Recruiting: UT Basketball adds first 2021 commit
Texas added it’s first hoops pledge today with 6’9 small forward Keeyan Itejere from Grace Christian in North Carolina.
Texas gets Greg Brown III
It happened.
Austin Vandegrift small forward and top 10 national prospect Greg Brown III chose Texas on Friday over Michigan, Auburn, Memphis, Kentucky, and a reported opportunity to prepare for the 2021 NBA Draft in the G-League.
Fridays in the Quarantine – 3/20/20
In a normal timeline we’d be four days away from the start of spring ball and writing a robust team portion. Those of you still in your sleepwear, or being out-numbered by your kids who are home from school, know quite well, we’re not in our normal timeline.
Hoops Inconsistency in a Nutshell
For all of the promise and potential Texas has in its "sharpshooting" sophomore Jase Febres, he (perhaps above all other Longhorns) has typified the hot and cold nature of this basketball program under Shaka Smart. Some overall numbers...8.8 pts, 2.7 rbs, 0.4 asts, on 46/37/58 shooting. Not terrible. At all, really.
Jones joins Texas Basketball’s C/O 2019
AUSTIN -- Shaka Smart and the Longhorns reeled in their second big-time recruit for the 2019 class when Bahamas-native (and current Brewster Academy standout) Kai Jones pledged to Texas this evening.
Fridays in the Humidor – 7/6/18
Team updates from workouts and 7-on-7, the immediate and future recruiting landscape, and a breakdown of Shaka Smart's main targets for the 2019 class.
Wolfpack erase second-half deficit to force overtime, defeat Texas 87-83
NASHVILLE -- Shaka Smart’s Texas squad played the game it wanted to through the first 20 minutes of its first round matchup against 7th seed Nevada.
The second half and overtime played to the Wolfpack’s style, and that allowed them to erase a 14-point deficit to win in overtime, 87-83.
One-on-One with 5-star Greg Brown III
AUSTIN -- The Longhorns Basketball team doesn't have to look far for one of the nation's best prospects. He's already down the street. We go 1-on-1 with one of the nation's best high school basketball players.
And destroying the Central Texas region as a do-everything sophomore.
Texas 87, No. 20 West Virginia 79 – Game Notes
Despite the loss of Mo Bamba, Matt Coleman foul trouble, no Andrew Jones or Eric Davis, and failing to finish in regulation, the Longhorns upset No. 20 West Virginia at the Drum on Saturday.
And now they're probably Big Dance bound.
Texas too much for No.12 OU, 79-74
AUSTIN -- Texas plugged into a hyped-up crowd to run down No. 12 Oklahoma in the second half Saturday, beating the Sooners 79-74 in a raucous - and full - Frank Erwin Center.
Trailing 40-35 at halftime while shooting just 40 percent from the field, the Longhorns blitzed the Sooners in the second half, outscoring Lon Kruger's team 44-34 to earn the win. Matt Coleman and Kerwin Roach led the second-half rush to push the Longhorns to a 15-8 overall record and a 5-5 Big 12 mark.
