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03/10/2010

Texas advances, will meet Baylor in quarterfinals

Texas center Dexter Pittman (34) flexes his muscles as he celebrates a dunk with teammate Damion James.

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Damion James had 28 points and 16 rebounds, and Texas pulled away from plucky Iowa State on Wednesday night, beating the Cyclones, 82-75, in a hard-fought Big 12 opening-round game.

Photos: First-round action

Big 12 results, matchups | Scoreboard

Notebook: Tech's Knight says NIT

Tech turns tables on Colorado

Other winners: OSU | Nebraska

Blog: Colleges

It's easy to point to problem for slumping Longhorns

Texas freshman guard J'Covan Brown recovered from this hard fall, but the Longhorns have lost two other point guards for the season in 2010.

Texas faces Iowa State in the first round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship today having lost eight of its last 14 games. Much of UT's trouble can be traced to instability at the point, writes Chuck Carlton.

Big 12 Tournament notebook

Does Tech's Singletary have more magic in him?

Big 12 Tournament official site

Schedule | Scoreboard | Blog: Colleges

03/09/2010

NCAA offers Texas and Maryland reprieve on recruiting rule
The NCAA has given Texas and Maryland a one-year reprieve from a new rule that limits off-campus football recruiting by a coach designated as the head coach-in-waiting.

Texas' Muschamp gets year to recruit as an assistant
The NCAA is allowing a one-year grace period since it imposed a rule that forces coaches-in-waiting, like Muschamp, to be saddled with the same recruiting restrictions as head coaches, according to a report.

03/08/2010

Chat replay: Chuck Carlton answers your Big 12 questions

SportsDay's Chuck Carlton answered your questions on the Big 12 today.

Carlton: The good, the bad and the unexpected in the Big 12

Cowlishaw: Big 12 is nation's best

UT picked as host for Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

Blogs: Colleges

03/07/2010

Women's basketball: No. 18 Texas 70, No. 14 Baylor 54
Cokie Reed scored 18 points and No. 18 Texas held Baylor to only two field goals in the second half, cruising to a 70-54 victory over the No. 14 Bears on Sunday.

03/06/2010

Flying Acy leads Baylor over UT; Bears get Big 12 bye

Baylor's Quincy Acy (4) dunks over Texas center Dexter Pittman.

After going around, above and through the Texas defense for 10 dunks Saturday in a 92-77 Baylor win, Bears sophomore Quincy Acy can rest, writes Chuck Carlton. Baylor has a first-round bye in the Big 12 Tournament.

Men's Big 12 Tournament matchups

Baylor-UT summary

Big 12 standings

A&M claims final Big 12 tournament bye

Scoreboard

Blog: Colleges

03/05/2010

Texas' Rick Barnes feels quote on national titles taken out of context
In the March 8th edition of ESPN the Magazine, Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes was quoted as saying he is not "obsessed" with winning a national championship. However, according to Barnes, the quote was taken out of context.

03/04/2010

Baylor's Griner suspended two games for punching Tech player
Baylor star freshman Brittney Griner, who was ejected for fighting during the Lady Bears' game with Texas Tech on Wednesday, has been suspended for two games, one mandated by NCAA rules and another by Baylor coach Kim Mulkey.

03/03/2010

Women's basketball: Texas 60, Missouri 41
Brittainey Raven scored 13 points as No. 18 Texas beat Missouri 60-41 on Wednesday night.

Texas coach Rick Barnes not obsessed with winning national title
In the most recent issue of ESPN the Magazine, Texas men's basketball coach Rick Barnes was quoted saying the following: "We would love to win a national championship, but we're not obsessed with it because we're obsessed with these guys trying to live their NBA dream."

UT quarterback Garrett Gilbert starts to 'just be myself'

Garrett Gilbert (3) was thrown into the fire as a freshman in the BCS title game when UT starter Colt McCoy suffered a shoulder injury.

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In his first public appearance in a football setting since the BCS title game against Alabama, Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert passed most of the tests as Colt McCoy's likely successor.

McCoy discusses draft, UT's Garrett Gilbert

UT's Sergio Kindle runs faster combine time than Colt McCoy

Mack Brown remembers his mom

McCoy: No interest in revisiting BCS title game

03/02/2010

Texas freshman G Lauren Flores tears ACL
Texas freshman point guard Lauren Flores will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in practice.

