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Texas fans were left disappointed with the Shaka Smart era after the coach failed to lead the team to an NCAA Tournament win in six seasons. It sounds like Smart wasn’t thrilled with them, either. Smart was officially introduced as the new head …
Shaka Smart has been on the hot seat at Texas for two years now, and his run with the program is about to come to an end. Smart is leaving Texas to take the head coaching job at Marquette, Stadium’s Jeff Goodman reports. Smart, 43, spent six …
Monday night’s blowout loss at Wast Virginia has many fans and also a prominent former player concerned about the state of Texas Basketball. The Texas Longhorns got destroyed 97-59 at West Virginia and looked like they did not belong on the …
It has been nearly four years since Texas hired Shaka Smart in hopes of returning the program to the level of success it enjoyed early in the Rick Barnes era, but that simply has not happened. With the Longhorns having missed the NCAA Tournament for …
Bruce Weber’s Kansas State Wildcats may have beaten Texas 71-64 on Tuesday night, but the Longhorns left an impression. Texas led at the half before losing the lead in the second half. The game was close — just a 3-point margin with a …
With conference play now firmly underway in college basketball, we’ve reached a healthy point in the season to start assessing not only how teams stack up this year, but also how they’ve handled the transition into conference play. Certainly some …
Rooting for a team on the NCAA Tournament bubble is a unique experience. Unlike any other sport, teams on the fringes of success pray for a chance to keep playing, with only so much control over the situation. Sure, they could win their conference …
With a shade over a week remaining until Selection Sunday, teams near the top of the bracket and on the bubble all across the country are looking to make a case to the tournament committee. Conference play is wrapping up and will come to a head …
Texas dedicated its emotional double overtime win over TCU on Wednesday night to Andrew Jones, whose family announced earlier in the day that the guard has been diagnosed with leukemia. Here was the scene after the 99-98 win over TCU. A few Longhorns …
The University of Texas is launching an independent review of academic services offered by its athletic department in the wake of allegations of academic misconduct. Texas president Greg Fenves told the Austin American-Statesman on Monday that he has …
Texas could be replacing Rick Barnes with Shaka Smart if all goes their way. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reports that Smart is in discussions with the Longhorns about their head coaching position, which became vacant when the program parted ways …
Remember the blockbuster TV deal the University of Texas signed with ESPN? The Longhorn Network is set to go live in August after ESPN agreed to pay them around $300 million for the next 20 years. Well apparently Texas is in such high demand ESPN …
