Archive for: basketball
A Look Back at the 2022 Texas Fight Tour
By Janelle Sosa
Head football coach Steve Sarkisian and men’s basketball head coach Chris Beard with UT Cheer & Pom. After a two-year hiatus, UT fans and alumni around...
After Winning Gold in Chile, Smart Has Eyes Back on Texas
By Chris O'Connell
When USA Basketball won gold this weekend in the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 championship against Canada, UT’s Shaka Smart—also the newly named head coach of...
A Little Snow Won’t Stop These Longhorns
By Clara Wang
The Texas Exes Washington D.C. Chapter watched the Texas vs. KU basketball game through two feet of snow on Saturday. As the blizzard raged outside, the Exes huddled...
Late to the Game: Just Deal With It.
By Chris O'Connell
When the new Nike apparel deal with UT was announced last week, it came with a surprising caveat. The deal, the richest in college sports history at $250 million...
Shaka Smart’s New Longhorns Pump Up the Energy
By Jillian Kushner
On Tuesday, Texas men’s basketball opened its last half-hour of practice to the media. What we saw was a drastically different Longhorn basketball team, helmed...
Myles Turner Helps Team USA Win Seventh Gold Medal
By Anderson Boyd
Good news for Rick Barnes and Texas basketball: Incoming University of Texas freshman and basketball wunderkind Myles Turner can now add “gold medal winner”...
Kevin Durant’s MVP Acceptance Speech Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity [Watch]
By Rose Cahalan
We’ve known for a long time that former Longhorn basketball star Kevin Durant is a class act. Durant is a man with a history of being generous in ways both...
Kevin Durant to Start in NBA All-Star Game (Again)
By Rose Cahalan
For the fourth time, former Longhorn basketball phenom Kevin Durant has been selected for the NBA All-Star Game. He’ll also be starting in the game for his...
Basketball Hall of Famer—and Longhorn—Slater Martin Dies
By Casey Michel
The Longhorns’ men’s basketball program has long produced prodigious talent. Stars like Kevin Durant, LaMarcus Aldridge, and T.J. Ford have cemented...
Kevin Durant Leads Team USA to Second Victory
By Jack McBee
Former UT basketball star and current Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant posted his first double-double of the 2012 London Olympics yesterday, scoring 13...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor