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The Texas Longhorns will battle the Virginia Tech Hokies in a sizzling first-round matchup on Friday. It will be an East bracket showdown between the sixth seed and the 11th seed. Check out our March Madness odds series, which includes our Virginia Tech-Texas prediction and pick. These are two evenly matched teams on paper. Virginia […]

The NCAA continues Wednesday night with this elite Big-12 matchup! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a TCU-Texas prediction and pick. TCU comes into this game (17-8) on the season and (6-7) in conference play. They are one of the better teams in the competitive conference but played far better outside […]

The University of Texas hosts Oklahoma State in a big-12 battle on Saturday afternoon. It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with an Oklahoma State-Texas prediction and pick. Oklahoma State comes into this game 10-7 on the season. They are fresh off of a win against TCU but before that, upset No. 1 […]

The Texas Longhorns are set to square off against the Oklahoma Sooners Tuesday night. You can check out our college basketball odds series, which includes our Oklahoma-Texas prediction, odds and pick we have laid out below. Both Texans and Oklahoma enter Tuesday night’s matchup 12-3 on the season. Both are also 2-1 early on in […]

Rasir Bolton sent Gonzaga Bulldogs fans into frenzy with his epic halfcourt shot to beat the buzzer right at halftime of their NCAA showdown with the Texas Longhorns. The Bulldogs’ showdown with the Longhorns on Saturday was highly anticipated, and for good reason. After all, the No. 1 team Gonzaga would be facing one of […]

The Texas Longhorns are eager to start a new chapter after a stunning March Madness exit and coaching change. Chris Beard is the new man in charge, succeeding Shaka Smart after six years. Beard arrives following a five-year Texas Tech stint that included a 2019 national title appearance and 2018 Elite Eight. A Texas alumnus […]

It is no great secret that ESPN played a significant role in shepherding Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC, much as the sports broadcasting goliath in Bristol has its paws on many other moves in college sports. The Big 12 Conference and commissioner Bob Bowlsby are mad about it… but they now have to prove […]

Something big is developing in the world of college sports, and it involves two of the Power Six conferences and a couple of major programs. As reported previously, the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns, who are both long-time stalwarts of the Big 12, have set in motion the plan to move from their current […]

The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team needs a new head coach after Shaka Smart departed to take over the Marquette program on Friday. Former Texas freshman sensation and current Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant told Stadium’s Jeff Goodman the Longhorns should go after the head coach of a Cinderella darling. Russell Springmann has the Oral Roberts […]

This might turn out to be a perfect, well-timed move by Shaka Smart. According to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, Shaka Smart is on the move to Milwaukee, to become the head coach at Marquette. Source: Marquette's administration is meeting with its players in the next few hours. Barring something unforeseen, Shaka Smart is heading […]

There are so many games, so many players on 353 Division I teams that have so many stories that even the most dedicated college basketball fans have to suspend all other activities to keep up during the season. And a player who basically misses two seasons winds up on the missing persons list. A few […]

Texas brings in more revenue than any Division I athletic department. The expectation for the coaches it employs is winning Big 12 titles (minimum) with a national championship the biggest goal. The men’s college basketball team won the NIT last season but being the best of the rest hardly matters in March Madness storylines. What […]

Kerwin Walton, a four-star prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, was checked on by a Texas Longhorns assistant coach. This all went down on Monday. This report was relayed to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter by Rivals and Stockrisers reporter Jake Weingarten. Recently, the North Carolina Tar Heels hurled […]

Manny Obaseki, a four-star guard prospect out of the 2021 college basketball recruiting class, is going to be checked in on by the Texas Longhorns. This will all go down on Monday and head coach Shaka Smart will be the one to see the young man. This news was relayed to the masses on the […]

Top NBA prospect Mo Bamba believes that turning pro right after high school would have been better for his development as a basketball player. Bamba, of course, was not able to take that route, as the NBA is currently not accepting players younger than 19. Instead, he had to play one year in college under […]

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant didn’t spend too much time at the University of Texas. He played just one season with the Longhorns before declaring for the NBA Draft. Nevertheless, Durant’s brief college experience in Austin apparently made enough of an impact on him personally that he’s willing to donate a huge sum of […]