Following an Elite Eight appearance for the first time since 2008, Rodney Terry’s squad entered the 2023-2024 season with high expectations. Texas enters conference play with an 11-2 overall record...

Shaka Smart spent six seasons leading the Longhorn basketball program. After an ascendant NCAA Tournament run from the First Four to the Final Four in 2011, Smart rode the momentum from five-straight...

Sophomore forward Kai Jones announced Wednesday he is declaring for the NBA Draft and plans to hire an agent, ending his collegiate career. The post Kai Jones declares for the NBA Draft appeared firs...

In Matt Coleman’s freshman year, Texas lost to Nevada in overtime during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Playing in March Madness was a dream of Coleman’s ever since he realized coll...

When the buzzer sounded in Saturday’s Big 12 Tournament final, years of pent-up emotions finally surfaced. Texas head coach Shaka Smart produced a celebratory yell that momentarily tore away the in...

Want information on Texas basketball from Eric Nahlin, Justin Wells, Joe Cook, Gerry Hamilton, Tim Preston, and Bobby Burton? Sign up for Inside Texas HERE today! Prior to the Big 12 Tournament on...

For the second time in Shaka Smart’s tenure as Texas head coach, his Longhorn team is very comfortably in the NCAA Tournament. The post Texas has business to take care of in Kansas City ahead of NC...

Someday, many years in the future, Jericho Sims will look back upon his 16-point, 12-rebound game at Oklahoma during his senior year with fondness. Maybe hell even smile. The post Texas 69, Oklahoma ...

As Texas creeps closer and closer to the NCAA Tournament, it will face tougher competition than an Iowa State team that hasn’t recorded a win during conference play. The post Texas 81 Iowa State 67...

After battling through COVID issues and a difficult stretch of games, Texas found winning ways in recent contests at Kansas State and versus TCU. The Longhorns’ 70-55 win on Saturday over the Horne...

Texas is 13-19 in the month of February since 2017 under head coach Shaka Smart. That includes a 5-4 mark at the end of the 2019-20 season beginning with four straight losses and ending with a five-g...

The hallowed hoops hall of Rupp Arena awaits the arrival of the No. 5 Texas Longhorns this Saturday in Lexington, Ky. Four national championship teams and six other Final Four squads have called one ...

Texas head coach Shaka Smart announced Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19. The post Shaka Smart tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on Inside Texas....

Prior to the season, Texas head coach Shaka Smart fielded a question he fields every year: got anybody who can shoot? One player came to mind for the head coach entering his sixth season in Austin in...

Minute allocation for a team returning 12 players from 2019-20 and adding five-star Greg Brown III was one of the biggest questions facing Shaka Smart ahead of the 2020-21 season. Following Texas’ ...

One of my best memories in my 20 plus years in this business was covering T.J. Ford at Willowridge and Texas. More from the former UT point guard on Texas hoops in 2020-2021. The post Lifetime Longh...

Entering his sixth season as head coach at Texas, Shaka Smart continues to recruit at a high level.  Smart capped the Longhorns’ 2021 recruiting class on Wednesday by signing four players, Tamar B...

Head coach Shaka Smart and the Texas Basketball program landed their first commitment in the 2021 class, in 6’9 power forward Keeyan Ietjere. In 2019, Texas had the 17th ranked class nationally via...

The spring of 2020 will always be remembered in the context of "what might have been." The post Blackwell: What would have been appeared first on Inside Texas....

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...

For the 2019-20 season, Texas shot 35 percent from three. Over the five games the Longhorns won leading up to Oklahoma State, UT shot 43.6 percent from behind the arc. Against the Cowboys on Saturday...

An ugly basketball game ended beautifully for the Texas Longhorns, with Matt Coleman’s last-second three strengthening a tournament resume that didn’t exist a month ago. The post Coleman’s buzz...

It took everyone. The post Texas 67, WVU 57: All eight Longhorns provide important contributions in upset win appeared first on Inside Texas....

Texas went to Stillwater and beat a team they were expected to beat, and honestly, never were in any true peril of losing. The post Texas 76, Oklahoma State 64: Notes and thoughts from the win appear...

AUSTIN, Texas – Shaka Smart’s Longhorns continued their hot-streak, improving to 9-1 overall with an 87-76 victory over the Central Michigan Chippewas (7-4) on Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center....

UAB just couldn’t keep up with the Joneses. The post Andrew Jones, Kai Jones lead Texas to 67-57 victory over UAB appeared first on Inside Texas....

Going on the road to a tough environment this early in the season presents a myriad of question marks. How good are we really? How well will the kiddos handle the raucous crowd? How will we respond i...

Texas’ season begins Tuesday versus Northern Colorado, and one of the perceived strengths of Shaka Smart’s 2019-20 Longhorns is the backcourt. Sophomore Courtney Ramey will be the youngest expect...

