After one year as defensive coordinator, Muschamp in line to take reigns from Brown
The wait for Longhorn football fans is over. University of Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds announced Tuesday that defensive coordinator Will Muschamp will be the next head coach for the Longhorns following the retirement of current head coach Mack Brown.
Fast-break points and balance push Texas to blowout home win
Texas coach Rick Barnes wanted his team to attack the basket more after scoring just three fast-break points in its season opener. The No.
After coming up with a steal on the defensive end and no defender in front of him on a fast break, Dogus Balbay had a perfect opportunity to make a splash on the offensive side. But his legs weren’t paying attention.
Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds always talks about how the Longhorns don’t keep up with the Joneses — they are the Joneses. Tuesday’s announcement proved just that.
Texas looking for redemption against visiting Nebraska
Texas senior Lauren Paolini is redefining the term flawless as it relates to volleyball and is likely to redefine many Texas records in the process.
As Florida rises in the Bowl Championship Series rankings and into the national championship picture, so do the chances of junior quarterback Tim Tebow repeating as the winner of the Heisman Trophy.
NEW YORK — Boston little man Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP award Tuesday, becoming the first second baseman to earn the honor in nearly a half-century. Pedroia easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau and added to his ever-expanding trophy case.
Editor’s note: Longhorn football beat writer David R. Henry addresses more of your questions in the second segment of Longhorn football Q&A. If you have questions about the 2008 Longhorns, please e-mail them to sports@dailytexanonline.com.
Sophomore guard scores 20 while UT’s bench stays sharp
Facing their first ranked opponent of the season, Texas turned to junior guard Brittainey Raven as she scored 20 points in a 78-44 defeat of No. 25 Old Dominion Monday at the Frank Erwin Center. Raven got off to a quick start, scoring Texas’ first 12 points.
AMES, Iowa — First there was a close game at Iowa broken open by a punt return. Then it was an overtime loss at UNLV followed by a two-point loss to Kansas and finally, a victory denied inches from the end zone.
It’s hard to believe, but Baylor’s 41-21 trouncing of Texas A&M on Saturday gave the Bears two Big 12 wins for the third time in school history.
After three impressive wins this weekend at the World Vision Classic, the University of Texas women’s basketball team can thank their bench for the large contributions it made during the course of the games in consecutive nights against Dayton and St.
After Texas’ win over Stetson on Friday, head coach Rick Barnes wanted his team to fast break more often and show their speed.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — As Mack Brown waited for a postgame television interview, he raised his arms and tried to pump up the remaining contingent of Texas fans that stuck through the frigid weather.
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As Stetson head coach Derek Waugh walked off the court after his team fell to Texas, he stopped to look up at the scoreboard and saw his team’s shooting percentage. “13 of 50,” Waugh muttered as he shook his head. The poor shooting typified No.
The NCAA could have moved the 3-point line back to Lake Travis. A.J. Abrams still would have kept firing threes. The senior guard led the No. 7 Longhorns to a season-opening 68-38 victory over Stetson by making five of his nine 3-point attempts to finish with 21 points.
Defense shows why Longhorns should rank high in BCS
Yes, Virginia, there is such thing as defense in the Big 12. Texas showed that Saturday, holding the prolific Kansas offense to just seven points and sacking quarterback Todd Reesing four times for 37 yards. The Longhorns had three fourth-down stops.
The feeling is all too familiar. Outplayed and outclassed for 90 minutes, the Longhorns were bounced out of the NCAA Championship by a team whose offensive power they could not match. This year, No.
It was not the ending the University of Texas women’s cross country team hoped for. The Longhorns took fifth at the regional meet Saturday, ultimately ending a rough 2008 season.
It didn’t take Erika Arriaran long to show how much she means to this Longhorn team.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Ol’ Ball Coach never experienced anything like this. Not as a player. Not as a coach. Not at Florida. Not at Duke. Not at South Carolina.
No. 4 Longhorns pull out tough win over No. 14 Kansas State
After brushing aside four consecutive opponents in 3-0 sweeps and in position to extend that streak to five, the No. 4 Longhorns were pushed to the limit by a gritty No. 14 Kansas State team in Manhattan, Kan.
