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Monday marks Week 9 of the college basketball season, and it brings the newest edition of the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. Last week marked the beginning of league play for many conferences, which led to considerable movement in the AP Poll. Auburn jumped nine spots to #16 after its emphatic road win over […]

It is an all-Texas Big 12 battle as Texas Tech visits Texas. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas Tech-Texas prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Texas Tech enters the game sitting at 11-2 on the year. They opened the season at 3-0 before falling to Villanova. They would bounce back […]

The Texas basketball team is off to a 6-2 start this season, and they are currently ranked #12 in the country. The Longhorns have had six easy ones so far this season and two tough tests, and they came up short in both of their more difficult matchups. Texas lost to #5 UConn a couple […]

It is a top-15 matchup as Texas faces Marquette. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas-Marquette prediction, pick, and how to watch. Texas enters the game ranked 12th in the nation and 6-1 on the year. They opened their season going 4-0 until they faced UCONN. In that game, […]

The Texas men’s basketball team is off to a 6-1 start following last year’s run to the Elite Eight. The Longhorns have a huge top-25 showdown with Marquette on the road on Wednesday night with Big 12 Conference play right around the corner. To no surprise, Oral Roberts transfer Max Abmas has been a star […]

It is a big week for the University of Texas athletics. The biggest news is obviously that it was announced that Texas’ football team will be playing in the College Football Playoff for the first time. However, it is also a big week for the basketball program. Number 12 Texas will be playing Marquette, the […]

UConn men’s basketball is approaching a truly astonishing record, and coach Dan Hurley is making a joke about it. UConn basketball is only a few wins away from breaking a record for most consecutive wins over non-conference opponents by a double-digit margin. UConn currently has 22, and the record is 23 by North Carolina, per […]

Madison Square Garden and its lights can definitely be too much for a young basketball star. But, Max Abmas is unlike any other college player. He slayed the Louisville basketball program and put them away with a single game-winning shot. The Texas basketball star got a lot of hyped reactions online but none is more […]

The Texas Longhorns are coming off a pretty successful 2022-23 season during which they finished 29-9 overall and 12-6 in Big 12 Conference play. They knocked off Kansas to win the Big 12 Championship and they advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. Their success under head coach Rodney Terry will certainly help […]

Texas Longhorns star Dyland Disu has yet to see action in the 2023-24 college basketball season, as he continues to recover from an injury he suffered in the last campaign. However, Texas basketball head coach Rodney Terry revealed an optimistic update about the progress of Disu (h/t Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports). Texas’ Dylan Disu […]

No. 5 overall recruit and shooting guard Tre Johnson from Link Academy went on The Pat McAfee Show to announce his commitment to the Texas basketball program to play for Rodney Terry. The moment Tre Johnson made it official with @texasmbb on the @PatMcAfeeShow #hookem pic.twitter.com/n1RkkwJ2Lr — Inside Texas (@InsideTexas) November 15, 2023 This is […]

The Rice Owls will head to the Lone Star State to face the Texas Longhorns in college basketball action. We’re here to share our college basketball odds series, make a Rice-Texas prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. Rice lost 89-76 to Harvard in their last game. Unfortunately, they struggled off the bat, […]

The Texas Longhorns are looking towards another strong year as the 2023-24 NCAA regular season is set to tip-off this coming week. The Longhorns are coming off an impressive run to the Elite Eight last year. Texas is hoping to get key forward Dylan Disu back in the lineup from injury as soon as possible, […]

The Indiana Pacers’ center Myles Turner is one of the best and most unheralded big men in the entire NBA. Meanwhile former Duke star Jahlil Okafor is out of the NBA, signing a deal to play in Spain recently. Star Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton got a ‘quarterback’ comparison from Team USA coach Steve Kerr that […]

The Texas Longhorns were one of the top teams in college basketball last season. After Chris Beard was let go following allegations of domestic violence, the team did not miss a beat under new head coach Rodney Terry. Terry led the Longhorns to a 12-6 record in Big 12 Conference play as well a Big […]

The Texas Longhorns basketball program is fresh off a stunning Elite Eight run with Rodney Terry taking over midseason. Afterward, Terry became the new head coach and lost the interim tag at Texas. They also worked wonders in the portal, including landing Oral Roberts transfer Max Abmas. Now, they are active in recruiting and offered […]

The summer is here, but the college basketball transfer portal season has yet to stop. Now, Rodney Terry and the Texas Longhorns basketball program have added UCF grad transfer Ithiel Horton, per Joe Tipton of On3. ‘Former UCF guard Ithiel Horton has committed to Texas, he told On3. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound graduate transfer averaged 12.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.6 […]

After an impressive run to the Elite Eight in March Madness, Texas basketball has added an intriguing talent to their squad ahead of the upcoming season. Per 247 Sports, The Longhorns have secured the signature of former Kansas Jayhawks commit Chris Johnson, one of the top players in the state and currently a four-star recruit. […]

The Texas Longhorns are getting back a key piece of their 2022-23 season member for at least another year. That’s after former four-star prospect Tyrese Hunter announced his decision to forego his NBA Draft plans and return to Austin to continue playing for Texas basketball. Hunter made the announcement to “run that back” via his […]

The recent Texas basketball transfer, Max Abmas, had words for his supporters as he goes to the Big 12 conference. “I’m big on controlling what you can control. I know I can control my work ethic, [and] how much time I put in the gym. That way, when the lights come on, I can go […]

