Texas received a No. The Longhorns drew the Tournament co-favorite Washington Huskies for their first game. 20 in 1949, the inaugural season of the AP basketball poll. [59] After falling behind by 13 points in the first half, Texas came back to win 59–55 behind 30 points from John Hargis and 15 from Buck Overall to advance to its first-ever Final Four, where it drew the other Tournament co-favorite, the Wyoming Cowboys. The 14 Longhorn players drafted in the first round from 1997 to 2019 exceed the all-time numbers of first-round picks at each Big 12 school but Kansas. Although Texas had lost leading scorer and eventual second-round NBA draft pick Joey Wright and first-team all-SWC forward and second-leading scorer Locksley Collie to graduation, the Longhorns added transfer guard and eventual first-round draft pick B. J. Tyler and freshman guard Terrence Rencher, a prolific scorer who would receive first-team all-SWC honors as a freshman and hold several program and conference records by the end of his senior year. Texas lost a hard-fought contest to No. [152][153] The Longhorns opened the season with an 8–1 record before traveling to Oklahoma City to compete in the four-team All-College Tournament. Texas also achieved its first victory over an NCAA Tournament-bound team under Weltlich, defeating Pac-10 Conference champion Southern California in the final game of the regular season, 71–70. The Longhorns posted an easy 101–93 victory over the Wolfpack to win the NIT Championship behind 22, 26, and 33 points, respectively, from point guard Johnny Moore and 1978 NIT Co-MVPs Ron Baxter and Jim Krivacs. The Longhorns stumbled to a 10–14 overall record with two conference games remaining. [8], Thurman "Slue" Hull was hired as men's basketball head coach prior to the 1951–52 season. The Horns were ranked as high as No. Texas leads 162–90 in the overall series with Baylor. Martin and Madsen led Texas to a 43–39 lead with under four minutes remaining—after Texas had trailed by seven points midway through the second half—but NYU tied the game in the final minute and scored the final basket on a long shot with six seconds remaining to win the quarterfinals game, 45–43. Penders resigned on April 3, 1998 following a scandal involving the unlawful release of player Luke Axtell's grades to the media. [13] He graduated magna cum laude from Kenyon with a degree in history, researching and writing on issues related to race and the Great Migration. The Longhorns won 16 of their final 21 games, posting a 13–3 record in conference play and winning the school's first regular season Big 12 Conference championship by a two-game margin. The second game the following night proceeded more in line with expectations, with Kansas winning handily, 49–35. In 1999, as a senior, he was an All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) selection, named the NCAC Scholar Athlete of the Year, and among 20 students in the country selected for the USA Today All-USA Academic team. [20][35] Van Gent departed after coaching for one season in each sport—winning the conference championship in both—to join the military following the United States' entry into the First World War in April 1917. The Longhorns were also generally more competitive in their many defeats, with their 13 SWC losses coming by an average of 15.0 points, for a one-third reduction in the average margin of defeat from the previous season. After serving as a student assistant at Texas and a graduate assistant at Incarnate Word and Abilene Christian, Beard was an assistant coach at North Texas 1997–1999.. From there, he was hired as head coach at Fort Scott Community College where he coached the team to a 19–12 record and its first winning season in 8 years. [48] Instead, Texas handed SMU its first defeat of the conference season, 33–27. After opening with a win over Florida in Gainesville, Texas fell to No. The Texas men's basketball program began in 1906 under the direction of Scotland native Magnus Mainland, a graduate engineering student and lineman for the Texas football team who organized, coached, and played on the University's first varsity basketball team. 2Since 1949–50 season. 2 Arkansas, Texas won ten straight games—nine over SWC opponents and one over DePaul—to Texas resurface in the AP Poll for one week in mid-February at No. [24], Professor Carl C. Taylor, also the Texas track coach, assumed basketball head coaching responsibilities for the 1913 season. The Aggies successfully defended their home court from Gillispie's first year through the 2009–10 season, Mark Turgeon's second-to-last season with A&M. [72] Texas defeated CCNY 54–50 to finish the season with 26 wins and two last-second, one-point defeats. [200], The Longhorns have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) one time. 7 Cougars in Houston and by the same margin to No. The Longhorns hold the advantage against every opponent in the last five games played and all opponents but Arkansas in the last ten games played against each respective opponent. [115] The ousted head coach did not leave quietly, commenting that he wanted a glass-bottomed car so that he could see Dodds' face as he ran him over, and adding, "I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town." The 20–14 Longhorns' loss to Butler in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament marked the final game coached by Barnes at the University. 5Since 1961–62 season. Mays and Blanks having been selected in the first round of the 1990 NBA draft, the Longhorns entered the 1990–91 season without two-thirds of the Elite Eight team's "BMW scoring machine." With a come-from-behind 102–89 win against the 28–4 Xavier Musketeers—in which Blanks, Mays, and Wright combined for 86 points—Texas advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in 43 years to face its SWC archrival, the Arkansas Razorbacks, for the third time that season. In its third game of the season, Texas stunned No. [219], Both Texas and Arkansas faded from national significance with the end of the 1940s. The Longhorns boarded a train for New York the following morning to face the favored Violets of New York University, led by future fourth overall 1948 draft pick, 16-year NBA star, and Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member Dolph Schayes. In a rematch of the previous season's national third-place game, Texas faced the CCNY Beavers in Madison Square Garden. Shaka Smart is starting his sixth season as the basketball coach for the Texas Longhorns and 12th season overall. The Longhorns posted a 3–2 record in their first five games, losing on the road 67–66 to South Alabama and in an 84–62 blowout at Southern California. Selection for the award depends upon a number of on- and off-court factors, from coaching success and philosophy to evidence of good character to graduation rates. Has Overcome Longest Odds", "Men's Basketball – Total Appearances in the AP Poll: 1949 to 2018", "2014–15 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide", "James' big second half helps No. Must have played in more than half of season's games. [15][16], The Longhorns took the court for the