[18] The Longhorns ultimately won seven of the eight games scheduled in the basketball program's inaugural season. [244] Two Longhorn basketball players won SWC player of the year honors twice. College basketball rankings: Michigan shakes off rust after long layoff to keep No. 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. [107] Following a 39–38 loss to the ninth-ranked Razorbacks in the SWC Tournament Final, Texas received a No. After a 2013–14 season in which the Horns defied very low expectations by finishing with a 24–11 record, tying for third place in the Big 12, and reaching the NCAA Tournament, Barnes was named Big 12 Coach of the Year, and calls for his job tempered again. Texas won its final game in Maui against Notre Dame before facing Oklahoma in Austin. Thanks to his exuberant personality, quick and acerbic wit, and rare quote-making skill,[88][89][90][91][92] the cigar-smoking Abe Lemons' growing status as a fan favorite anticipated any of his notable accomplishments in basketball at Texas. 12 in the Coaches Poll. Penders finally ended both a personal and program seven-game losing streak to Arkansas in the final game of the conference regular season with the Longhorns' 99–86 win over the No. 6Since 1972–73 season. [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. Texas began conference play with an upset loss to the Rice Owls before hosting the Arkansas Razorbacks for two games in Austin. Interspersed among the conference contests were games against NCAA Tournament-bound Vanderbilt, which Texas lost by a score of 94–79, and Miami (FL), which the Longhorns won easily, 123–104. Slater Martin is the only Longhorn men's basketball player to have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. Do AP rankings in College basketball really matter before March? Texas was selected as the poll's national champion for the 1932–33 season.[205]. Bradley retired following the 1966–67 season. Latest Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Games (EST), Previous Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Games (EST). 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. The Men's Division 1 Basketball Championship, better known as the NCAA Tournament, March Madness, or 'The Big Dance', is the absolute pinnacle of college basketball. Texas continued to dominate the series in Big 12 play, winning 15 of the first 16 contests between the schools in their new conference. Texas nonetheless ended the season ranked No. 6 in the AP and coaches polls, yet only managed to finish sixth in the Big 12 in a very competitive season of conference play. [61], Gray took charge of a 1945–46 Texas team that returned only five lettermen—none of whom had ever played under him—and which had very little size, as both forward John Hargis and Robert Summers would be out for the entire season. After two losing seasons during the program's first five years, Texas suffered only one losing season from 1912 to 1950, achieving a winning percentage of .703 during that span, reaching two Final Fours and one Elite Eight during the first decade of the NCAA Tournament, and receiving retroactive recognition as the 1933 national champion from the Premo-Porretta Power Poll; from 1951 to 1988, the Longhorns finished with losing records 14 times, recorded a winning percentage of .522, and participated in the expanded Tournament only five times. Conference regular season champion They've been assistant coaches as well as players. 9 SMU in the second-to-last game of the conference slate. 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. [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). 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. Texas men's basketball leads the all-time series against all Big 12 Conference opponents but Kansas (which leads 31–8), Kansas State (21–15), and Oklahoma (54–39). 3 Minimum 100 attempts. [137] With the combination of poor overall results and an ultra-slow-tempo style of play that fans found unappealing, attendance plummeted from the lofty marks achieved during the tenure of the popular Lemons to an average of barely more than 4,000 fans per game during Weltlich's final season (far below the turnout for Jody Conradt's Lady Longhorns teams at that time). Arkansas dominated the series over this final phase of the SWC rivalry, winning 27 out of 37 games played during this period. We'll run and pressure and play 94 feet of defense. 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. While the departure of Arkansas would hasten the demise of the SWC altogether in the longer term, it immediately consigned the conference—one not regarded as a significant player in college basketball for several decades—to virtual irrelevance in the college basketball landscape. [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. Walker led Texas to an 18–2 overall record and 10–2 conference record during his second season. 8 Minimum 60 attempts. For the second consecutive year, the Aggies defeated the Longhorns by a single point, 32–31, after Bob Harris again provided the winning margin in the final five seconds. 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. Martin was inducted on May 3, 1982.[20]. [115] Even with the collapse following Wacker's injury, there had been no indications that his job was in jeopardy. The Longhorns played just 10 of their 27 games under Metzenthin (and only four of their final 18) on their home court, outdoor Clark Field—with its stubbornly uneven surface and total vulnerability to weather conditions[22]—being particularly ill-suited as a basketball venue. No decisions have yet been made as to the location and layout of the arena that will replace the Erwin Center. Texas currently leads the overall series 49–43 and holds a 30–19 lead in games played in Big 12 competition.