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With the formation of the [[Big 12 Conference]] in 1996, the [[University of Oklahoma]] (OU) has become [[The University of Texas]]' main rival in basketball. While 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]]), the shared enmity from that historic rivalry has naturally extended into competition in basketball and other sports in the Big 12. The competitiveness of the Texas and OU basketball programs — which are second and third in all-time Big 12 regular season conference wins, respectively — has only accelerated the development of the divisional basketball rivalry. |
With the formation of the [[Big 12 Conference]] in 1996, the [[University of Oklahoma]] (OU) has become [[The University of Texas]]' main rival in basketball. While 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]]), the shared enmity from that historic rivalry has naturally extended into competition in basketball and other sports in the Big 12. The competitiveness of the Texas and OU basketball programs — which are second and third in all-time Big 12 regular season conference wins, respectively — has only accelerated the development of the divisional basketball rivalry. |
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The [[Texas Longhorns]] and the [[Oklahoma Sooners]] play one game in [[Frank Erwin Center|Austin, Texas]] and one game in [[Lloyd Noble Center|Norman, Oklahoma]] each year during the regular season. Oklahoma leads the overall series 45- |
The [[Texas Longhorns]] and the [[Oklahoma Sooners]] play one game in [[Frank Erwin Center|Austin, Texas]] and one game in [[Lloyd Noble Center|Norman, Oklahoma]] each year during the regular season. Oklahoma leads the overall series 45-27. OU leads 16-13 in games played since the inception of the Big 12, though Texas has held the upper hand in recent years, winning 11 of the last 14 meetings (2003-08). |
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===Texas A&M Aggies=== |
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Revision as of 20:42, 15 March 2008
| Texas Longhorns | |||
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| University | The University of Texas at Austin | ||
| Head coach | Rick Barnes (10th season) | ||
| Conference | Big 12 Conference South Division | ||
| Arena | Frank Erwin Center (capacity: 16,755) | ||
| Nickname | Longhorns | ||
| Colors | Burnt Orange and White | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
| 1943, 1947, 2003 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| Southwest Conference: 1994, 1995 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| Southwest Conference: 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995 Big 12 Conference: 1999, 2006, 2008 | |||
The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin and competes in the Big 12 Conference.
The team has achieved national prominence under head coach Rick Barnes in recent years. Barnes has guided Texas to a school-record nine consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and a school-best nine consecutive 20-win seasons as of February 11, 2008.
Since 1977, the team has played its home games in the Frank Erwin Special Events Center, where it has compiled a record of 362-89 (.803) as of March 9, 2008.
History
The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1906.[1] The Longhorns rank 17th in total victories among all NCAA Division I college basketball programs and 26th in all-time win percentage among programs with at least 50 years in Division I, with an all-time win-loss record of 1560-933 (.626).[2]
Despite this record of historical success, Texas is not generally regarded as having a traditionally significant or powerful men's basketball program. The Longhorn program experienced substantial success during the early decades of its existence, but its success in the modern era is of relatively recent vintage. While Texas achieved some measures of national recognition during the tenures of head coaches Abe Lemons (1976-82) and Tom Penders (1988-98), the program has risen to its present level of prominence under the direction of current head coach Rick Barnes (1998-present). The preponderance of the Longhorns' previous men's basketball success took place prior to 1950.
The Longhorns have won 27 total conference championships in men's basketball and have made 25 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament (29-28 overall record), reaching the NCAA Final Four three times (1943, 1947, 2003) and the NCAA Regional Finals (Elite Eight) six times. As of April 2007, Texas ranks fourth (tied with Notre Dame) among all Division I men's basketball programs for total NCAA Tournament games won without having won the national championship (29), trailing only Illinois (38), Temple (31), and Oklahoma (31).[3]
The early years (1906-36)
1906-13
The Texas men's basketball program began in 1906 under the direction of Scotland native Magnus Mainland, a lineman for the Texas football team who organized, coached, and played on the University's first varsity basketball team.[4] Texas won seven of the eight games scheduled in its inaugural season. The University Athletics Council canceled the program after two seasons, leaving Texas without a basketball team for 1908, but revived the program in 1909, thanks in large part to the efforts of Longhorn player Morgan Vining.[5][6] Language professor, German native, and Longhorn football head coach W.E. Metzenthin (1909-11) assumed head coaching duties for the three seasons following the re-establishment of the program. J. Burton Rix (1912) and Carl C. Taylor (1913) each coached for one season following Metzenthin's stint as head coach.