first time on March 10, 1906, defeating the Baylor Bears 27–17 on their new outdoor home court at Clark Field. [8] After Metzenthin relinquished coaching duties following the 1911 season in order to serve as UT Athletic Council chairman (precursor to the athletic director position), former Texas track coach J. Burton Rix—coaching without financial compensation, just as had his two predecessors—led Texas to a 5–1 record in his single season as head coach (1912). Texas holds a winning record against all former Big 12 members in games played in Big 12 competition. [100] Despite the impressive season, Texas saw its hopes of playing in the 32-team NCAA Tournament dashed in a two-point loss to Houston in the SWC Tournament Final. Three Texas players have won Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors. 5-seeded Oklahoma in the tournament to finish the season with a 21–8 overall record and a No. 4 Oklahoma in Norman, 103–84; to No. He was named an assistant coach for the 2020-21 season after working in a player development role for the Red Raiders in his first year. Houston was the only remaining program that had resided among the nation's elite in recent years, but the Guy Lewis era had ended six years prior, and UH had only advanced to the NCAA Tournament twice—winning no games on either occasion—since its famed "Phi Slama Jama" teams had reached three consecutive Final Fours and two national championship games from 1982 to 1984. 3 Razorbacks in Austin, which gave Texas a 13–3 record and second-place finish in conference play. Richardson then returned to the court, eliciting a resounding chorus of boos from the crowd, and Arkansas outscored Texas 17–10 in the overtime period to claim the win. In 2016, the Longhorns went 11-22, finishing with their most losses since the 1983 season. 4 Since 1979–80 season. Fans and media began to speculate that Barnes' job was at similar risk; even in recruiting—seen as Barnes' specialty—the program could not capture much of the elite Texas talent that had begun to emerge in recent seasons. Taylor arranged for the rental of the theater of the Ben Hur Temple and its conversion into a miniature basketball court and arena so that his team would have an indoor venue for home games and practice, with UT paying the Shriners and Scottish Rite Freemasons a sum of $75 for the season. 4Since 1932–33 season. In the 2012–13 season, Barnes' Longhorns finished 16–18 and missed their first NCAA tournament since 1997–98—the season prior to Barnes' arrival. 103 Basketball jobs available in Texas on Indeed.com. No decisions have yet been made as to the location and layout of the arena that will replace the Erwin Center.       Division regular season champion The Longhorns added wins against Rhode Island—the team Penders had coached before being hired by Texas—and DePaul during the regular season.       Division regular season and conference tournament champion [107] Following a 39–38 loss to the ninth-ranked Razorbacks in the SWC Tournament Final, Texas received a No. Martin, Cox, and Madsen were dubbed the "Mighty Mice. 7Since 1978–79 season. The Longhorns' on-court success—in combination with Penders' appealing, fast-tempo brand of basketball and his tireless promotion of the Texas program—produced a rise in average home attendance from the prior season of almost 149 percent (from 4,028 to 10,011), the largest such increase in NCAA Division I basketball for the 1988–89 season.[138][158]. The Texas men's basketball program began in 1906 under the direction of Scotland native Magnus Mainland, a graduate engineering student and lineman for the Texas football team who organized, coached, and played on the University's first varsity basketball team. Mainland had been a nationally known basketball player as an undergraduate student at Wheaton College (Illinois) prior to coming to UT. Since 1997, Texas has had 20 players drafted overall; of these, 14 were drafted in the first round. [65] Sellouts had not been particularly common during the war years, but the University was growing rapidly, and if Texas basketball continued to achieve success, a looming capacity problem was clearly foreseeable. ... East Region Coach of the Year and also received votes from the Ohio Coaching Association as one of the top women’s college coaches in the state of Ohio. Police and assistant coaches intervened, but Lemons told the media following the game that if Sutton dared to address his players again, he would "tear his Sunday clothes" and "liquidate his a**. [97] During the preceding thirty seasons, Texas had only managed a total of six wins against AP-ranked opponents, and never more than one such victory in a single year. Texas defeated both SMU and TCU in overtime in the SWC Tournament to advance to the final, in which Arkansas defeated the Longhorns for the third time in 10 weeks. 3 Since 1979–80 season. [8], Due to inadequate funding, the UT Athletic Council canceled the fledgling program after two seasons, leaving Texas without a basketball team for the 1908 season. The official Men's Basketball Coach List for the Texas Tech University Red Raiders. [115] Even with the collapse following Wacker's injury, there had been no indications that his job was in jeopardy. Second-year Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds signaled his determination to change the culture of the basketball program, noting that the next Texas head coach would be expected to oversee significant improvements in players' academic progress and off-court discipline and the near-total elimination of contact between players and boosters. 7 in the following poll. Senior center Clyde Littlefield, the linchpin of the three consecutive undefeated teams[29]—and a towering figure in UT athletics history who would later coach the football team for seven seasons (1927–33), serve as the head coach of the UT track team from 1925 to 1960 (winning 25 conference championships), and found the Texas Relays[30]—would later receive retroactive recognition as Texas' first consensus All-American in basketball for his play in the 1916 season. Texas leads the overall series 137–86.[221]. The 2006 class, which finished with 101 wins in four years, bested the 2004 class's mark of 98 wins to become the then-winningest class in the history of Longhorn basketball. B. J. Tyler was recognized as the Southwest Conference Player of the Year and became the first Texas men's basketball player to receive All-American honors since LaSalle Thompson in 1982. Ford won the Naismith Trophy[224] and the Wooden Award[225]—as well as four of the other eight widely recognized awards[226][227][228][229]—in 2003 as a sophomore. After many days of deliberation and speculation over who would fill Barnes' post, which included names such as Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall (who was heavily courted by Alabama), Villanova coach Jay Wright, and Virginia's Tony Bennett, Texas reached an agreement with Virginia Commonwealth head coach Shaka Smart on April 2, 2015. New UT Athletic Director Steve Patterson set out to dramatically change the entire Longhorn program, with the resignation of popular football coach Mack Brown following the 2013 football season. [49] Texas opened the season with seven wins by an average of 18 points (and by no fewer than 11), including two wins over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a home series that marked the first meetings between the two schools in basketball. Assistant coach Eric Ely joins the Lady Raider basketball program after 10 years at Oregon State, ... Texas Tech Red Raiders. [33][182], The Texas men's basketball team played home games in the Men's Gym beginning with the 1917 season through the end of the 1927–28 season. 