The Texas Longhorns had a pretty successful season after preseason turmoil that saw the firing of head coach Rick Beard. Assistant coach Rodney Terry took over and guided the Longhorns to a very good regular season and an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. They got some good news this week when Dylan Disu […]

Texas basketball forward Dylan Disu announced he would return for another season with the program in a series of Sunday social media posts. “The show goes on,” he wrote in a Sunday Instagram post. A former 4-star recruit out of Pflugerville, Texas, Dylan Disu initially chose to commit to the Vanderbilt Commodores over offers from Illinois, Georgia Tech, […]

In his legendary four year career at Oral Roberts, powerhouse point guard Max Abmas left no doubt that he’s a certified bucket. Across his final three seasons with the Golden Eagles, Abmas cemented himself as one of the greatest shooters in college basketball history, averaging 23.0 points and nailing nearly 40 percent of his 9.2 […]

Five-star combo guard A.J. Johnson has decommitted from the Texas Longhorns men’s basketball program and will sign with the NBL’s Illawarra Hawks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnaroski and Jonathan Givony. Johnson currently plays for the Southern California Academy in Castaic, CA. The 6-foot-5, 160-pound Johnson spoke to Eric Bossi of 247 Sports about his decision […]

Texas basketball commit A.J. Johnson de-committed from the Longhorns and signed a contract with the Illawarra Hawks of Australia’s National Basketball League, according to a Thursday article from ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski and ESPN Draft analyst Jonathan Givony. AJ Johnson is the highest-profile American prospect to join the NBL’s Next Stars program since Charlotte […]

The Texas Longhorns will be run by Rodney Terry for the foreseeable future after an incredible job of steering Texas basketball to a deep run in the 2023 NCAA tournament. Terry took over as the interim head coach of Texas basketball after the school fired Chris Beard back in January, and did not just keep […]

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant, arguably the most popular player coming out of Texas basketball, didn’t hide his delight after it was reported that the Longhorns are keeping Rodney Terry as head coach for the long haul. Terry took over from Chris Beard following his December arrest and January firing, serving as the interim head […]

It appears that the Texas Longhorns are on the verge of rewarding Rodney Terry with the full-time gig as head coach of the school’s basketball program, sources tell Chip Brown of 247 Sports. “Rodney Terry, who led Texas to a Big 12 Tournament title and the Elite Eight after taking over for dismissed head coach […]

Even though they fell short of reaching their goals in the 2023 NCAA tournament, what the Texas Longhorns have accomplished in the 2022-23 college basketball season is worthy of respect, to say the least. It also speaks volumes about the coaching abilities of Rodney Terry, who stepped into the role of interim Texas basketball head […]

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant took to Twitter to share a message to his alma mater in Texas basketball after they fell in the Elite Eight on Sunday. “Great season @TexasMBB,” Durant wrote. “….we love y’all boys, thanks for a memorable year!!!” A former five-star recruit out of Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland, Durant passed up […]

Forward Dylan Disu, Texas basketball’s fifth-leading scorer and their breakout March Madness star, will miss their Elite Eight tilt against the Miami Hurricanes because of a foot injury. One of the key players for Texas basketball throughout the year, Disu played just two minutes against Xavier in the Sweet 16 after he suffered a bone […]

We return with our second installment of today’s March Madness Elite Eight odds, prediction, and pick series from the NCAA Tournament’s West Region. The 5-seed Miami Hurricanes (28-7) will square off against the 2-seed Texas Longhorns (29-8). With a short spread, this is shaping up to be an instant classic! Check out our March Madness […]

With the shocking elimination of both Alabama and Houston on Friday in March Madness Sweet 16 play, No. 2 Texas is the highest seed remaining. Texas easily dispatched Xavier in their Sweet 16 matchup and showed why they should have been considered one of the favorites to win the national championship and probably should have […]

The Miami Hurricanes have made it to the Elite Eight for the second time during head coach Jim Larranaga’s tenure and have as good a chance as any to make it to the Final Four. As they prepare to face off against the Texas Longhorns, led by senior guard Marcus Carr, the Hurricanes will need […]

March Madness doesn’t just transform little-known schools into legends, it can also make stars out of starters, like it’s done for Texas Longhorns senior forward Dylan Disu. Unfortunately, the NCAA Tournament also strings together games in such a way that a player like Disu could miss not just his teams Sweet 16 matchup against the […]

As Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant continues to recover from his ankle injury, it is clear he is using his time wisely: by watching Texas basketball of course! Durant has been supportive of his former collegiate team throughout the NCAA Tournament, often tweeting about the Texas Longhorns and their games as they stay alive in […]

Texas basketball is currently in the midst of a battle with Xavier in the March Madness Sweet 16, but they will need to get by without one of their best players. Dylan Disu, who has been balling ever since the Big 12 Tournament, is on the bench in a walking boot after feeling discomfort prior […]

The No. 3 seed Xavier Musketeers (27-9) face the No. 2 seed Texas Longhorns (28-8) in the Sweet Sixteen! Action tips off at 9:45 p.m. ET. Below we continue our March Madness odds series with a Xavier-Texas prediction, pick, and how to watch. Xavier squeaked out a win over Kennesaw State before dismantling Pitt in […]

March Madness took on a new meaning as things got heated in the handshake line between Louisville and Texas players after the Cardinals’ 73-51 second-round win over the Longhorns Monday night. I don't know what was said here. But here is Hailey Van Lith going through the handshake line with Texas. Sonya Morris was first […]