1914-27
L. Theo Bellmont, the first Athletics Director at The University of Texas, and a man instrumental in the formation of the Southwest Conference, took the reins as head coach from 1914-15 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.[7][8] Bellmont's teams contributed 25 victories to a winning streak that would ultimately grow to 44 games. The Longhorns began the streak on February 15, 1913 with a 70-7 win at Southwestern and finished the season with two additional victories. After Theo Bellmont's teams extended the winning streak to 28 games, head coach Roy Henderson's team recorded Texas' third consecutive undefeated season in 1916 to extend the total to 40 consecutive victories. Head coach Eugene Van Gent's 1917 team added the final four wins to the streak before suffering a 24-18 loss to Rice in Austin. Texas' winning streak stood as the NCAA record for consecutive wins in men's basketball for almost 40 years (until Phil Woolpert's 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.[9]
Following Van Gent's single year as head coach, Roy Henderson returned to coach Texas for two additional seasons, guiding the Longhorns to the SWC Championship in his final season (1919) — Texas' fourth basketball conference title during the five years the conference had existed.[10] From 1910 through 1919, Texas recorded an overall winning percentage of .789. Only three NCAA schools — California, Navy, and Wisconsin — recorded better winning percentages for that decade.[11]
Berry M. Whitaker coached for a single season (1920) before Athletics Director L. Theo Bellmont designated him as the Longhorn football head coach.[12] Bellmont himself would assume basketball head coaching duties for two more seasons, leading Texas to its first 20-win season during his final year.[13]
Milton Romney directed the Longhorns to an unremarkable 11-7 season before Bellmont hired E.J. "Doc" Stewart from Clemson University to lead both the Longhorn football and basketball programs in 1923. A medical school graduate, a piano enthusiast, a former sportswriter, a one-time automobile dealership owner, and a veteran coach, E.J. Stewart quickly became a popular figure across diverse segments of the University population. His oratory eloquence landed him an open job offer from the head of the UT English Department, should he ever decide to quit coaching and desire other work. 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.[14] Stewart led the Longhorn basketball team to a perfect 23-0 mark and SWC Championship during the 1924 season (after having coached the football team to an undefeated season as well), but his subsequent teams finished 17-8, 12-10, and 13-9. This slide coupled with his football teams' similar decline in performance resulted in the popular Stewart's controversial dismissal following the 1926-27 season.
1927-36
Excepting two noteworthy seasons, Texas maintained this level of relatively unremarkable performance in basketball for the better part of the next decade, producing only a single SWC Championship (1932-33) during the next nine seasons. Fred Walker (1927-31) coached the Longhorns following E.J. Stewart's dismissal, producing a 51-30 combined record during his four-year stint as head coach. Walker led Texas to an 18-2 overall record and 10-2 conference record during his second season. He was terminated following the Longhorns' disappointing 9-15 season in his fourth year. Ed Olle (1931-34), who had played for Texas under Stewart, coached Texas for three seasons after Walker's dismissal, leading the Longhorns to a 22-1 overall mark and SWC Championship during his second year. During his third year, Olle signaled that he would resign at the end of the season and recommended that freshman team and assistant varsity coach Marty Karow take his place. Karow (1934-36) would direct Texas to a combined 31-16 record over his two years as head coach.[15]
Jack Gray / H.C. "Bully" Gilstrap era (1937-51)
1951-76
1951-59
1959-76
Abe Lemons years (1976-82)
Under Abe Lemons, the Longhorns won the 1978 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and ended the season ranked 17 in the AP. After guiding the Longhorns to the Postseason NIT title, Abe Lemons was named National Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Lemons is the only coach in UT history to earn National Coach of the Year honors[1].
Notable Players during Abe Lemons' tenure included future NBA stars LaSalle Thompson and Johnny Moore; 1978 NIT co-MVP's Jim Krivacs and Ron Baxter; Gary Goodner and Mike Wacker.
Bob Weltlich years (1982-88)
Second-year Athletics Director DeLoss Dodds hired Bob Weltlich, a former assistant coach under Bob Knight at Army and Indiana, from the University of Mississippi to serve as the next Texas men's basketball head coach. Nicknamed "Kaiser Bob" by Longhorn fans for his harshly disciplinarian approach, Weltlich was almost immediately faced with such a manpower shortage from the departures — both voluntary and involuntary — of so many Texas players that he famously had to press Texas male cheerleader Lance Watson into service during the Longhorns' abysmal 6-22 season of 1982-83.[16][17]
Weltlich's next three teams posted yearly improvements in overall records, with the 1985-86 team — which finished with a 19-12 mark and a share of the SWC Championship — representing the zenith of his tenure at Texas. After his teams finished 14-17 and 16-13 in the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons, respectively, Weltlich was dismissed with two years remaining on his contract.[18][19]
Weltlich compiled a 77-98 record during six seasons as the head coach at Texas. None of his six teams managed an appearance in the NCAA Tournament; only the 1985-86 team participated in postseason competition, losing 71-65 to Ohio State in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.[20] 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 wildly 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).[21]
Tom Penders era (1988-98)
Hired from the University of Rhode Island on April 6, 1988 to replace Weltlich as the Texas head coach, Tom Penders rapidly revitalized the moribund Longhorn basketball program.[22]
Months before coaching in his first game at Texas, Penders set about reviving fan enthusiasm for Longhorn men's basketball. He canvassed the state, speaking to every University of Texas alumni chapter and booster club in Texas. 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.