1 Minimum 500 points. 12 in the AP poll with records of 22–4 overall and 14–2 in conference play, sharing the Southwest Conference Championship with the Razorbacks. The loss of Wacker to a devastating knee injury in the first half of a 69–59 loss to Baylor, the Longhorns' first defeat of the year, disrupted the team's on-court chemistry and confidence and ultimately derailed the season. [126] Nonetheless, the 1983–84 season saw a number of particularly lopsided defeats, with a 103–72 loss to SMU and a 74–47 loss to Texas Tech representing what remain the third- and ninth-worst home losses in program history. Between 1941 and 1979, Texas and OSU met 32 times, with the Cowboys winning 21 of the meetings. The Longhorns finished the SWC Tournament with a 25–7 overall record, a 12–2 conference record and outright SWC championship, and a No. [113][114] Moreover, his sharp-tongued and indiscriminate public insults and criticism of people ranging from UT administrators and faculty to officials and coaches at other schools to SWC administrators and referees had progressively earned Lemons the ill will and resentment of a growing number of people with influence over UT athletics. From the inception of the Big 12 through February 18, 2018, Texas has produced a 223–139 (.616) mark against conference competition during the regular season, trailing only Kansas's record of 299–63 (.826). [178], The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team moved indoors to the new Men's Gym in 1917. 7 Georgia Tech in the opening round—in what remains the second-largest margin of defeat in a neutral-site game in program history—Texas posted its third one-point loss of the season in the consolation game against 20th-ranked DePaul, falling 63–62. Smart was introduced as the 24th Texas men's basketball head coach the following day at a press conference in Austin. Gonzaga, Texas and Indiana are among the teams that climbed in the Way-Too-Early Top 25 in men's college basketball for 2020-21. The Longhorns would finish with losing records ten times from 1951 to 1976. At 21–8, Texas was awarded a No. Texas has held the upper hand in recent years, winning 23 of 35 meetings from 2003 to 2018. [14] Mainland was able to persuade the University Athletic Council to set aside $125 for the preparation of an outdoor basketball court on the southwest corner of Clark Field—the stadium then hosting the Texas football, baseball, and track teams—and to let him organize, coach, and play on the University's first varsity basketball team. An 88–71 nationally televised win over South Carolina the following week moved Texas to No. The game against the Air Liners was the last game Texas would play against a semi-professional team, once a routine component of the nonconference schedule, until the 1955–56 season. He was dismissed following the 1955–56 season after his final two teams produced a combined record of 16–32—easily the worst two-year period in the history of Longhorn basketball to that point. "[94] After starting the season with a 6–9 record, Texas managed a six-game winning streak against some of the conference's weaker teams before stumbling to a 1–4 finish over the final five games. The Matadors' first head coach, Grady Higginbotham, started and led the program until Victor Payne replaced him after two seasons. Among Big 12 programs, Texas trails only Kansas (33 picks overall, 21 first-round picks) in the numbers of players drafted overall and in the first round during this period. [5][213], Texas and Kansas played one game during the regular season until the 2011–12 season, when the two schools began meeting twice per year. The Rams were one of the last four teams invited, and were placed in the First Four against USC for a spot in the main 64-team tournament bracket. 2 Since 1972–73 season. The Longhorns finished 20-13 in Smart's first season, including a fourth-place finish in the Big 12 Conference.       Division regular season and conference tournament champion Lemons remains the only men's basketball coach in UT history to earn National Coach of the Year honors. [199] Texas has appeared in 27 of the 40 seeded Tournaments (and in 26 of the last 30). Texas played its nonconference games in the TSD Gym before moving into the recently completed 1,500-seat Austin High School Gymnasium for its five SWC home games.[186]. Kansas leads the overall series 30–8 and has won 26 of the 33 contests since the Big 12 was formed. E. Metzenthin (1909–11) and Marshall Hughes (1956–59)—and each had only coached for three seasons. Barnes guided Texas to 16 NCAA Tournament appearances in his 17 seasons with the program,[10] including a school-record 14 consecutive appearances (1999–2012), as well as fifteen 20-win seasons overall and a school-best 13 consecutive 20-win seasons (2000–12).[5][8]. The four senior starters on the 2004 team graduated as the winningest class in school history (98 wins) to that point. Smart began his coaching career in 1999 as an assistant at California University of Pennsylvania, where he also earned a master's degree. [72] The pressure to win the SWC championship thus relieved, the Longhorns easily dispatched the Razorbacks the following night, 66–46, to finish the regular season 24–1 overall and 12–0 in SWC play for their first undefeated conference season since Doc Stewart's 1923–24 team finished 23–0. [97] After another blowout road loss to Texas Tech, Texas regrouped to win three straight road games and 12 of its next 13 games, including a three-point upset of 10th-ranked Arkansas in Fayetteville, a 23-point blowout of Shelby Metcalf's No. Durant's spectacular lone season at Texas resulted in his receiving unanimous National Player of the Year honors. The Longhorns opened a new season of SWC play with a road win over TCU. The College shall prepare students with competencies in critical and creative thinking related to the knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in areas of study. The 1985–86 team—which finished with a 19–12 overall record and a share of the SWC championship—marked the zenith of Weltlich's tenure at Texas. The practice facility also includes a locker room with a players' lounge, an instructional film theater, a 4,100-square-foot strength and conditioning area, an athletic training and hydrotherapy area, an academic resource and activity center, and a coaches' lounge and locker room. [73] Texas opened conference play 5–0, pushing its overall record to 16–1, before suffering three consecutive losses to Baylor, Rice, and Arkansas to see its prospects for defending its SWC crown dashed. Eleven Longhorn players currently play in the NBA. [244] Two Longhorn basketball players won SWC player of the year honors twice. [133] Texas followed up the loss to TCU with its sixth one-point loss of the season—and third out of four total losses in SWC games—against Texas Tech in Austin in the conference finale to surrender sole possession of first place in conference play and ultimately share the SWC championship with TCU and Texas A&M. Durant converted 25 three-point shots on only 43 attempts (.581).