the 40 Acres are beginning to buckle down in preparation for finals.
For student-athletes, finals present an additional challenge to their season...
After Texas’ 85-52 victory over Eastern Washington on Thursday, Eagles’ head coach Jim Hayford offered some words of encouragement ahead of the Longhorns’ matchup against Northwestern.
“Northwestern...
Senior running back Ke’aun Kinner didn’t visit Lawrence, Kansas, before committing to play for the Jayhawks in 2014.
He spent two seasons at Navarro College — a two-year institution...
Freshman center James Banks only needed one game to rewrite the Texas record books.
He tallied five blocks in the Longhorns’ season-opening win against Incarnate Word, setting a new high...
No. 23 Texas cruised to an 80-59 victory over the University of Louisiana-Monroe on Monday night in the Legends Classic Regional Round.
The Longhorns and Warhawks played a tight game early in...
Head coach Shaka Smart is fired up about Tuesday’s election results. He sounded off on the topic following Texas’ 78–73 win over Incarnate Word on Friday night.
“I’m concerned for our guys;...
Last November, Texas opened up its season with a loss to Washington in Shanghai, China. This year, the Longhorns hope to get started on a better track.
No. 21 Texas tips off its season with a matchup...
In just its fifth season as a member of the Big 12, West Virginia has a chance at the conference title.
The No. 16 Mountaineers have turned in several good seasons since leaving the Big East, playing...
Texas begins its season at home against Incarnate Word on Friday. The team looks to bounce back after losing to Northern Iowa on a half-court buzzer-beater in the NCAA Tournament’s first round last...
Head coach Shaka Smart announced Monday guards Kerwin Roach and Tevin Mack will not play in Texas’ season opener on Friday.
Smart initially suspended the sophomores from Texas’ exhibition...
Texas begins its season ranked No. 21 in the AP preseason poll, which was released Monday. But head coach Shaka Smart isn’t buying into the hype yet.
The Longhorns make their return to the Frank...
Sophomore guards Kerwin Roach and Eric Davis Jr. have a lot of responsibility on their shoulders.
Head coach Shaka Smart expects the duo to fill the void left by recently departed guards Javan Felix...
Jordan Willis hadn’t played a single down of varsity football when he verbally committed to play for Kansas State.
He transferred to Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Mo. midway through...
The Longhorns will get their season underway with the Texas Tip-Off on Thursday evening at Gregory Gym.
The intrasquad matchup will give Texas fans their first look at the 2016-17 Longhorns,...
It was a good week to be a favorite in the Big 12. There were four conference games this weekend, and in each, the favored team won by double-digits. Three of those teams kept an undefeated conference record...
Senior defensive end Mitchell Meyers is a big part of Iowa State’s football team.
Not just for his play, leadership and unquestionable work ethic, although those characteristics earned him a team...
Texas will kick off its fall season on Wednesday with a contest against St. Edward’s at Red and Charline McCombs Field.
The Longhorns have seven games on their one-month fall schedule and will...
Oklahoma’s fullback Dimitri Flowers watched the Red River Rivalry every October when he was younger, but he never imagined being a part of it.
He was a Miami fan growing up and said he didn’t...
Oklahoma State’s running attack hasn’t put up big numbers over the past few seasons.
In 2015, the Cowboys’ rushing offense was better than only Kansas in the Big 12 Conference and...
Baylor moves to No. 1 in Big 12 Power Rankings
Texas’ loss to California pushed the 3-0 Bears to the top spot in the Big 12 as the conference’s only undefeated team. No. 16 Baylor had another...
Billy McCrary III found his way to California thanks in part to a former Longhorn.
While watching high school football highlights on television one night, Spike Dykes—who coached at Texas for...
Central Michigan upsets Oklahoma State
The wild Hail Mary-turned-lateral play that earned the Chippewas a win after time had expired never should have happened — the MAC issued a statement...
Julia Beck helped carry Texas to a National Championship appearance last season, and she’ll be just as important to the team this year.
The senior from Austin notched five top-20 finishes through...
The AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center’s Grand Ballroom was full of people Friday afternoon. But just after the clock struck 4 p.m., every seat was empty.
When Longhorn legend...
All Alvin Jones wanted was a chance.