Penders led his first team to a 25-9 overall record, marking the first 20-win season in ten years at Texas and the then-second-highest win total in school history. 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 attendance from the prior season of almost 149 percent, the largest such increase in NCAA Division I basketball for the 1988-89 season.[23]
In ten years at Texas, Penders' teams appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments, advancing past the first round in all but one appearance.
Penders resigned on April 3, 1998 following a scandal involving the unlawful release of player Luke Axtell's grades to the media. 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."[24][25]
Rick Barnes era (1998-99 season to present)
Hired as the twenty-third men's basketball coach in Texas history on April 12, 1998, Rick Barnes left Clemson University to take over a Texas program coming off of a losing season and "in disarray" following Tom Penders' resignation.[26]
Despite playing with just seven scholarship players for the majority of the 1998-1999 season — and opening the season with a 3-8 record — Barnes engineered one of the greatest midseason turnarounds in school history. 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, and finishing the year at 19-13, with a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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. 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. Along the way, Texas earned its highest ranking in both the Associated Press and the ESPN/USA Today polls in school history (No. 2 in both polls on Dec. 2, 2002) and received its first No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Sophomore point guard T.J. Ford became the first UT male player to earn the Naismith and Wooden Awards as college basketball's Player of the Year in 2003.
Despite the early departure of Ford to the NBA as the eighth overall pick (Milwaukee Bucks), Texas compiled a 25-8 overall record in 2004 and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round for a school-record third consecutive year. The four senior starters on the 2004 team graduated as the winningest class in school history (98 wins) to that point. In 2006, the Longhorns recorded the program's first 30-win season (30-7), claimed a share of the Big 12 Conference regular season championship, received a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the Elite Eight (Texas fell to LSU in overtime), marking the fourth time in five years that Texas had advanced to at least the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The 2006 class, which finished with 101 wins in four years, bested the 2004 class' mark of 98 wins to become the winningest class in the history of Longhorn basketball.
The 2005-06 season also marked the hundredth anniversary of basketball at UT. Special logos were placed on the uniforms to commemorate this anniversary.
| Coach | Season | Record | Accomplishments | Postseason | |
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| Overall | Conference (Big 12) | ||||
| Rick Barnes | 1998-99 | 19-13 | 13-3 (1st) | Big 12 Champions 20th (AP) / — (Coaches' Poll) |
NCAA First Round |
| Rick Barnes | 1999-2000 | 24-9 | 13-3 (2nd) | 15th (AP) / 21st (Coaches' Poll) | NCAA Second Round |
| Rick Barnes | 2000-01 | 25-9 | 12-4 (t-2nd) | 18th (AP) / — (Coaches' Poll) | NCAA First Round |
| Rick Barnes | 2001-02 | 22-12 | 10-6 (t-3rd) | — (AP) / 18th (Coaches' Poll) | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| Rick Barnes | 2002-03 | 26-7 | 13-3 (2nd) | 5th (AP) / 3rd (Coaches' Poll) | NCAA Final Four |
| Rick Barnes | 2003-04 | 25-8 | 12-4 (t-2nd) | 12th (AP) / 10th (Coaches' Poll) | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| Rick Barnes | 2004-05 | 20-11 | 9-7 (t-5th) | NCAA First Round | |
| Rick Barnes | 2005-06 | 30-7 | 13-3 (t-1st) | Big 12 Co-Champions 9th (AP) / 9th (Coaches' Poll) |
