[an error occurred while processing this directive] 03/22/2010

Sixth-seeded Texas stunned at home in opening round of Women's NCAA Tournament
Jene Morris scored 32 points and No. 11 seed San Diego State stunned sixth-seeded Texas 74-63 on the Longhorns' home court Sunday night in the first round of the Memphis Regional.

Baseball: Texas 13, Nebraska 3 (8 innings)
In Austin, consecutive big innings lifted Texas to a win over Nebraska.

03/20/2010

Baseball: Nebraska 5, Texas 3
Former Plano West standout Kale Kiser scored two runs and was 2-for-5 with a home run Saturday to lead Nebraska to a 5-3 victory over Texas, which is ranked second in the nation by Baseball America .

03/19/2010

Team concept is what Longhorns never grasped
I expected to be writing about Texas today. I didn't expect the Longhorns to be here to offer comment.

03/20/2010

Baseball: Texas 6, Nebraska 5
Prestonwood Christian product Cameron Rupp hit a walk-off, three-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning to give Texas a 6-5 win over Nebraska in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

03/18/2010

Longhorns lose heartbreaker to Wake Forest in OT, 81-80

Texas guard Avery Bradley drives past Wake Forest center Chas McFarland.
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Ishmael Smith's pull-up jumper from about 17 feet out with 1.3 seconds remaining in overtime gave ninth-seeded Wake Forest an 81-80 win over No. 8 seed Texas in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday night.

Baylor survives scare from Sam Houston State

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Baylor tops Sam Houston State, 68-59, in one of the few dominant performances by a top seed on Thursday.

Despite struggles, Texas is excited
Eternally optimistic Longhorns coach Rick Barnes offered more encouraging words that NCAA Tournament play might be the glue that binds his dysfunctional team into a cohesive unit today against similarly inclined Wake Forest in an East Region opening-round matchup.

03/17/2010

Bills and Rams will host Texas-ex Colt McCoy for visit
Christ Steuber of Scout.com reported that the Buffalo Bills and St. Louis Rams will host Texas quarterback Colt McCoy for a two-day visit on April 11th and 12th.

Texas' Alex Okafor among those getting noticed this spring
Chip Brown of Orangebloods.com and ESPN Radio Austin gave an overview of his impressions of the Longhorns progression so far this spring. Here's his opinion:

03/16/2010

Win or lose, Damion James' Texas career is 'perfect'

Damion James (left) enters the NCAA Tournament leading Texas in scoring (18.0 ppg) and rebounding (10.4 rpg). He's the Big 12's leading career rebounder.
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Damion James, down to his last loss at Texas, hopes he can lift his team out of a downward spiral, writes Chuck Carlton. If not, he has no complaints. "It played itself out perfectly," James says of his career.

Chat replay: Chuck Carlton answers your Big 12 and NCAA Tournament questions

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SportsDay's Chuck Carlton answered Big 12 and NCAA Tournament questions in a chat today.

UNT-K-State picked over Baylor game in NCAA Tournament TV schedule
This is the lineup for NCAA Tournament games airing Thursday from KTVT-TV Ch. 11, the CBS affiliate in North Texas.

NCAA Tournament bracket tips: Pick Baylor, not Texas

Texas Longhorns guard Jai Lucas (10) shoots in the first half against the Iowa State  Cyclones during the first round of the mens Big 12 Tournament
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03/15/2010

Seven Big 12 schools head for the ball
The state of Texas contributed three of the Big 12's all-time high seven teams to the tournament, a testament to the conference's depth and strong nonconference play this season, writes DMN's Chuck Carlton.

03/14/2010

Texas' James: No team in the country wants to play us

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03/15/2010

Richardson Pearce runner overcomes odds to achieve dream of earning a spot at Texas

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Megan Siebert surrounded herself with images of the University of Texas, relying on positive thinking even when the goal of going to school there seemed unlikely. Continued excellence in academics and running turned her dream into reality.

03/14/2010

NCAA matchups for Big 12, area teams
The matchups for the first round of the NCAA Tournament, which begins Thursday.

03/12/2010

Women's basketball: No. 11 Texas A&M 77, No. 15 Texas 64
Tanisha Smith scored 21 points, and Danielle Adams and Tyra White added 18 apiece as No. 11 Texas A&M used a big second-half run for a 77-64 victory over No. 15 Texas in a Big 12 tournament quarterfinal Friday.

Rick Barnes hopes NCAA Tournament gets Longhorns going
After last night's 86-67 loss to Baylor, Rick Barnes tried to rally his troops for next week's NCAA Tournament. Texas will likely be seeded in the middle of the pack when the selections are announced Sunday.

03/11/2010

Baylor takes it to Texas again, 86-67

Baylor's Ekpe Udoh (13) celebrates with the Bears' bench after scoring a basket and drawing a foul.
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Baylor matched Texas' intensity, showed the value of a dominant offensive backcourt and cruised past Texas, 86-67, in the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, writes Chuck Carlton.

Women's basketball: Texas 64, Missouri 59
Missouri endured its share of heartbreak in Cindy Stein's final season, and it was no different in her final game as coach.

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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Was Texas' 82-75 win Wednesday over Iowa State in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship progress or does it just mean UT has one more game to play. The verdict comes today in the Longhorns' quarterfinal meeting with Baylor, writes Chuck Carlton.

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.
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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.

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

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

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.
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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.

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.

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."

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