[5][207]. 1 Minimum 500 points. [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. Dodds was not specific as to the reasons, vaguely citing a "series of incidents from this and past years, along with the need for new leadership and direction. I will say as a disclaimer, anything can happen. The Longhorns again suffered a disproportionate number of injuries, including the loss of two starters to a broken leg and a fractured skull resulting from a motorcycle accident. Texas won only a single SWC Championship during the next nine seasons—in the exceptional 22–1 season of 1932–33, for which the Longhorns were also retroactively awarded the Premo-Porretta Power Poll national championship (presently unclaimed by UT).[45]. [66], Returning all but one all but one top player and adding some military veterans and players from the freshman team, Gray's 1946–47 Texas team was thought to have a legitimate chance of winning the SWC championship, along with Arkansas, SMU, and defending SWC champion Baylor. After his next two teams combined for a 28–19 overall record and a 12–12 record in conference play, Gray was notified of his acceptance for duty in the Navy in April 1942, four months after the United States had entered the Second World War. [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. Gilstrap credited Gray and Price with encouragement and advice from afar and his players with a degree of cooperation he said he had not seen before. Penders' revived Texas program, by default, became the weakened SWC's bell cow, winning or sharing three of the final five SWC championships. [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 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. [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 1939 edition of the holiday tournament featured 32 teams from the Southwest and Midwest. Texas holds a winning record against all former Big 12 members in games played in Big 12 competition. 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 University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1906. Though defections would continue for the remainder of Weltlich's tenure, the pace of the exodus had slowed considerably, and the team's roster began to accumulate a semblance of stability, depth, and experience by the start of his third season as head coach. The Longhorns defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the first round by a score of 76–62 behind the sharp shooting A.J. [138][139][145][146] Early on, Penders promised Texas fans, "We'll run after made shots, missed shots, turnovers, timeouts, TV timeouts, you name it. His oratory eloquence landed him an open job offer from the head of the UT English Department. L. Theo Bellmont, the first Athletic Director at The University of Texas—and a man instrumental in the formation of the Southwest Conference—took the reins as head coach from 1914 to 1915, for the first of his two stints leading the basketball team, and directed the Longhorns to 11–0 and 14–0 records in the 1914 and 1915 seasons, respectively, as well as the inaugural Southwest Conference championship during the latter season. 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. 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**. [5][213], The Longhorns' series with the Baylor Bears has featured more games played than any other UT basketball series; it is also the conference series most lopsided in UT's favor, with the exception of the Longhorns' series against former Southwest Conference opponent Rice and the much more abbreviated series against former Big 12 member Nebraska. 3 Oklahoma late for 76-63 win", "Watch: Northern Iowa beats Texas on buzzer beater", "Texas scoring leader Mack transfers to Alabama", "Handbook of Texas Online: Gregory, Thomas Watt", "Frank C. Erwin, Jr., Special Events Center", "Dell Medical School Construction Plans Unveiled", "With Frank Erwin Center's days limited, many questions remain about venue's future", "NCAA gets it right by changing silly tournament wording", "In Tournament of Upsets, V.C.U. ... Texas-Oklahoma basketball game rescheduled. In addition to both coaches, three starters from the 1941–42 team had departed for service in the war. 25 Texas overwhelms No. [44] Despite its unblemished record, Texas was still predicted to lose at least one game to the Aggies in College Station. Also included are all the cable, satellite and internet TV providers that carry every channel needed. 65–66, NCAA 2015 Men's Basketball Record Book, pp. The project was shelved, but the need remained acute, and, following the 1916 season, the UT Athletic Council decided to allocate $8,500 for the construction of the temporary and rudimentary all-wood Men's Gym, which was finished for the second game of the next season. 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. [73], Slater Martin and Al Madsen returned to the 1947–48 Longhorn team, among others, but this team was short on depth compared to the previous season's Final Four team, with only seven players in Gray's rotation. 4Since 1932–33 season. 