Texas' Colt McCoy: No interest in watching BCS title game
"I don't know that I'll ever go back and watch that game," Colt McCoy said. "I've obviously seen the play, which is pretty tough."

03/01/2010

Longhorns take Top 25 plunge, then storm past Sooners

Senior Damion James scored 24 points in his final home game for struggling Texas, and fellow senior Justin Mason (24) and the Longhorns rallied for an 87-76 win over Oklahoma on Monday night in Austin.

Atmosphere for Texas Longhorns' senior night

No shock if Texas loses NCAA Tournament opener

Latest AP men's basketball top 25 has Texas out, Texas A&M, Baylor in
Syracuse is No. 1 in The Associated Press' Top 25, taking advantage of a weekend when the poll's top three teams lost. The Orange were the runaway top pick Monday, receiving 59 first-place votes from the national media panel to make the jump from fourth. This is their first time on top since a six-week run during the 1989-90 season.

UConn still No. 1 in AP women's poll; Baylor, Okla. State move up three; OU stays 11th
While UConn has been the unanimous choice as No. 1 over the last two years, Stanford has remained a steadfast running mate. Connecticut ran its remarkable streak atop The Associated Press women's basketball poll to 41 weeks.

02/27/2010

Women's basketball: Oklahoma 75, Texas 60
Nyeshia Stevenson made six 3-pointers on her way to 28 points and No. 11 Oklahoma beat No. 14 Texas 75-60 on Saturday.

Barnes takes blame after UT's seventh loss in last 12 games

Texas' J'Covan Brown is carried from the court after getting injured during the second half of an NCAA basketball game against Texas A&M on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 in College Station, Texas.

When Rick Barnes' assessment of a frightening injury (UT's J'Covan Brown suffered only a neck strain after a frightening fall) covers the postgame "positive" news, it's a bad day for Texas, writes Tim Cowlishaw.

FSSW video: A&M-UT highlights

Texas coach: I did a 'poor' job

UT's Brown suffers neck strain in fall; listed as day-today

Texas' Rick Barnes says he did 'poor' job in loss to A&M

Donald Sloan scored 19 points to lead No. 22 Texas A&M to a 74-58 win over No. 21 Texas on Saturday in a game that saw Longhorns guard J'Covan Brown injured after a hard fall late in the game.

UT's Brown suffers neck strain in fall; listed as day-today

02/26/2010

Texas Longhorns' Gary Johnson to honor Dogus Balbay with No. 4
No. 21 Texas has lost its two starting point guards due to injury this season in Varez Ward and Dogus Balbay. But even though Ward and Balbay cannot physically contribute on the court, their spirit remains strong within the Longhorns who can.

02/27/2010

Texas guard J'Covan Brown carried off court with apparent neck injury
Texas guard J'Covan Brown has been taken off the court on a board with his neck stabilized after falling hard on a drive to the basket late in a game against No. 22 Texas A&M.

02/26/2010

Texas' Mack Brown critical of coaches-in-waiting rule
Texas' Mack Brown, as might be expected, is no fan of the new NCAA rule that restricts coaches-in-waiting. Brown said that edict will adversely affect the way defensive coordinator Will Muschamp can do his job and recruit.

Texas Longhorns coach wants more trick plays like Boise State
With spring practices starting Friday, Mack Brown and the Texas coaching staff have a myriad of adjustments to make to their football team. Besides the obvious decisions that affect the positions that have lost its' starters, Brown wants to spark up his offense a little more.

Texas hopes to start a new run

Southlake Carroll product Tre Newton led the Longhorns with 552 yards rushing last season.

VERNON BRYANT / DMN

Texas' spring football practice starts today, and improving the running attack will be a focal point for Mack Brown and the Longhorns, writes Chuck Carlton.

Texas' Taylor Bible: UT can win next four BCS titles

Boise State, UT coaches to talk offense

Brown: UT QB will be 'really good'

4 more players to miss or be limited in spring workouts

Brown critical of 'coach-in-waiting' rule

Blog: Colleges

02/25/2010

UT's Brown critical of NCAA 'coach-in-waiting' rule
The new NCAA rule that restricts coaches-in-waiting will adversely affect the way defensive coordinator Will Muschamp can do his job and recruit, coach Mack Brown said Thursday.