[284]. By DOUG FEINBERG October 21, 2020 FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2019, file photo, Texas Tech women's coach Marlene Stollings yells out to her players during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Oklahoma State, in Lubbock, Texas. Lemons, who, despite some struggles, had presided over the resurrection of Texas basketball during the preceding six seasons, professed shock.       Conference regular season champion   1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. On ExpressNews.com: Texas coach Shaka Smart excited for ‘another lap’ with veteran team Harmon and Hunter steered the Cougars to a 41-1 record last season and a … [8], In Bradley's first season, the Longhorns won the SWC outright to reach the 1960 NCAA Tournament, where they fell to the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 80–71 in the Sweet Sixteen contest. As the son of a basketball coach, Johnson was taught the fundamentals of basketball and instilled with the values of perseverance, dedication, and teamwork. [124] Nevertheless, even Wendlandt would leave the program after the fall semester of his senior year.[117]. [104] The Longhorns struggled early, beginning the season 7–4 and falling out of the AP rankings after a 21-point road defeat to Bill Cartwright and the San Francisco Dons. [113] Dodds ultimately chose 37-year-old Bob Weltlich, a former assistant coach under Bob Knight at Army and Indiana who came with Knight's recommendation, from the University of Mississippi to serve as the next Texas men's basketball head coach. 6Since 1972–73 season. He played college basketball for a season for the University of Texas before he was picked by the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2011 NBA draft. Texas would fall to Arkansas six days later in the SWC Tournament final—the last meeting between the Longhorns and the SEC-bound Razorbacks as conference archrivals. [72] Texas trailed until the final minutes of the second matchup, and Martin's long shot with 35 seconds remaining provided the margin of victory, with the Longhorns winning 42–40 to advance to the Final Four for the second time, where they would face Oklahoma. Following the series against KU, Texas traveled to Oklahoma City to compete for the first time in the All-College Tournament, which had begun in 1937. 23 in the final AP Poll, for the Longhorns' first appearance in the final AP Poll since the 1978 NIT Championship team, and for only the second time in program history. [108] Texas ended the regular season with an 18–10 overall record and a 10–6 conference record,[97] finishing third behind Texas A&M and Arkansas in SWC play. [77], Bradley's 1962–63 team again won the SWC outright and reached 20 wins for the first time since Jack Gray's 1947–48 Longhorns. The Longhorns won a close first contest, 41–37, before being thoroughly outclassed in the second, falling 65–41. The 2003 Longhorn basketball team matched the school record for most basketball victories in a season with their 26–7 mark and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Final Four round for the first time in 56 years, and for the third time in school history. Texas had finished just 9–17 two years earlier in Leon Black's last season as head coach. [17], From 1910 through 1919, Texas recorded an overall winning percentage of .789. [42] The protracted selection of E. J. [207] By the time the Aggies hired Billy Gillispie prior to the 2004–05 season, the lopsided nature of the series—and the lack of Aggie fan interest in a program that had gone ten consecutive years without a winning season or postseason appearance under prior coaches—had long since diminished the stature of the once-heated rivalry. 83–84, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 87, NCAA 2015 Men's Basketball Record Book, p. 84, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 88, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 89, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 100, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, pp. Keyed by the performance of 1982 All-American, national rebounding champion, and eventual fifth overall 1982 NBA draft pick LaSalle Thompson and the much-improved sophomore forward Mike Wacker, the Longhorns had started the season with a record of 14–0, then the program's finest season start in the NCAA Tournament era. [79], The 1964–65 Longhorns tied SMU for the conference championship but lost the tiebreaker for the conference's NCAA Tournament berth and thus did not participate in postseason play. A medical school graduate, a piano enthusiast, a former sportswriter, a one-time automobile dealership owner, and a veteran football and basketball coach, Doc Stewart quickly became a popular figure across diverse segments of the University population.       Division regular season champion [43] Texas opened the season with a one-point win and two four-point wins over Southwestern—an opponent that had lost its previous six games against the Longhorns by an average of almost 20 points—leading to concern in the local newspapers. Texas won its final game in Maui against Notre Dame before facing Oklahoma in Austin. [162][163][164] The SWC officiating crew did not assess a technical foul against Richardson for leaving the court—a decision that the NCAA's chief rules interpreter would label a mistake. The Longhorns, however, saw their season end at the hands of the USC Trojans in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament. 83–90, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFESPN,_ed. Metzenthin finished with an overall record of 13–14; not until 1959 would another UT basketball coach leave with a losing overall record. The Longhorns defeated the TCU Horned Frogs and the Texas A&M Aggies in their remaining two conference road games before winning all five SWC contests in Austin, concluding with a 66–32 rout of the Aggies. Consecutive double-digit wins over No. [222][223], T. J. Ford and Kevin Durant are the only Texas players to win one or more of the widely recognized National Player of the Year awards. Texas traveled to Kansas City to face Wyoming in the first game of the NCAA Tournament. In front of more than 8,000 fans at Gregory Gym, Arkansas led for most of the first game before Slater Martin led a late surge to secure the win and the outright conference championship for Texas, 49–44. [5][197], *Following the introduction of the "First Four" round in 2011, the Round of 64 and Round of 32 were referred to as the Second Round and Third Round, respectively, from 2011 to 2015. 