He was a three-sport athlete at Burges High School in El Paso, Texas. He was a three-year letter and played both ways with a Mustang football team that clinched...
Texas made a statement in its first competition of the season at the SFA Lumberjack Pre-Conference Meet on Friday.
Each group earned team wins with sophomores Pedro Nasta and Alex Cruz leading...
Durham Smythe almost came to Texas. In fact, he was verbally committed to the University for the majority of 2012.
On Sunday night, the senior tight end will return to Darrell K. Royal–Texas...
Texas promoted former Longhorn and volunteer coach Wyatt Collins to a full-time position as an assistant men’s swimming and diving coach Tuesday. Collins replaces associate head coach Kris Kubik,...
Oregon’s redshirt junior Sulman Raza rolled in a six-foot birdie putt on the 10th hole at the Eugene Country Club on June 1. The putt gave the Ducks their first NCAA title while denying Texas...
The Shaka Smart era at Texas technically started in 2015. But it wasn’t truly his program yet.
In his first year at the helm, Smart had to work with previously recruited players while figuring...
Cross country is looking to go the distance in 2016.
Both the men’s and women’s teams will kick off competition in Nacogdoches, Texas, on Sept. 2 for the Stephen F. Austin Invitational...
The Longhorns are set for a full-on youth movement in 2016.
With six members of last season’s roster no longer on the 40 Acres, Texas’ success will sit on the shoulders of five returners...
While many Longhorn graduates were celebrating the end of their college journeys at the Forty Acres on Saturday, five were fighting to keep theirs going in Louisiana.
Texas started day two of the Lafayette...
Texas and Texas A&M have one of the oldest, fiercest rivalries in college sports. But after the former left the Big 12 Conference in 2012, Longhorn and Aggie matchups have become more rare than common.
In...
The eyes of Texas will be on Lafayette, Louisiana on Friday afternoon as the Longhorns renew an old rivalry in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Texas will face Texas A&M at 3:30 p.m. at Lamson...
Finals are the main focus for most students on campus, but for 19 Texas softball players there is business to be handled outside the classroom, too.
The Longhorns are facing off with Iowa State...
Texas’ regular season is quickly coming to a close, and Wednesday’s matchup against North Texas is its last non-conference game on the schedule.
The Mean Green aren’t a high-powered...
It was a tale of two games at Red and Charline McCombs Field on Saturday as Texas and Kansas got their Big 12 series underway.
The Longhorns took the first game of the doubleheader 3-1, but the Jayhawks...
It’s rare for a midweek, nonconference game to have much significance to a team this late in the season, but Wednesday’s contest against Texas Southern certainly did.
The 6-0 Longhorn...
As the regular season winds down, every game remaining on Texas’ schedule is crucial to its postseason hopes.
The Longhorns are currently ranked fourth in the Big 12 following their series sweep...
It didn’t come easy, but Texas earned its first Big 12 series sweep of the season with a 8-7 victory over Oklahoma State on Sunday afternoon.
“It reassures us that we can be one of...
Texas’ seventh-inning rally came up short in Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday, clinching a series sweep for the Big 12-leading Sooners with a 5-3 win.
The Longhorns fell to 27–13 overall...
Texas’ seventh-inning rally came up short in Norman, Oklahoma, on Saturday, clinching a series sweep for the Big 12 leading Sooners.
The Longhorns fell to 28-12 overall and 2-6 in conference play...
Celina Felix was surprised when she learned Texas wanted her.
The Montclair, California, native started her collegiate career at Mt. San Antonio College in her hometown and was close to transferring...
Texas earned its first Big 12 series win in front of the largest home crowd at Red and Charline McCombs Field this season, thanks in large part to a breakout performance by Bekah Alcozer.
The freshman...
Texas didn’t get its Big 12 season started in the best fashion.
The Longhorns dropped two games to then-No. 20 Baylor to open conference play, but the time has come to make up for it.
Three-straight...
Texas played far from its best softball on Wednesday night, mustering just five hits in its first game at Roadrunner Field since 2010. But those five hits were enough to sneak away with a 3-2 victory over...
Texas earned win No. 400 at Red and Charline McCombs Field by sweeping a doubleheader against UTEP on Tuesday.
The Longhorns got the day started with a 4-1 win and closed out the evening with a 8-0,...