Four more UT players will miss or be limited in spring workouts
Four additional players will miss or be limited in Texas' spring football practice because of injuries, the school announced Thursday.

Report: Texas' Colt McCoy won't throw at NFL Combine

Texas' Taylor Bible: Longhorns can win next four national titles

DMN

Taylor Bible said this week that Texas will win four national championships and the next four Red River Rivalry games while he’s a Longhorn. His predictions seem to throw all those low-key, humble observations about him out the window -- except when you hear the reasoning behind his projections.

Okla. QB to play for Carroll

Baseball tempted Scotty Young

Winter weather affects offseason

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Women's basketball: Oklahoma State 73, Texas 72
Andrea Riley scored Oklahoma State's final 17 points in regulation and Megan Byford's free throw in overtime helped the No. 23 Cowgirls beat No. 14 Texas 73-72 on Wednesday night.

02/24/2010

Pittman comes up big as Texas takes care of OSU
Dexter Pittman had 16 points and eight rebounds and free-falling No. 21 Texas got a much-needed 69-59 win over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.

Texas Longhorns AD: No talks between Texas and Big Ten
The University of Texas likes its position in the Big 12 Conference and has not talked with the Big Ten about its expansion plans, athletic director DeLoss Dodds said Wednesday.

02/22/2010

Plenty of uncertainty lies ahead for Texas

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In a perfect basketball world, coach Rick Barnes would prefer to have a good idea what to expect in late February, writes Chuck Carlton. For Barnes and Texas, very little has approached perfection lately.

DeLoss Dodds: UT unlikely to leave Big 12

Longhorns lose PG Balbay for season

Blog: Colleges

DeLoss Dodds: Texas unlikely to leave Big 12
Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds says the Big 12 has worked well for the Longhorns and he doesn't see a change coming unless "something drastic happens."

02/23/2010

Handful of Dallas-area players headed to Texas' Junior Day this weekend
A fresh crop of recruits will visit Austin this weekend, and by Sunday the Longhorns could be in an even more enviable position than they were earlier this month.

02/22/2010

TCU out of women's poll, with OU, Texas and Texas A&M in mix
Hartford rode a school-record winning streak to its first Top 25 appearance, and gave UConn a little Nutmeg State company in The Associated Press women's basketball poll.

Texas, Texas A&M and Baylor in last five of AP men's Top 25
Texas, which was ranked No. 1 last month for the first time in school history, is at the lowest ranking of the season after dropping from 15th to No. 21. Texas A&M will be in two of this week's games between ranked teams.

02/21/2010

Wisconsin AD: Texas nowhere in initial Big Ten study
Maybe it's a smokescreen. Maybe it got lost in the fine print. Or maybe the Big Ten really isn't targeting Texas like a lot of people think, based on that report in a Kansas newspaper.

02/22/2010

Texas Longhorns lose point guard Balbay for the season
Texas received the news that it both feared and expected about junior Dogus Balbay. And the point guard situation for the Longhorns became even more unsettled.

02/20/2010

Inside job helps Texas hold off Texas Tech

Texas' Avery Bradley drives around Texas Tech's Mike Davis.

Texas wasn't about to quibble or nitpick about any win, let alone Saturday's 71-67 victory in Lubbock against a Texas Tech team that was equally desperate, writes Chuck Carlton.

Carlton: Big win, potential big loss for UT

Summary

Scoreboard

Big 12 standings

Wisconsin's Alvarez: UT nowhere in initial Big Ten study

Blog: Colleges

Women's basketball: No. 15 Texas A&M 58, No. 12 Texas 44
Sydney Carter scored 14 points and Tanisha Smith added 13 to lead No. 15 Texas A&M to a 58-44 win over 12th-ranked Texas on Saturday.

02/18/2010

Would Horns of plenty exit Big 12? Maybe, if eyes of Texas see more

In the 2008-09 academic year, Texas far and away led the nation in athletic revenue with $138.4 million.

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If you think Texas is content to be buckled up with the Big 12 for another 50 years or 20 or 10 or five, you don't know Texas, writes Kevin Sherrington.

Would UT consider a jump?

Pros and cons

Point-counterpoint: Does UT to Big Ten make sense?

Big Ten network enticing

National reaction: Many think Texas won't want Big Ten

Blog: Colleges