2-ranked and defending national champion Louisville, 74–70, the highest-ranked opponent the Longhorns had defeated in school history. Gray's assistant Ed Price had also left for naval service. They came to the rescue. Clark Field, originally known as Varsity Athletic Field, was an on-campus, outdoor stadium that was the original home of the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team, as well as the Longhorn football, baseball, and track teams. [144] Penders called his team the "Runnin' Horns," and he promised an exciting, fast-paced style of play that would stand in stark contrast to the basketball on display during the prior six seasons. 2 Since 1949–50 season. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Texas at Austin. "[89][113][114] The news met with surprise and outrage from players and fans. [165] Nonetheless, Texas appeared to have the game in hand—leading by three, after Blanks made two free throws—until Arkansas's Lee Mayberry, the national leader in three-point field goal percentage, made a contested 30-foot shot with four seconds remaining to tie the game at 86–86 and send the game into overtime. Smart's hire made him the 10th-youngest head coach in Division I. [19], Smart is a supporter of former President Barack Obama, for whom he campaigned in Florida in 2008 and Virginia in 2012. [5][208][212], The first decade of the 2000s saw the peak of this new rivalry, with the Longhorns at one point trailing Kansas only 5–7 in games played over an almost-nine-season period, and with many of the contests being closely contested classics. Billy Tubbs' Sooners revealed the distance that remained between Texas and college basketball's elite teams, building a 63–37 halftime lead en route to an easy 124–95 win. LSU head coach Dale Brown described the game as his team's most difficult to date and the Texas team as sound in fundamentals. Skip To Main Content. Texas would play just three games against ranked conference opponents—all against the same team, and all occurring in the same season—in the remaining five seasons of the league's existence. 11 Texas doom No. 6 ranking in the AP poll and as the near-unanimous favorite to win the SWC championship. Texas continued to dominate the series in Big 12 play, winning 15 of the first 16 contests between the schools in their new conference. 4 Since 1979–80 season. Weltlich stated before the season began that his third Texas would be "vastly improved" over the previous two. Texas, with seven returning lettermen and war veterans who had played in 1916 and 1917, was once again expected to contend for the conference championship in 1920, but seven players missed significant parts of the season due to injury and illness. Texas quickly took advantage of Arkansas's absence, as Penders' 1991–92 team finished with a 23–12 overall record, for his fourth consecutive season of 23 or more wins, and a share of the SWC championship. Texas was selected as the poll's national champion for the 1932–33 season.[205]. The Longhorns lost a close game to the Wolverines, 84–79, who would advance to the Elite Eight before falling to eventual national champion Arkansas, which defeated Michigan by the second-narrowest margin of its six NCAA tournament wins in 1994. [49][51] Continuing on to Philadelphia, Texas fell 47–37 to Temple, winners of the first National Invitation Tournament two years prior. All four men, along with three other of that year's letterwinners, had served in the war. 4 Minimum 200 rebounds. 16 Connecticut in Storrs and 86–61 to Rick Pitino's Kentucky Wildcats in Maui to post a 2–4 record in its first six games. Durant became the No. The Longhorns led 35–28 at halftime, but the Tigers recovered to win, 72–65. The 2014–15 season began with raised expectations from Longhorns fans and media, especially with the signing of top-ranked Dallas-area center Myles Turner. Penders finished as the then-winningest coach (by win total) in program history, with an overall record of 208–110 (.654). [170] With Tyler still absent, Texas struggled in its first four games, narrowly defeating Nebraska in Lincoln, 78–75, and losing a road contest to LSU and a home game against Florida by scores of 86–66 and 76–68, respectively. Coaching career. Texas remained ranked until losing to No. 1 ranking in 2010, roaring to a 17–0 start. He quickly validated his promise to bring high-scoring offense to Texas: in the first nine games of the 1988–89 season, the Longhorns scored more than 100 points five times. Texas next traveled to Chicago to face the DePaul Blue Demons of Ray Meyer, whose team had won the NIT two years earlier, and won the final game of their road trip in a rout, 61–43. The scheduled included the school's first-ever basketball game in China - a 77-71 loss to Washington. In his five seasons as the Texas head coach, Hull led the Longhorns to one Southwest Conference championship (1953–54) and finished with an overall record of 60–58 (.508). 5 Since 1975–76 season. The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball . Following 95 wins in Penders' first four seasons at Texas—with never fewer than 23 wins in a single season—an injury-plagued 1992–93 season saw Texas struggle to an 11–17 overall record and a 4–10 record and seventh-place finish in the eight-team SWC. [5][11] The team is currently led by fourth-year head coach Shaka Smart. Van Gent's single basketball team at Texas recorded a 13–3 overall mark and won the Southwest Conference championship for the third consecutive year, with the season highlighted by the first-ever basketball games between Texas and the Texas A&M Aggies, following the resumption of athletic relations between the two schools. Texas finished the season ranked No. He was then an assistant at the University of Akron for three years, Clemson for two, and Florida for one. With several players from the 1917 team having left for military service, the 1918 Longhorn basketball team had only one returning player in sophomore Al DeViney. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament and defeated Western Kentucky by a score of 91–77 to advance to a second-round contest against third-seeded Michigan, national runner-up the preceding two years. Longhorn players Axtell, Chris Mihm, Gabe Muoneke, and Bernard Smith had met with Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds "to say that they had lost faith in Penders and his program."