7 in the following poll. [43] Texas entered the season expected to finish third or fourth in conference play behind TCU, Oklahoma A&M, and possibly Texas A&M. Ranking the 10 Greatest College Basketball Play... Oklahoma State given 1-year NCAA tournament ban, will appeal. Texas and Oklahoma are not traditional rivals in any sport other than football, due to their prior residence in different conferences (UT in the Southwest Conference and OU in the Big Eight Conference); nonetheless, the two basketball programs had already compiled a significant series history prior to formation of the Big 12, having met 14 times from 1947 to 1957, 11 times from 1986 until the beginning of Big 12 competition in 1997, and at various other times in the programs' histories. E. Metzenthin (1909–11) and Marshall Hughes (1956–59)—and each had only coached for three seasons. [8][202] As of November 27, 2018, Texas teams have been ranked in 252 of 1168 total weekly AP Polls (21.6%) since the inception of the poll in the 1948–49 season (37th all-time in AP Poll appearances), and in 295 of 1153 total weekly Coaches Polls (25.6%) since the inception of the poll in the 1950–51 season. Must have played in more than half of season's games. On February 15, Texas recorded its first sold-out home game since Abe Lemons' final year as head coach in a 58–47 win over Texas A&M. [118] Lemons remained a popular figure among fans, but his support among administrators and powerful donors had dissipated. [192][193][194], Premo-Porretta Power Poll (pre-1949)Final AP Poll (1949-present)Final Coaches' Poll (1951-present), National champion With a nine-game conference winning streak, Texas had finished at 10–2 in SWC play to claim sole possession of the SWC championship. [8] At the conclusion of the 1912–13 academic year, the UT's Cactus yearbook declared, "Basketball is no longer a minor sport at the University of Texas. Seven Longhorns have received consensus first-team All-America honors, and three others have received consensus second-team All-America honors. At 21–8, Texas was awarded a No. In 2002, Texas advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the first time since the 1996–97 season, and for only the third time since the expansion of the tournament to 64 participants in 1985. [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. 5Since 1961–62 season. In front of a strongly pro-LIU crowd of 18,453, the Longhorns upset the Blackbirds, 47–46. 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. [17] Texas' winning streak stood as the NCAA record for consecutive wins in men's basketball for almost 40 years (until Phil Woolpert's Bill Russell-led San Francisco teams won 60 consecutive games from 1955 to 1957), and the achievement today remains the fifth-longest winning streak in Division I history. The Longhorns' 6–22 overall record and 1–15 mark in SWC play represent what remain the most total and conference losses incurred in one season in program history. Durant also set the U.S. record for most made three-point shots in an Olympic competition with 34 (on 65 attempts). 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. 2. [72] Texas returned to Madison Square Garden to play the City College of New York in the national third-place game prior to the NCAA championship game between OU and Holy Cross (won by the Crusaders, 58–47). Point guard Isaiah Taylor returned to lead the team in scoring for the second straight season, averaging 15 points per game. 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. Texas suffered its most lopsided non-conference defeat, 85–56, on the road at the hands of a Miami (FL) team that would miss the postseason entirely. 4 seed and a bye to the second round in the 1979 NCAA Tournament. [222] Former UT Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds stated that an exception was made in the case of Slater Martin because, as a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, he was a legend in the sport of basketball but had competed before any of the widely recognized awards were established (the Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year was established in 1943, but it was not awarded from 1947 to 1949). 7", "Abe Lemons Gets the Boot at Texas; Former OCU Coach Says He's "Too Crusty" for Longhorns", "Stories of the Ages: Abe Lemons' Legacy", "Obituaries: Abe Lemons, 79; Basketball Coach Beloved for His Humor", "Abe Lemons Is Dead at 79; Coached College Basketball", "Football still king, but hoops teams in Texas grab attention", "Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame – Abe Lemons", "College Basketball Roundup: Jacksonville Gives North Carolina a Scare", "De Paul Savors Crumbs Of Win Over Lowly Texas", "Men's Basketball knocks off No. 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 converted 25 three-point shots on only 43 attempts (.581).[284]. [67] Future Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member and five-time NBA champion guard Slater Martin and forward John Hargis returned to the team to join guards Roy Cox and Al Madsen, who had returned the previous season. [10] The Longhorns and Razorbacks split their conference series during this period, with each winning 29 games. Between 1941 and 1979, Texas and OSU met 32 times, with the Cowboys winning 21 of the meetings. [80][81] He finished with an overall record of 123–75 (.631) and a conference record of 73–39 (.651) as Texas head coach. [85] Lemons and fellow Oklahoman Royal agreed to a five-year contract worth roughly $30,000 per year,[86][87] and Lemons was subsequently introduced as the twentieth Longhorn head basketball coach in the program's 72 seasons. After losing its first SWC game, Texas won 18 of its next 19 games in the regular season and in winning the SWC Tournament, with its only loss coming in double-overtime to