NCAA Elite Eight |
| Rick Barnes | 2006-07 | 25-10 | 12-4 (3rd) | 11th (AP) / 16th (Coaches' Poll) | NCAA Second Round |
| Rick Barnes | 2007-08 | 28-5** | 13-3 (t-1st) | Big 12 Co-Champions | |
| Overall Record | 244-91 (.728) | 120-40 (.750) | * 3 Big 12 Championships * 8 (of 9) seasons ranked in at least one final poll * 3 Top-10 final rankings * 1 Top-Five final ranking |
* 9 NCAA Tournament appearances (in 9 seasons) * 1 Final Four appearance * 2 Elite Eight appearances * 4 Sweet Sixteen appearances | |
**season in progress
National honors and awards
Facilities
Gregory Gymnasium
Frank Erwin Center
Denton A. Cooley Pavilion
All-time season results
| Season | Coach | Record | Conference Championships | Final AP / Coaches' Poll Rankings |
Postseason | |
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| Overall | Conference | |||||
| Magnus Mainland (1906-07) | ||||||
| 1906 | Magnus Mainland | 7-1 | — | — | — | — |
| 1907 | Magnus Mainland | 4-4 | — | — | — | — |
| Magnus Mainland: | 11-5 (.686) | — | ||||
| 1908 | no team | |||||
| W.E. Metzenthin (1909-11) | ||||||
| 1909 | W.E. Metzenthin | 6-3 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | W.E. Metzenthin | 6-7 | — | — | — | — |
| 1911 | W.E. Metzenthin | 1-4 | — | — | — | — |
| W.E. Metzenthin: | 13-14 (.481) | — | ||||
| J. Burton Rix (1912) | ||||||
| 1912 | J. Burton Rix | 5-1 | — | — | — | — |
| J. Burton Rix: | 5-1 (.833) | — | ||||
| Carl C. Taylor (1913) | ||||||
| 1913 | Carl C. Taylor | 8-4 | — | — | — | — |
| Carl C. Taylor: | 8-4 (.667) | — | ||||
| L. Theo Bellmont (1914-15, 1921-22) | ||||||
| 1914 | L. Theo Bellmont | 11-0 | — | — | — | — |
| Southwest Conference (SWC) | ||||||
| 1915 | L. Theo Bellmont | 14-0 | 5-0 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | — |
| Roy Henderson (1916, 1918-19) | ||||||
| 1916 | Roy Henderson | 12-0 | 6-0 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | — |
| C.E. Van Gent (1917) | ||||||
| 1917 | C.E. Van Gent | 13-3 | 7-1 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | — |
| C.E. Van Gent: | 13-3 (.813) | 7-1 (.875) | ||||
| Roy Henderson (1916, 1918-19) | ||||||
| 1918 | Roy Henderson | 14-5 | 8-4 (2nd) | — | — | — |
| 1919 | Roy Henderson | 17-3 | 11-2 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | — |
| Roy Henderson: | 43-8 (.843) | 25-6 (.806) | ||||
| Berry M. Whitaker (1920) | ||||||
| 1920 | Berry M. Whitaker | 10-6 | 4-6 (3rd) | — | — | — |
| Berry M. Whitaker: | 10-6 (.625) | 4-6 (.400) | ||||
| L. Theo Bellmont (1914-15, 1921-22) | ||||||
| 1921 | L. Theo Bellmont | 13-5 | 9-5 (3rd) | — | — | — |
| 1922 | L. Theo Bellmont | 20-4 | 14-4 (2nd) | — | — | — |
| L. Theo Bellmont: | 58-9 (.866) | 28-9 (.757) | ||||
| Milton Romney (1923) | ||||||
| 1923 | Milton Romney | 11-7 | 9-7 (2nd) | — | — | — |
| Milton Romney: | 11-7 (.611) | 9-7 (.563) | ||||
| E.J. “Doc” Stewart (1924-27) | ||||||
| 1924 | E.J. “Doc” Stewart | 23-0 | 20-0 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | — |
| 1924-25 | E.J. “Doc” Stewart | 17-8 | 9-5 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1925-26 | E.J. “Doc” Stewart | 12-10 | 6-6 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1926-27 | E.J. “Doc” Stewart | 13-9 | 7-4 (t-2nd) | — | — | — |
| E.J. “Doc” Stewart: | 65-27 (.707) | 42-15 (.737) | ||||
| Fred Walker (1927-31) | ||||||
| 1927-28 | Fred Walker | 12-5 | 7-5 (3rd) | — | — | — |
| 1928-29 | Fred Walker | 18-2 | 10-2 (2nd) | — | — | — |
| 1929-30 | Fred Walker | 12-8 | 8-4 (2nd) | — | — | — |
| 1930-31 | Fred Walker | 9-15 | 2-10 (7th) | — | — | — |
| Fred Walker: | 51-30 (.630) | 27-21 (.563) | ||||
| Ed Olle (1931-34) | ||||||
| 1931-32 | Ed Olle | 13-9 | 5-4 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1932-33 | Ed Olle | 22-1 | 11-1 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | — |
| 1933-34 | Ed Olle | 14-8 | 6-6 (3rd) | — | — | — |