[171][172]. The Rams under Smart went 23–11 in the 2010–2011 season. A recruiting class which included in-state talents such as Damion James and D. J. Augustin helped garner unforeseen levels of hype and scrutiny for the Texas basketball program. Despite playing with just seven scholarship players for the majority of the 1998–99 season—and opening the season with a 3–8 record—Barnes engineered one of the greatest midseason turnarounds in school history. Texas and Oklahoma State have played at least twice yearly since 1997, the first Big 12 basketball season. For the 1989–90 season, Texas returned its high-scoring trio of guards, Lance Blanks, 1989 SWC player of the year Travis Mays, and Joey Wright—dubbed "BMW—the ultimate scoring machine" by the Texas sports information department and labeled the third-best set of guards in the country by Dick Vitale. Texas fell to Utah in Salt Lake City, 87–76, defeated Illinois in Austin, 89–72, and suffered an 85–76 loss to No. Asked in a preseason media session if he felt his first Texas team to be worthy of a top-twenty ranking, Lemons replied, "You mean in the state? [8][9] Texas achieved some measures of national recognition during the tenures of head coaches Abe Lemons (1976–82) and Tom Penders (1988–98), but the program rose to its highest level of prominence under the direction of former head coach Rick Barnes (1998–2015). [197], The Longhorns have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) five times. For the 1928–29 season, the University reached an agreement with the Texas School for the Deaf for the Texas men's basketball team to play its home games in TSD's recently constructed fieldhouse. [130][131] Texas opened conference play with four consecutive wins, including its first win over Arkansas under Weltlich, before falling 55–54 to the Texas A&M Aggies in College Station. [101] Texas would storm through the tournament to reach the NIT Championship Game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack, defeating Temple, Nebraska, and Rutgers by an average of over 17 points in the first three rounds. Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams, left, talks to a game official during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against New Orleans on … "Doc" Stewart from Clemson University as the head football coach created further turmoil and distraction when newspapers reported that he would also be charged with leading the basketball team, thus rendering Romney a lame duck with seven games to play. They've been assistant coaches as well as players. He developed a love for quotations at Kenyon. This slide—coupled with his football teams' similar decline in performance—resulted in the popular Stewart's controversial dismissal following the 1926–27 season. "[106] Struggling SMU dealt Texas a shocking defeat in the final game of the regular season, depriving the Longhorns of sole possession of the SWC crown and forcing them to share the conference championship with Arkansas for the second straight season. Gray praised the Mustangs as "probably the most powerful team in the history of the school," and SMU coach Whitey Baccus confidently announced that his team would dispatch the Longhorns. [215][216] Through the end of the 2008–09 regular season, Texas held a 25–3 record against Baylor in Big 12 competition and a 24–0 record against the Bears under Rick Barnes. In contests against these opponents since the dissolution of the Southwest Conference, Texas holds the lead against all opponents but Southern Methodist, whom the Longhorns have not played since joining the Big 12. [14] His Wheaton team placed second out of the three competing college basketball teams in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the first Olympic Games featuring the young sport (although only as a demonstration sport). [230][231][232][233][234][235][236][237] Durant was the first freshman ever to win any of the National Player of the Year awards. [192][193][194], Built during the final phase of the renovation of the Erwin Center, the Denton A. Cooley Pavilion opened in the fall of 2003. [18] The Longhorns ultimately won seven of the eight games scheduled in the basketball program's inaugural season. With the rejuvenation of the Texas A&M basketball program under Billy Gillispie (2004–07) and Mark Turgeon (2007–11), the basketball rivalry between Texas and Texas A&M quickly intensified. Following the 34-point loss to the Horned Frogs, Weltlich savaged his players in public comments, calling them "as phony as the day is long. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament. During the 2009 recruiting cycle, Texas acquired top-tier prospects Avery Bradley and Jordan Hamilton. 7-seed Georgia Bulldogs, the Longhorns upset Gene Keady's No. Arkansas led the series 29–25 over this span. Arkansas dominated the series over this final phase of the SWC rivalry, winning 27 out of 37 games played during this period. He finished second on the team in steals, third in assists, and fourth in rebounding. 17 Oklahoma in Norman, 109–106; No. In the course of the conference season, the Longhorns lost to unranked non-conference opponents LSU in a neutral-site game, Georgia in Athens, and Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) in Austin by scores of 84–81, 78–70, and 66–60, respectively. After trailing 19th-ranked Arkansas 45–27 at halftime in Austin, Texas narrowed the Razorbacks' lead to 68–66 in the final minute before Arkansas added two final points to secure the win. All records are current as of the end of the 2014–15 season.[289]. [154] Texas defeated the OSU Cowboys 85–84 in the first contest behind 32 points from sophomore guard Joey Wright and two late free throws from junior guard Lance Blanks,[155] who had transferred from Virginia. “In looking for a new head women’s basketball coach, there was one name that continuously came up as the perfect fit for The University of … 9 SMU in the second-to-last game of the conference slate. 24 Florida in Austin, 105–94, in the fifth game of the season for its first win against ranked competition under Penders. Smart's second season began with forward Larry Sanders declaring for the 2010 NBA Draft after his junior season. 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Houston claimed the automatic bid to the Tournament, Arkansas received an at-large bid, and the Longhorns were left to accept a bid to the 1978 National Invitation Tournament. 6 Arkansas in Fayetteville, 109–100, in a game that saw Mays depart in the first minutes due to a finger injury; and, finally, to No. [10], With the hiring of Leon Black prior to the 1967–68 season, Texas entered a period that saw the reversal of most of its progress since the lost decade of the 1950s. A lack of academic progress during his time at Texas was another reflection of a shortage of discipline and another cause for embarrassment for UT officials. [74] Texas defeated the St. Joseph's Hawks in Philadelphia, 61–57, before returning to Oklahoma City for the All-College Tournament. Against Rhode Island, Travis Mays surpassed Ron Baxter's career scoring total to become the then-leading scorer in UT history. An alumnus of the University, Gregory served on the University's Board of Regents and as United States Attorney General (1914–19) before the gym was built. 1 Since 1986–87 season. "[58] After stumbling on a swing through North Texas late in the season with losses to TCU and SMU, the Longhorns concluded the regular season with victories over the Baylor Bears and Texas A&M to win a share of the SWC championship and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the second time. Although Texas could do no better than second place, more than 8,000 fans squeezed into 7,500-seat Gregory Gym to see the Longhorns hand the Bears their only defeat of the conference season, 32–29, after Al Madsen added a layup and a free throw in the final 20 seconds. 