Texas Tech in Lubbock, 128–125, and with its wins coming by an average of 22.1 points (and only once by fewer than 12). [38] After winning their first five games, the Longhorns lost six of eleven to finish at 10–6 overall—Texas' worst season in nine years. No specific plans for basketball took shape at UT, but discussions of a larger gym or arena continued over the next three years. The Longhorns were also significantly more competitive in almost every game they played. Not much change was expected, but turbulence within the Texas athletic department ensued following Dodds' retirement in 2013. [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. In front of 18,425 fans, the Longhorns overwhelmed Manhattan by a score of 54–32, earning the praise of the New York sports media and basketball fans for their speed and the accuracy of their one-handed shooting, which Gray had popularized as a player and continued teaching as a coach. 2 Since 1972–73 season. Under Hughes, the Texas basketball program reached the nadir of its existence. In a rematch of the previous season's national third-place game, Texas faced the CCNY Beavers in Madison Square Garden. Following a 63–53 win over Princeton in the first game in a four-team tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Longhorns suffered one of the most lopsided losses in school history to Dean Smith's No. Minimum 200 points. Fred Walker (1927–31) coached the Longhorns following E.J. The Longhorns finished 20–4 overall and 14–4 in conference play in 1922. 5-seeded Oklahoma in the tournament to finish the season with a 21–8 overall record and a No. The TSD fieldhouse had a seating capacity of just one-sixth of the Men's Gym, precluding the sale of tickets to the general public and requiring the use of a lottery for the allocation of tickets to students and existing season ticket holders. 4 Since 1979–80 season. 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 Longhorns drew the Tournament co-favorite Washington Huskies for their first game. 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. With sixty four teams having the opportunity to claw their way to the top, it leads to a wonderfully hectic month. 93–94, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 71, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, pp. If not, this may prove that Texas’ early season start and their top 10 ranking was just a tease. The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball.The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference.. 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. [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. As of June 21, 2019, 45 Longhorn men's basketball players have been selected in the NBA Draft in the history of the program. [48] Instead, Texas handed SMU its first defeat of the conference season, 33–27. In addition to leading the U.S. team in scoring, he finished second on the team in rebounding, first in blocked shots, and second in steals. And Baylor remained No. 2020 men's college basketball calendar: Schedule, first games, NCAA tournament dates; College basketball: Schedule, latest COVID-19 news for the 2020-21 season [132] The Longhorns suffered their fifth one-point defeat of the season against TCU in Dallas in their penultimate conference game, falling 55–54 as Horned Frog guard Jamie Dixon scored on an off-balance, 30-foot jump shot at the buzzer. Texas received a No. [5][50], The formation of the Big 12 led to the development of a competitive rivalry between Texas and the Oklahoma State Cowboys, two programs that had already compiled a significant series history despite their residence in different conferences since OSU's departure from the Southwest Conference following the 1924–25 season. Theo Bellmont designated Whitaker as the Longhorn football head coach after the departure of Bill Juneau,[39] and Bellmont himself would assume basketball head coaching duties for two more seasons (1921 and 1922), finishing with a 13–5 overall record in 1921. [285], Abe Lemons was recognized as the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year for the 1977–78 season, the season that saw him win the NABC National Coach of the Year award. 5 Since 1975–76 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. [24], Professor Carl C. Taylor, also the Texas track coach, assumed basketball head coaching responsibilities for the 1913 season. 3 Kansas", "Budding rivalry: Kansas, Texas to collide Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse", "Bohls: Is Texas-Baylor becoming the new Texas-Texas A&M rivalry? 138–39, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 139, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 140, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 142, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 159, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 153, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 33, 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, pp. Kurland and the Aggies (later known as the Cowboys) dominated the diminutive Longhorns from start to finish, winning 69–34 in the opening round of the eight-team All-College Tournament in Oklahoma City. The Longhorns' season came to a close with a 74–69 second-round loss at the hands of the Duke Blue Devils. [201], Texas has been ranked in at least one of the final AP or Coaches Polls in 19 seasons since their introduction prior to the 1948–49 and 1950–51 seasons, 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.
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