| Ed Olle: | 49-18 (.731) | 22-11 (.667) | ||||
| Marty Karow (1934-36) | ||||||
| 1934-35 | Marty Karow | 16-7 | 5-7 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1935-36 | Marty Karow | 15-9 | 8-4 (t-2nd) | — | — | — |
| Marty Karow: | 31-16 (.660) | 13-11 (.542) | ||||
| Jack Gray (1936-42, 1945-51) | ||||||
| 1936-37 | Jack Gray | 13-10 | 5-7 (t-5th) | — | — | — |
| 1937-38 | Jack Gray | 11-11 | 5-7 (5th) | — | — | — |
| 1938-39 | Jack Gray | 19-6 | 10-2 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | NCAA Elite Eight West Regional Fourth Place |
| 1939-40 | Jack Gray | 18-5 | 8-4 (2nd) | — | — | — |
| 1940-41 | Jack Gray | 14-10 | 7-5 (3rd) | — | — | — |
| 1941-42 | Jack Gray | 14-9 | 5-7 (5th) | — | — | — |
| H.C. "Bully" Gilstrap (1942-45) | ||||||
| 1942-43 | H.C. "Bully" Gilstrap | 19-7 | 9-3 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | — | NCAA Final Four |
| 1943-44 | H.C. "Bully" Gilstrap | 14-11 | 6-6 (t-3rd) | — | — | — |
| 1944-45 | H.C. "Bully" Gilstrap | 10-10 | 5-7 (5th) | — | — | — |
| H.C. "Bully" Gilstrap: | 43-28 (.606) | 20-16 (.556) | ||||
| Jack Gray (1936-42, 1945-51) | ||||||
| 1945-46 | Jack Gray | 16-7 | 7-5 (3rd) | — | — | — |
| 1946-47 | Jack Gray | 26-2 | 12-0 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | NCAA Final Four Third Place |
| 1947-48 | Jack Gray | 20-5 | 9-3 (2nd) | — | — | NIT Quarterfinals |
| 1948-49 | Jack Gray | 17-7 | 7-5 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1949-50 | Jack Gray | 13-11 | 6-6 (t-4th) | — | — | — |
| 1950-51 | Jack Gray | 13-14 | 8-4 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | — | — |
| Jack Gray: | 194-97 (.667) | 89-55 (.618) | ||||
| Slue Hull (1951-56) | ||||||
| 1951-52 | Slue Hull | 16-8 | 8-4 (2nd) | — | — | — |
| 1952-53 | Slue Hull | 12-9 | 8-4 (t-2nd) | — | — | — |
| 1953-54 | Slue Hull | 16-9 | 9-3 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | — | — |
| 1954-55 | Slue Hull | 4-20 | 3-9 (6th) | — | — | — |
| 1955-56 | Slue Hull | 12-12 | 5-7 (4th) | — | — | — |
| Slue Hull: | 60-58 (.508) | 33-27 (.550) | ||||
| Marshall Hughes (1956-59) | ||||||
| 1956-57 | Marshall Hughes | 11-13 | 3-9 (t-6th) | — | — | — |
| 1957-58 | Marshall Hughes | 10-13 | 5-9 (7th) | — | — | — |
| 1958-59 | Marshall Hughes | 4-20 | 2-12 (8th) | — | — | — |
| Marshall Hughes: | 25-46 (.352) | 10-30 (.250) | ||||
| Harold Bradley (1959-67) | ||||||
| 1959-60 | Harold Bradley | 18-8 | 11-3 (1st) | SWC Champions | — / 13 | NCAA Sweet Sixteen Midwest Regional Fourth Place |
| 1960-61 | Harold Bradley | 14-10 | 8-6 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1961-62 | Harold Bradley | 16-8 | 8-6 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1962-63 | Harold Bradley | 20-7 | 13-1 (1st) | SWC Champions | — / 12 | NCAA Sweet Sixteen Midwest Regional Third Place |
| 1963-64 | Harold Bradley | 15-9 | 8-6 (t-3rd) | — | — | — |
| 1964-65 | Harold Bradley | 16-9 | 10-4 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | — | — |
| 1965-66 | Harold Bradley | 12-12 | 7-7 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1966-67 | Harold Bradley | 14-10 | 8-6 (t-2nd) | — | — | — |
| Harold Bradley: | 125-73 (.631) | 73-39 (.716) | ||||
| Leon Black (1967-76) | ||||||
| 1967-68 | Leon Black | 11-13 | 8-6 (t-2nd) | — | — | — |
| 1968-69 | Leon Black | 9-15 | 5-9 (t-6th) | — | — | — |
| 1969-70 | Leon Black | 11-13 | 6-8 (6th) | — | — | — |
| 1970-71 | Leon Black | 12-12 | 6-8 (t-5th) | — | — | — |
| 1971-72 | Leon Black | 19-9 | 10-4 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | — | NCAA Sweet Sixteen Midwest Regional Fourth Place |
| 1972-73 | Leon Black | 13-12 | 7-7 (t-5th) | — | — | — |
| 1973-74 | Leon Black | 12-15 | 11-3 (1st) | SWC Champions | — | NCAA First Round |
| 1974-75 | Leon Black | 10-15 | 6-8 (t-4th) | — | — | — |
| 1975-76 | Leon Black | 9-17 | 4-12 (8th) | — | — | — |
| Leon Black: | 106-121 (.467) | 63-65 (.492) | ||||