17. Texas narrowly avoided an upset loss to SMU at home before blowing out Texas A&M in College Station, 54–34, to finish 9–3 and in second place in the SWC play. Must have played in more than half of season's games. Shaka Dingani Smart (born April 8, 1977) is an American men's college basketball coach and former player. Karow (1934–36) would direct Texas to a combined 31–16 record over his two years as head coach. Smart described his "havoc" defensive philosophy during his introductory press conference as, "We are going to wreak havoc on our opponent's psyche and their plan of attack." In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Longhorns lost, as a half-court shot off the backboard lifted Northern Iowa to a 75-72 win.[175]. We've just been trying to work it out together. [116] A powerful faction of UT officials and donors felt that Lemons was presiding over an undisciplined program and that he had become excessively and irresponsibly outspoken. [80][81] He finished with an overall record of 123–75 (.631) and a conference record of 73–39 (.651) as Texas head coach. [123] More than a dozen Longhorn players would leave the program during Weltlich's first three years, and several would make negative comments about his grueling practices and his reliance on criticism and insults as a motivational tactic upon departing. [31], UT alumnus and former regent Thomas Watt Gregory had begun campaigning a decade earlier for the construction of a permanent gymnasium for the benefit of the student body and faculty[32]—one in which the basketball team would be able to play and practice as well—but fundraising for the $75,000 project had lagged, even more so with Gregory's departure from Austin to serve as the U.S. Attorney General under Woodrow Wilson in 1914. No. [4][7] The Longhorns' overall record in the Tournament is 35–37. The season featured the then-most anticipated intersectional matchup in school history, as Phog Allen's Kansas Jayhawks came to Austin. Despite Lemons' dejected mood following the final game of the season,[95] a loss to Baylor in the final men's basketball game in Gregory Gymnasium, his first team had posted a four-game improvement in its season record over the 9–17 squad of the prior year, finishing 13–13 on the season. [176] Freshman center Jarrett Allen led Texas the rest of the way, averaging 16 points and almost 10 rebounds in Big 12 Conference play. Dodds and Weltlich agreed to a five-year contract worth $95,000 per year, and Weltlich was introduced as head coach on April 2, 1982. Smart grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. More of the same occurred in 2011, when Texas garnered two elite prospects in Canadians Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph and had a similar scorching (23–3) start—only to lose the league to Kansas again and fall in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to the Arizona Wildcats. Two weeks and five losses later, the Longhorns would drop from the polls altogether. Texas currently leads the overall series 49–43 and holds a 30–19 lead in games played in Big 12 competition.[5][207]. 8 Connecticut in Austin, 94–77; unranked UTEP in El Paso, 92–88; unranked LSU in New Orleans by a score of 84–83; and unranked Rhode Island in Providence by a score of 92–79. [12][13] Mainland had been a nationally known basketball player as an undergraduate student at Wheaton College (Illinois) prior to coming to UT. The Longhorns had again built and then surrendered an early lead, having opened a 10-point advantage over the Blue Demons in the first half. [63][64], Discussions had begun about the projected need to build a larger arena for UT basketball team. The Longhorns' struggles continued, as Texas fell 96–86 to No. [160][161][162] The Longhorns led by one point with 14 seconds remaining when Arkansas head coach Nolan Richardson, after an intentional foul call against a Razorback player, slowly walked off the court to the Arkansas locker room. [43] Texas entered the season expected to finish third or fourth in conference play behind TCU, Oklahoma A&M, and possibly Texas A&M. The Longhorns recovered to win the second game against the Razorbacks in their weekend trip to Fayetteville, 54–43, to halt the losing streak. Four Longhorn men's basketball players have competed in the Olympic Games in men's basketball on six occasions, with three players winning gold medals. [203][204], Texas has been ranked in the retroactively assigned Premo-Porretta Power Poll rankings in 11 seasons from the 1906 season through the 1947–48 season, the final season before the introduction of the AP Poll. He also likes nature documentaries featuring big cats. Abrams. [219], Arkansas led the series 85–64 upon leaving the SWC; the Razorbacks currently lead the all-time series 87–68, with Texas having won four of the six games played since Arkansas joined the SEC. 3 Arkansas in overtime in Austin, 103–96, in a famously bitter defeat that became known in UT lore as the "Strollin' Nolan" game. 2 Since 1949–50 season. [181], The University constructed the Men's Gym adjacent to Clark Field to serve as the temporary home of the Texas men's basketball team pending the construction of a permanent gymnasium. There are 353 men's college basketball programs competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Of the 1982–83 Longhorn team's six wins, only three came against NCAA Division I opponents—two in non-conference play against Harvard and UNC Charlotte, and one in conference play against Rice in Austin, 47–45. [129] After two more home wins, Texas traveled to Atlanta to play in the Cotton States Classic. Ten of Rick Barnes' teams, five of Tom Penders' teams, two of Abe Lemons' teams, and two of Harold Bradley's teams finished the season ranked. 12 in the post-Tournament Coaches Poll, matching the 1962–63 team for the highest end-of-season poll ranking in program history. The Longhorns and the Cowboys play one game in Austin and one game in Stillwater each year during the regular season. [59][60] Texas finished the season with a 19–7 overall record. This all ended when he arrived in Austin. The Longhorns' season came to a close with a 74–69 second-round loss at the hands of the Duke Blue Devils. Texas Tech has fired the head coach and assistant coach of its women's basketball team, after a scathing report chronicling claims of physical, mental and … Texas' fortunes turned upside-down with a 71–62 loss on the road to Kansas State and the ensuing 88–74 loss to Connecticut, beginning a 7–10 finish and raising the pressure for Barnes' Texas teams to reach over the hump, a recurring theme in the head coach's final six seasons in Austin. Only one of the four players signed in the 1981 class—6'9" forward Mike Wacker—was considered a coveted prospect. Of these, 18 were selected in the first round, and 11 were selected in the second round. [20], National champion   The Longhorns lost to the Iowa Hawkeyes in the opening game by a score of 98–92, marking the only time in eight first-round NCAA Tournament contests under Penders that Texas would fail to advance to the second round. Smart's given name was bestowed in honor of the famous Zulu warrior. The Texas men's