NEW YORK — Texas players were insistent. They came all this way. Why not win the NIT? “Man, I just feel like it would cap off our season,” freshman Courtney Ramey said after the semifinals. “...

NEW YORK — It’s been a bumpy ride all year long full of inconsistencies and frustration. But the Longhorns are now one win away from winning a championship. Texas nearly frittered away another do...

NIT semifinals preview: Texas vs. TCU When: Approximately 8:30 p.m. Tuesday Where: Madison Square Garden (capacity 18,746) TV/radio: ESPN/104.9 The Horn Line: TCU by 1 1/2 About the series: Texas has...

Start spreading this news: the Longhorns are headed to New York. Forget Hamilton, skip “The MET.” Coach Shaka Smart’s club is headed to Madison Square Garden next week in search of two wins to ...

The Texas men’s basketball team hasn’t faced Colorado on a regular basis since the Buffaloes left the Big 12 in 2011. They’ve met only once since. The Longhorns and Buffs will collide again at ...

No. 2 seed Texas vs. No. 3 seed Xavier When: 3 p.m. Sunday Where: Erwin Center (capacity 16,540) TV/radio: ESPN/104.9 The Horn Tickets: Tickets are $12 and $14 and can be purchased through the Texas ...

Texas vs. South Dakota State When: 8 p.m. Tuesday Where: Erwin Center (capacity 16,540) TV/radio: ESPN/104.9 The Horn Tickets: Tickets range from $12 to $14 and can be purchased through the Texas box...

The NCAA Tournament selection committee invited plenty of Big 12 teams to March Madness. But Texas wasn’t one of them. The Longhorns did not hear their name called Sunday when the field of 68 was u...

Former Texas head coach and college baseball icon Augie Garrido passed away one year ago. Coaching colleagues, players, and administrators still use lessons learned from a man they considered a frien...

No. 6 seed Texas vs. No. 3 seed Kansas When: Approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday Where: Sprint Center (capacity 18,972) TV/radio: ESPN2/104.9 The Horn About the series: Kansas leads the all-time series ...

Despite all the trials and tribulations of Texas’ 2018-19 season, self-inflicted or otherwise, the Longhorns entered Saturday’s senior day with an opportunity to, at the very least, feel a lot be...

LUBBOCK — Texas Tech looked like a team angling for its first Big 12 championship. Texas looked like a team struggling to stay above .500. That’s about the only takeaway for both teams’ fan bas...

Jase Febres once swore he’d never wear a ponytail again after his uncomfortable performance at Kansas earlier this season. But the Texas guard pulled his hair tight again Saturday and now may never...

WACO — For about 30 minutes Wednesday night, Texas looked darn near unstoppable against Baylor. And that’s playing without two senior starters and a lineup that fans will see next season. The Lon...

NORMAN, Okla. — Without suspended leading scorer Kerwin Roach II, Texas could have shrugged its shoulders against Oklahoma and just plodded through the Lloyd Noble Center. But the Longhorns climbed...

Texas vs. Oklahoma State When: Noon Saturday Where: Erwin Center (capacity 16,540) TV/radio: CBS/104.9 The Horn About the series: Texas has a 50-44 lead in the all-time series, but it’s gone back a...

The Minister of Culture is now 1-1. Texas super fan Matthew McConaughey broke out the burnt-orange suit again for Tuesday’s game against 18th-ranked Kansas State but it lacked the same magic it had...

AUSTIN - The Texas Longhorns had a simple task facing them Wednesday night at the Frank Erwin Center: beat Baylor. The post Roach leads Texas past Baylor, 84-72 appeared first on Inside Texas....

AUSTIN -- A Big 12 loss at home against Kansas would not have been the résumé-tanker the loss at Georgia was, but it would have been another tally in the loss column for a team that for multiple re...

Partway through its Big 12 Conference basketball slate, Texas’ place in the simplest offensive and defensive statistics tell two different stories. Texas head coach Shaka Smart’s team is in the t...

Notes for 2019, while pondering the fact that Texas Tech fired a coach who only a few short weeks later became a head coach in the National Football League... The post Notes for the new year appeared...

AUSTIN — Texas has three games in the Erwin Center remaining before Big 12 play begins against Kansas State on January 2nd of the new year. The post Texas basketball one month into the season appe...

As a high school prospect, Jase Febres was known for his quick-release shooting stroke. His ability to make shots at a regular rate was expected to be an important part of an offense last year that d...

For Texas, it was a good thing college games are 40 minutes long rather than 34. For 34 minutes on Monday, Texas was even with the ULM Warhawks, a team 218 spots behind them in the Kenpom advanced me...