| A.E. “Abe” Lemons (1976-82) | ||||||
| 1976-77 | A.E. “Abe” Lemons | 13-13 | 8-8 (4th) | — | — | — |
| 1977-78 | A.E. “Abe” Lemons | 26-5 | 14-2 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | 17 / 19 | NIT Champion |
| 1978-79 | A.E. “Abe” Lemons | 21-8 | 13-3 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | — / 15 | NCAA Second Round |
| 1979-80 | A.E. “Abe” Lemons | 19-11 | 10-6 (3rd) | — | — | NIT Second Round |
| 1980-81 | A.E. “Abe” Lemons | 15-15 | 7-9 (t-6th) | — | — | — |
| 1981-82 | A.E. “Abe” Lemons | 16-11 | 6-10 (t-7th) | — | — | — |
| A.E. “Abe” Lemons: | 110-63 (.636) | 58-38 (.604) | ||||
| Bob Weltlich (1982-88) | ||||||
| 1982-83 | Bob Weltlich | 6-22 | 1-15 (9th) | — | — | — |
| 1983-84 | Bob Weltlich | 7-21 | 3-13 (8th) | — | — | — |
| 1984-85 | Bob Weltlich | 15-13 | 7-9 (7th) | — | — | — |
| 1985-86 | Bob Weltlich | 19-12 | 12-4 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | — | NIT Second Round |
| 1986-87 | Bob Weltlich | 14-17 | 7-9 (t-6th) | — | — | — |
| 1987-88 | Bob Weltlich | 16-13 | 10-6 (t-4th) | — | — | — |
| Bob Weltlich: | 77-98 (.440) | 40-56 (.417) | ||||
| Tom Penders (1988-98) | ||||||
| 1988-89 | Tom Penders | 25-9 | 12-4 (2nd) | — | — | NCAA Second Round |
| 1989-90 | Tom Penders | 24-9 | 12-4 (3rd) | — | — | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 1990-91 | Tom Penders | 23-9 | 13-3 (2nd) | — | 23 / 25 | NCAA Second Round |
| 1991-92 | Tom Penders | 23-12 | 11-3 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions | — | NCAA First Round |
| 1992-93 | Tom Penders | 11-17 | 4-10 (7th) | — | — | — |
| 1993-94 | Tom Penders | 26-8 | 12-2 (1st) | SWC Champions / SWC Tournament Champions |
20 / 24 | NCAA Second Round |
| 1994-95 | Tom Penders | 23-7 | 11-3 (t-1st) | SWC Co-Champions / SWC Tournament Champions |
— | NCAA Second Round |
| 1995-96 | Tom Penders | 21-10 | 10-4 (3rd) | — | — | NCAA Second Round |
| Big 12 Conference | ||||||
| 1996-97 | Tom Penders | 18-12 | 10-6 (t-3rd) | — | — | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 1997-98 | Tom Penders | 14-17 | 6-10 (10th) | — | — | — |
| Tom Penders: | 208-110 (.654) | SWC: 85-33 (.720) Big 12: 16-16 (.500) |
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| Rick Barnes (1998-present) | ||||||
| 1998-99 | Rick Barnes | 19-13 | 13-3 (1st) | Big 12 Champions | 20 / — | NCAA First Round |
| 1999-2000 | Rick Barnes | 24-9 | 13-3 (2nd) | — | 15 / 21 | NCAA Second Round |
| 2000-01 | Rick Barnes | 25-9 | 12-4 (t-2nd) | — | 18 / — | NCAA First Round |
| 2001-02 | Rick Barnes | 22-12 | 10-6 (t-3rd) | — | — / 18 | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2002-03 | Rick Barnes | 26-7 | 13-3 (2nd) | — | 5 / 3 | NCAA Final Four |
| 2003-04 | Rick Barnes | 25-8 | 12-4 (t-2nd) | — | 12 / 10 | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2004-05 | Rick Barnes | 20-11 | 9-7 (t-5th) | — | — | NCAA First Round |
| 2005-06 | Rick Barnes | 30-7 | 13-3 (t-1st) | Big 12 Co-Champions | 9 / 9 | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 2006-07 | Rick Barnes | 25-10 | 12-4 (3rd) | — | 11 / 16 | NCAA Second Round |
| 2007-08 | Rick Barnes | 28-5** | 13-3 (t-1st) | Big 12 Co-Champions | NCAA Tournament | |
| Rick Barnes: | 244-91 (.728) | 120-40 (.750) | ||||
| Overall Record |
1559-933 (.626) |
* SWC: 648-449 (.591) * Big 12: 136-56 (.708) |
27 Total Conference Championships |
* 25 NCAA Tournament appearances (29-28 overall) * 3 Final Four appearances * 6 Elite Eight appearances * 12 Sweet Sixteen appearances * 4 NIT appearances (6-3 overall) * 1 NIT Championship | ||
**season in progress
All-time series records against Big 12 members
Texas men's basketball leads the all-time series against all Big 12 Conference opponents but Kansas (which leads 14-6), Kansas State (9-8), and Oklahoma (45-27). OU is the only conference foe to hold a winning record (16-14) against Texas on the Longhorns' home court.
