Texas Longhorns: March Madness
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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...
March 1, 2018
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April 27, 2016
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A pair of former Longhorns have been hired by new SMU women’s basketball coach Travis Mays as assistants for the Mustang staff. Edwina Brown, who has been an assistant at TCU for two seasons, w...
April 13, 2016
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Join Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden for their weekly chat at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Kirk will discuss watching Jordan Spieth’s epic collapse at the Masters live. Plus, Texas football, NBA playoffs, e...
April 11, 2016
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Texas center Sara Hattis will transfer from the Longhorns basketball team, the university announced Monday. “We appreciate all Sara has given to our basketball program and Texas athletics in ge...
April 7, 2016
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University of Texas women’s associate basketball coach Travis Mays has been hired as head coach at SMU, the American-Statesman has learned. Mays takes over for Rhonda Rompola, who retired after...
April 7, 2016
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The Longhorns, even with their loss in the first-round of the NCAA tournament, are the most valuable college basketball franchise in the state of Texas. That’s according to the Wall Street Jour...
March 29, 2016
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Top-ranked Connecticut will have a chance to win its fourth straight Final Four — and 11th overall — after defeating Texas 86-65 Monday night at Webster Bank Are...
March 28, 2016
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Texas center Imani Boyette received honorable mention recognition Monday afternoon on the Associated Press’ All-America basketball team. The 6-7 senior averages 11.5 points and 9 rebounds and h...
March 27, 2016
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When: 6 p.m. CDT Monday Where: Webster Bank Arena (9,500), Bridgeport, Conn. Records: Texas 31-4, UConn 35-0. TV: ESPN Radio: 104.9 Texas notes The Longhorns reached the regional finals with a 72-66 ...
March 26, 2016
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Good morning. Breakfast is served. It’s March 26th — 86 down, 280 to go. And 21 till the Orange-White Scrimmage. YESTERDAY: North Carolina, Virginia, Notre Dame and Syracuse advanced in t...
March 25, 2016
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When: 1 p.m. Saturday Where: Webster Bank Arena (10,000), Bridgeport, Conn. Records: Texas, 30-4; UCLA, 26-8 TV: ESPN Radio: 104.9, 1260 Note: Winner plays Connecticut or Mississippi State on Monday ...
March 25, 2016
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Texas and Connecticut have agreed to play each other in women’s basketball in each of the next two seasons, UT director of women’s athletics Chris Plonsky ...
March 22, 2016
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THE BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL Where: Bridgeport, Conn. Schedule: Saturday — Mississippi State vs. UConn, 10:30 a.m.; Texas vs. UCLA, 1 p.m. Monday — TBA TV: ESPN Note: Season ticket holders may...
March 22, 2016
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For the second straight year, Texas will play in the Sweet 16. Ariel Atkins scored 22 points and the Longhorns dominate inside to post a 73-55 victory over Missouri Monday night at the Erwin Center. ...
March 20, 2016
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Ariel Atkins scored 15 points, Empress Davenport scored 13 and Imani Boyette hit the glass for 10 rebounds as Texas opened the NCAA women’s basketball tournament with an 86-42 victory over Alab...
March 19, 2016
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Texas junior Isaiah Taylor sidestepped questions about his future late Friday after a heart-breaking 75-72 loss to Northern Iowa in the NCAA Tournament. Last spring, Taylor agon...
March 19, 2016
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The final game of any senior’s career is difficult. But never in their wildest dreams did five Texas players ever believe their careers would end like it did Friday in the...
March 19, 2016
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Texas coach Shaka Smart has spent the entire season working on what he calls “the six inches between the ears.” He got infuriated whenever the Longhorns got “b...
March 18, 2016
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When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where: Erwin Center (16,500) Records: Alabama State, 19-11; Texas, 28-4 TV: ESPN 2 Radio: 104.9, 1260 Note: Winner will play BYU-Missouri winner at 8 p.m. Monday. Alabama State ...
March 18, 2016
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We’ve seen a lot of Jordan Spieth this week: First an appearance (and golf lesson) with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show,” then a new SportsCenter commercial in which he agoni...
March 18, 2016
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Time: Approximately 8:50 p.m. Friday Where: Chesapeake Energy Arena (capacity 17,367) TV/Radio: TBS/104.9 The Horn Series history: This is the first meeting between the two schools. Ho...
March 17, 2016
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Texas coach Shaka Smart said he’s developed a blueprint for NCAA Tournament success. Several players said it all revolves around defense. “There’s a proce...
March 17, 2016
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Texas coach Shaka Smart said he expects center Cam Ridley to play “significant” minutes Friday against Northern Iowa. In Smart’s mind, that could be upwards of...
March 17, 2016
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On the eve of the NCAA Tournament, the Yahoo college basketball blog “The Dagger” released its list of the 68 best players in this year’s NCAA Men’s Tournament. In past years,...
March 16, 2016
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President Barack Obama has released his picks for the NCAA Tournament, and he has the Kansas Jayhawks taking it all. Obama makes his tournament picks every March, but he hasn’t correctly chosen...
March 15, 2016
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Texas will have one of the latest tournament starts in the field with the final tip off on Friday in Oklahoma City. The Longhorns will tip against Northern Iowa just after the Texas A&M-UW-Green ...
March 15, 2016
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On Sunday, Nate Silver’s statistical analytical website FiveThirtyEight, a byproduct of ESPN, reported that the Texas men’s basketball team’s probability of winning the national tit...
March 14, 2016
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Nate Silver’s statistical analytical website FiveThirtyEight, a byproduct of ESPN, has done the math and is predicting who is going to win the 2016 NCAA National Championship. The b...
March 14, 2016
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March 13, 2016
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The NCAA Tournament selection committee definitely wants to see a renewal of one of the state’s biggest and best rivalries. Texas earned a No. 6 seed in West Region and will face No. 11 No...
March 13, 2016
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The NCAA Tournament begins this week and Texas is in the field with a date with Northern Iowa on Friday in Oklahoma City. It was literally a long road to get here. A road taken by a new coach with st...
March 9, 2016
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Time: 11:30 a.m. Thursday Where: Sprint Center (capacity 18,972) TV/Radio: ESPN2/104.9 The Horn Series history: Texas leads the all-time series, 162-85. It’s the most-played oppo...