AUSTIN -- The more he thought about it, the more it became clear that Texas was home. Will Baker, a 6-foot-11, 215-pound center from Austin Westlake, chose to stay home and committed to the Longhorns...

The opening game in Texas head coach Shaka Smart’s fourth season was a night of several firsts. The post Texas moves past Eastern Illinois in season-opener, 71-59 appeared first on Inside Texas....

Big 12 Basketball Media Day took place on Wednesday, October 24th at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. With less than two weeks before the Longhorns tip-off the season against Eastern Illin...

The Longhorns add their 2nd commit of the 2019 recruiting class The post Shaka Smart, Texas hoops secure commitment of 4-star PF/C Kai Jones appeared first on HornSports....

Texas basketball's Andrew Jones was diagnosed with Leukemia in January. After months of treatment and progress that both Jones and UT has shared publicly, Texas head coach Shaka Smart issued another ...

University of Texas head coach Shaka Smart lost another player on Thursday, just two days after true freshman Mohamed Bamba announced his decision to leave school early and declare himself eligible f...

No. 10-seed Texas (19-14) takes on No. 7-seed Nevada (27-7) of the Mountain West Conference in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Nashville. Will Texas coach Shaka Smart win his first tourname...

The Texas Longhorns earned an invitation to the NCAA Tournament on Sunday evening, their 34th appearance, and will face the Nevada Wolfpack in Nashville, Tennessee (South Region) on Friday. The Longh...

Texas tried to three-point shoot themselves to an insurmountable lead over Iowa State early in the first half. Its lack of success led to a 10 point deficit the Longhorns would eventually come back f...

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...

Statement from University of Texas sophomore guard Andrew Jones: The post Update from Andrew Jones appeared first on Inside Texas....

Texas struggled out of the gate in the first half, but was able to play the Baylor Bears even in the last nine minutes of the half to make it just a one possession game after the first 20 minutes. Te...

During the offseason, Texas head coach Shaka Smart made sure his entire roster knew how he wanted Texas basketball to operate. He was welcoming a host of young players expected to contribute early, w...

Texas beat writer Brian Davis joins Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls for Episode 83 of the The On Second Thought podcast and gives his take on Texas NCAA tournament prospects. Davis also breaks down Tom ...

Texas took care of business at home in conference. That's a must a this point. Here's five thoughts on the performance. The post Five thoughts: Bamba and Roach lead Texas over ISU, 73-57 appeared fir...

It was Wednesday, January 13, 2010 and it was cold as ****. I wasn't feeling very well but I was there in Hilton Coliseum when the Longhorns, for the first time in school history, were ranked #1 in t...

Texas' win in Tuscaloosa against a 'Bama team which refused to read the tea leaves of collapsing on defense allowed the Longhorns to grab their second true road win of the season. Here are some takea...

Time to once again break out the subjective segment-by-segment breakdown of Texas basketball, this time for a win. (The system agrees with the score, Texas won 6-5-1) The post Segment-by-segment: Te...

Texas will face their first true road test of the season when they travel to Richmond, Virginia to take on VCU. Shaka Smart will be making his return to VCU, where he was the head coach from 2009-201...

Coming off of three tough games in the PK80 tournament, Shaka Smart and the Texas Longhorns had a chance to get back into the win column following the early season tournament. They welcomed a 1-7 Flo...

Shaka Smart spoke with the media Tuesday about the difficult losses suffered in Portland to Duke and Gonzaga and what the team learned from those tournament like games ahead of tonight's match up wit...

Back and forth they went a year ago. Back and forth. The post Back and Forth: The Saga of Kerwin and Andrew appeared first on Inside Texas....

There is absolutely no doubt about it, Shaka Smart can recruit. The Longhorns welcomed 6'9" power forward Kamaka Hepa to the program after he committed to Texas on Monday night. The post Texas Lands ...

Texas head coach Shaka Smart has a lot going for him so far in 2017. He had a chance to see his team play against high quality competition in August during a tour of Australia. He has a consensus lot...

Darius Theus, who played for coach Shaka Smart at Virginia Commonwealth, will be the new director of player development at Texas, according to his updated Twitter profile. Theus knows exactly what Sm...

Texas freshman Jarrett Allen will enter the NBA draft but will not sign with an agent, thereby preserving his amateur status should he decide to return, according to CBS Sports. A Texas spokesman cou...

Texas coach Shaka Smart wasted no time filling the vacancy on his coaching staff by moving trusted lieutenant Mike Morrell back into a full-time assistant role. Morrell, who came to Texas from Virgin...

At least Texas is no longer in an embarrassing free fall. After losing seven straight, the Longhorns have finally crashed to the bottom. A team picked to finish third in the Big 12 race finished the ...

Join sports columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden for their weekly live chat at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Up for discussion: Texas football, Texas basketball getting a much-needed win over Oklahoma, the S...