In series against conference opponents since the advent of the Big 12, Texas trails only KU (which leads 10-5) and OU (16-13). The Longhorns hold the advantage against every conference team but Kansas in the last five and ten games played against each respective opponent; UT is 2-3 and 4-6 against KU in the last five and ten games played, respectively.
| Texas vs. |
Overall Record | at Austin | at Opponent's Venue |
at Neutral Site | Last 5 Meetings | Last 10 Meetings | Current Streak | Since Beginning of Big 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | UT, 153-75 | UT, 83-26 | UT, 62-45 | UT, 8-4 | UT, 5-0 | UT, 10-0 | W 22 | UT, 23-3 |
| Colorado | UT, 11-8 | UT, 6-2 | CU, 5-3 | UT, 2-1 | UT, 3-2 | UT, 7-3 | W 3 | UT, 8-5 |
| Iowa State | UT, 9-8 | UT, 6-1 | ISU, 5-3 | ISU, 2-0 | UT, 3-2 | UT, 7-3 | W 3 | UT, 8-4 |
| Kansas | KU, 14-6 | UT, 5-3 | KU, 8-0 | KU, 3-1 | KU, 3-2 | KU, 6-4 | W 1 | KU, 10-5 |
| Kansas State | KSU, 9-8 | UT, 5-3 | KSU, 5-3 | KSU, 1-0 | UT, 3-2 | UT, 7-3 | W 1 | UT, 8-4 |
| Missouri | UT, 11-8 | UT, 5-2 | tied, 4-4 | tied, 2-2 | UT, 4-1 | UT, 9-1 | L 1 | UT, 10-4 |
| Nebraska | UT, 15-4 | UT, 10-0 | UT, 5-4 | — | UT, 5-0 | UT, 9-1 | W 7 | UT, 11-2 |
| Oklahoma | OU, 45-27 | OU, 16-14 | OU, 21-9 | OU, 8-4 | UT, 5-0 | UT, 7-3 | W 6 | OU, 16-14 |
| Oklahoma State | UT, 39-34 | UT, 21-11 | OSU, 16-12 | OSU, 7-6 | UT, 5-0 | UT, 8-2 | W 5 | UT, 20-10 |
| Texas A&M | UT, 130-83 | UT, 75-26 | A&M, 53-50 | UT, 5-4 | UT, 3-2 | UT, 6-4 | W 1 | UT, 20-5 |
| Texas Tech | UT, 68-53 | UT, 39-21 | TT, 29-22 | UT, 7-3 | UT, 4-1 | UT, 8-2 | L 1 | UT, 22-4 |
| *As of March 15, 2008. | ||||||||
Rivalries
Oklahoma Sooners
With the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, the University of Oklahoma (OU) has become The University of Texas' main rival in basketball. While 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), the shared enmity from that historic rivalry has naturally extended into competition in basketball and other sports in the Big 12. The competitiveness of the Texas and OU basketball programs — which are second and third in all-time Big 12 regular season conference wins, respectively — has only accelerated the development of the divisional basketball rivalry.
The Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners play one game in Austin, Texas and one game in Norman, Oklahoma each year during the regular season. Oklahoma leads the overall series 45-27. OU leads 16-13 in games played since the inception of the Big 12, though Texas has held the upper hand in recent years, winning 11 of the last 14 meetings (2003-08).
Texas A&M Aggies
With the rise of the Texas A&M Aggie basketball program under Billy Gillispie (2004-07) and Mark Turgeon (2007-present), the basketball rivalry between Texas and Texas A&M has rapidly intensified, progressing toward roughly equal status with the Oklahoma rivalry for Texas fans. Texas is 5-4 against Texas A&M since Gillispie became the Aggie head coach for the 2004-05 season. The Longhorns had won 34 of the previous 37 meetings with the Aggies before Gillispie's arrival, and 15 of the 16 contests in the Big 12 to that point. 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 strongly diminished the stature of the rivalry.
The Longhorns and the Aggies play two games during the regular season, with the venue alternating between the home courts of each school. Texas leads the overall series 130-83.
Kansas Jayhawks
The past several years have also witnessed the emergence of a cross-divisional rivalry between Texas and the Big 12 Conference's traditional basketball powerhouse, the Jayhawks of the University of Kansas (KU), with the Longhorns' emergence under Rick Barnes as the Jayhawks' most consistent competition for Big 12 Conference supremacy. From the inception of the Big 12 through the 2007-08 season, Texas has produced a 136-56 (.708) mark against conference competition during the regular season, trailing only Kansas' record of 158-34 (.823).
Texas and Kansas play one game during the regular season, with the venue alternating yearly between the home courts of each school. Kansas leads the overall series 14-6 and has won 10 of the 15 contests since the Big 12 was formed. Current KU head coach Bill Self is 4-4 in games against Texas since becoming the Jayhawks' head coach for the 2003-04 season.
Other rivals
The Longhorns also share rivalries with divisional competitors Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and Baylor.
Several members of the former Southwest Conference, such as the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas and the Cougars of the University of Houston, still consider the Longhorns to be their primary rivals, despite presently infrequent and irregular competition between Texas and these schools.