After deciding to finish up Texas career, guard ready to prove doubters wrong
A.J. Abrams’ decision to return to Texas for his senior year wasn’t all that complicated. In fact, it wasn’t even made by him. “The biggest selling point [for returning] was my mom saying, ‘A.J.
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The weather forecast for Saturday in Lawrence, Kan., calls for temperatures in the 30s and 15- to 25-mile-per-hour gusts. But Texas coach Mack Brown told the players he didn’t want to hear any complaints.
Texas used to hostile territory at NCAAs, take on Washington St.
The Longhorns head to the northwest Friday with their season hanging in the balance. The first round of the NCAA Championships pits No. 19 Texas against a side that should be more familiar with the surroundings. No.
No. 13 Longhorns host trio of teams at World Vision Classic
The 35th season of Texas women’s basketball is set to kick off this weekend at home when the Longhorns begin their quest for a trip to the NCAA tournament by hosting the World Vision Classic.
After helping to set a world record and winning a gold medal this summer in Beijing, it could easily be assumed that winning something as mundane as Big 12 Swimmer of the Week could slip off of junior swimmer Ricky Berens’ radar.
Longhorns confident after strong Big 12 competition race
After posting its highest finish since 2002 at the Big 12 Championships, the Texas women’s cross country team heads to Waco for the 2008 South Region Championships in hopes of at least equaling its strong performance in Iowa.
Since loss, Longhorns have four-straight sweeps, travel to KSU
The No. 4 Longhorn volleyball team might as well hitch a ride with the fourth-ranked football squad as both teams travel north to take on conference opponents less than 90 miles away from one another in the state of Kansas on Saturday.
Jordan Shipley could have been the next David Beckham. Up until the seventh grade, Shipley’s best sport was soccer.
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No. 4 squad trying to make push prior to start of NCAA tourney
Two Wednesdays ago the Longhorns dropped a five-set thriller to Oklahoma, appearing to have dropped their hopes of a second straight Big 12 title.
Texas volleyball officially inked the No. 1 recruit in the country Wednesday. Bailey Webster, a 6-foot-3-inch outside hitter from Brooklandville, Md., signed with the Longhorns to give them one of the top recruiting classes for the 2009 season.
With a little less than a month in the 2008 college football season, the Heisman Trophy race is getting real. The names aren’t just people who are expected to play great — they’ve already had their fair share of great games.
Leave it to the freshmen when it comes to winning in Hawaii. The No. 16 Longhorns won the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate to capture their second title in four tournaments this season.
Hall out for Kansas game; Snow to make first start Perhaps the dismissal of backup center Buck Burnette hurt the Texas Longhorns more than they thought it would.
Former Central Texas standout now Kansas’ all-time leading passer
Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing was what you would dream up if you had to picture Mr.
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Kocher adjusts to NCAA game while setting UT’s attack
A year ago, she was leading her team toward a second straight state title in Illinois. Michelle Kocher, the Wheaton, Ill., native was in her fourth year starting at St. Francis High School. In 2006, Kocher led the St.
Buck Burnette’s tale is a cautionary one. Anything you put on your Facebook page can come back and bite you.
Barring the chance of four of the current top five teams losing in the final weeks of the season, the Bowl Champion Series Championship Game will almost certainly feature a Big 12 Southeastern Conference showdown. Currently ranked No.
AUBURN, Ala. — The Auburn Tigers still have hope, however slim. All they have to do to ease the season’s misery and wind up with a winning record and a much better mood is beat rival Nos. 2 and 1. More specifically, No. 13 Georgia and No. 1 Alabama.
COLLEGE STATION — Stephen McGee finally snapped. He’d taken hard hits and played through pain, faced criticism from fans and media and championed a losing cause when Dennis Franchione came under fire.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The last time Steve Spurrier brought South Carolina to The Swamp to face his old school, Florida’s national championship run was nearly derailed by their beloved former coach’s team.
When former Texas guard Hattie Browning took the stage to accept her place into the Women’s Athletics Hall of Honor, she was composed. But about an hour before the beginning of the ceremony, Browning was in tears. She definitely wasn’t sad.
The silence that enveloped the room ever-so-briefly told its own story. For the second time in as many seasons, the Longhorns were left shaking their heads at the television screen with the revelation of their post-season fate.
Congratulations, college football. You have officially progressed one step further away from what this country represents.
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