basketball team played home games in Gregory Gymnasium beginning with the 1930–31 season until moving into the Special Events Center (later renamed the Frank Erwin Center) for the 1977–78 season. [22], Language professor, German native, and Longhorn football head coach W. E. Metzenthin (1909–11), who had argued strongly against the cancellation of basketball at UT,[23] assumed head coaching duties for three seasons following the re-establishment of the program. Head Women's Basketball Coach 245-3832 245-3832: Nathan Teymer: Assistant Coach nmt30@txstate.edu: Jericka Jenkins: Assistant Coach Deidra Johnson: Assistant Coach Abigail Whitling: Director of Women's Basketball Operations ajw70@txstate.edu: 245-6019 245-6019: Martie Swinhoe: Graduate Assistant Durant was the unanimous national player of the year in 2007 as a true freshman, winning all 10 awards. Lemons finished with an overall record of 110–63 (.636) and a conference record of 58–38 (.604) as Texas head coach. [1][16][17] Their daughter was born in 2011. Smart's half-brother, J.M. [135][2][136], Weltlich compiled a 77–98 (.440) record during six seasons as the head coach at Texas. With the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, the Oklahoma Sooners became the Longhorns' main rival in basketball. Some have speculated that Stewart's devotion to his varied non-athletic interests was the root cause of his football and basketball teams' decline in performance over his tenure. [195][196], The Cooley Pavilion will be demolished and replaced during the same phase of construction of the Dell Medical School as the Erwin Center. "[125] Texas ended the season with losses in 17 of its last 18 games and with a 13-game losing streak. After a semifinal loss to A&M in the conference tournament, the Longhorns were invited to the 1986 NIT—the Longhorns first postseason appearance under Weltlich, and the first since the 1979–80 season. Black's 1973–74 team managed to win the SWC championship outright, even with an overall record of 12–15, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, where the Longhorns fell to the Creighton Bluejays in the first round, 77–61. Texas A&M Athletics - Home of the 12th Man Main Navigation Menu. 3 Minimum 200 attempts. While his teams' records and performance had declined since the 1977–78 season, Lemons was not thought to be in danger of losing his job as he entered the 1981–82 season, the first year for new Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds and Lemons' last at Texas. Bradley left the program for the NBA in 2010, and Hamilton, Thompson, and Joseph followed suit in 2011. Moeller charged that Lemons' lack of inhibition with regard to public and private criticism of players was damaging the program. 71–79, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 75, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 73, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, pp. The Longhorns defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the first round by a score of 76–62 behind the sharp shooting A.J. The Longhorns would go on to lose their remaining regular-season contests against ranked opponents—to Shaquille O'Neal, Stanley Roberts, and No. 11 seed to play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 seasons, where the Longhorns would defeat the sixth-seeded Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 76–70, for the program's first NCAA Tournament victory since 1972. [283], In the 2016 Olympics, Durant again led the U.S. men's team in scoring with 155 total points—one point fewer than his U.S. Olympic record from 2012—and in minutes played. Despite having defeated the Sooners earlier in the season by 12 points, the Longhorns trailed 53–49 in the final minute of their second contest. The regular season's zenith, a two-point win over Arkansas in Fayetteville on January 12, did nothing to reverse the team's downward trajectory, with losses to TCU, SMU, North Texas, Rice following shortly thereafter. The Athletics Council revived the program in 1909, owing in large part to the efforts of Longhorn player Morgan Vining, who campaigned to raise student interest in the game. The award was presented for the first time following the 2003–04 college basketball season (the season following T. J. Ford's departure to the NBA). [53][54] In front of a raucous pro-Texas crowd of more than 8,000 fans packed into Gregory Gymnasium, the Longhorns suffered a one-point loss to the Owls, 42–41, to see their hopes of winning a second consecutive outright SWC championship dashed and their chances of even sharing the championship greatly diminished. 4Since 1932–33 season. [54], With demand for tickets outstripping the seating capacity of Gregory Gym, calls began to grow louder for the construction of a new arena. Minimum 200 points. [46] The UT Athletic Council agreed to fund the team's trip to New York for the contest, followed by a stop in Philadelphia to play Temple. Accordingly, expectations for the 1942–43 Longhorns were low. A two-level layout (the lower arena and upper mezzanine) currently accommodates up to 16,540 spectators for basketball games. 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[109] Nonetheless, the Longhorns finished 6–6 in non-conference play, losing to all three eventual NCAA Tournament participants they faced—falling 100–83 at Iowa State, 80–75 at home to Utah State, and 71–70 at Chattanooga—and losing 86–74 at home to New Mexico, the one eventual NIT participant they faced. Despite the disastrous 1992–93 season, Texas returned a healthy roster deep with talent and experience for the 1993–94 season. [5][6] As of the end of the 2017–18 season, Texas ranks sixth among all Division I men's basketball programs for total NCAA Tournament games won without having won the national championship (35), trailing Kansas State (37), Notre Dame (38), Purdue (39), Illinois (40), and Oklahoma (41). Fred Walker (1927–31) coached the Longhorns following E.J. 8Since 1972–73 season. Texas fell in the second round to the sixth-ranked and third-seeded Missouri Tigers, 108–89, to end the season at 25–9, a nine-win improvement over Weltlich's final season. Following Leon Black's resignation, Texas Athletic Director and Longhorn head football coach Darrell Royal selected then-University of Texas-Pan American and former longtime Oklahoma City University head coach Abe Lemons as his primary target for the open position. His relationship with Texas Athletic Director and Longhorn football head coach Jack Chevigny marked by increasing friction, Karow resigned as head coach in the summer of 1936 and was hired shortly thereafter as the baseball head coach for the United States Naval Academy. [108] LaSalle Thompson, 6'10" center and future Longhorn great, joined the program as a freshman. By the time of the Longhorns' next contest, against Baylor, the Bears stood at 11–0 in conference play and had already secured the SWC championship. 5 Since 1975–76 season. [166] After their third win that season over Texas A&M in the SWC Tournament, the Longhorns would fall to Houston for the third time, 89–86. 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