Notable players
| Name | Position | Seasons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarcus Aldridge | PF | 2005-06 | 2006 NBA Draft 1st Round, 2nd pick — Portland Trailblazers 2007 NBA All-Rookie Team 2006 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2006 First-team All-Big 12 forward |
| D. J. Augustin | PG | 2007- | 2007 Second-team All-Big 12 guard 2008 First-Team All-American |
| Ron Baxter | F | 1977-80 | 1980 NBA Draft 4th Round, 22nd pick — Los Angeles Lakers 1980 Southwest Conference Player of the Year Three-time First-team All-SWC (1978-80) 1978 NIT Co-MVP |
| Kevin Durant | F | 2007 | 2007 NBA Draft 1st Round, 2nd pick — Seattle SuperSonics Unanimous 2007 National Player of the Year (seven awards) 2007 Unanimous First-team All-American forward 2007 Big 12 Player of the Year |
| T.J. Ford | PG | 2002-03 | 2003 NBA Draft 1st Round, 8th pick — Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors 2003 National Player of the Year (Naismith and Wooden Awards) 2003 Consensus First-team All-American guard |
| Daniel Gibson | SG | 2005-06 | 2006 NBA Draft 2nd Round, 12th pick (42nd overall) — Cleveland Cavaliers 2005 Big 12 Freshman of the Year |
| Jack Gray | G | 1933-35 | 1935 Consensus First-team All-American guard Three-time First-team All-SWC (1933-35) Longhorn basketball head coach (1937-42, 1946-51) |
| Royal Ivey | G | 2001-04 | 2004 NBA Draft 2nd Round, 8th pick (37th overall) — Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks |
| Jim Krivacs | G | 1976-79 | 1978 NBA Draft 6th Round, 4th pick — Kansas City Kings 1978 All-American guard Two-time All-SWC (1978-79) 1978 NIT Co-MVP 1979 Academic All-American |
| Clyde Littlefield | C | 1913-16 | 1915 First-team All-American center Two-time All-SWC (1915-16) Acclaimed Longhorn head coach in football (1927-33) and track (1920-60) |
| Slater Martin | G | 1946-49 | Seven-time NBA All-Star during 11-year career (1950-1960) 1949 First-team All-American guard Two-time First-team All-SWC (1948-49) UT's sole Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member (1982) |
| Travis Mays | G | 1987-90 | 1990 NBA Draft 1st Round, 14th pick — Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks 1990 Second-team All-American guard 1989 & 1990 Southwest Conference Player of the Year Three-time First-team All-SWC (1988-90) |
| Chris Mihm | C | 1998-2000 | 2000 NBA Draft 1st Round, 7th pick — Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, L.A. Lakers 2000 Consensus First-team All-American center Two-time First-team All-Big 12 (1999, 2000) |
| Johnny Moore | G | 1977 | 1979 NBA Draft 2nd Round, 21st pick (43rd overall) — Seattle SuperSonics, New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs 1979 First-team All-SWC |
| LaSalle Thompson | C | 1980-82 | 1982 NBA Draft 1st Round pick, 5th pick — Kansas City Kings, Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets 1982 First-team All-American center Two-time First-team All-SWC (1981-82) |
| P.J. Tucker | F | 2004-06 | 2006 NBA Draft 2nd Round, 5th pick (35th overall) — Toronto Raptors 2006 Big 12 Player of the Year |
Jay Arnette, Albert Almanza, Mike Wacker, Lance Blanks, Joey Wright, B.J. Tyler, Albert Burditt, Terrence Rencher, Kris Clack, Chris Owens, Raymond Downs
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Timeline: A history of Texas basketball," Austin American-Statesman
- ^ "NCAA 2008 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). ncaasports.com. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
- ^ "NCAA 2007 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). ncaasports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "Foundation and Growth: Images of the University's Early Years," www.cah.utexas.edu
- ^ "Timeline: A history of Texas basketball," Austin American-Statesman
- ^ "Top 100 Moments in Texas Men's Basketball History," TexasSports.com
- ^ "Handbook of Texas Online," tsha.utexas.edu
- ^ "2004-05 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "Top 100 Moments in Texas Men's Basketball History," TexasSports.com
- ^ "2004-05 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "Top 100 Moments in Texas Men's Basketball History," TexasSports.com
- ^ "All-time Longhorn Head Coaches," mackbrown-texasfootball.com
- ^ "2004-05 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "All-time Longhorn Head Coaches," mackbrown-texasfootball.com
- ^ "2004-05 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "Texas basketball from A to Z," Austin American-Statesman
- ^ "How the Longhorns got hot," www.texassports.com
- ^ "2004-05 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "Timeline: A history of Texas basketball," Austin American-Statesman
- ^ "2004-05 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "Player's Bio: Tom Penders," UHCougars.cstv.com
- ^ "Penders to Texas," New York Times
- ^ "Player's Bio: Tom Penders," UHCougars.cstv.com
- ^ "Rick Barnes Leaves Clemson for Texas", Associated Press
- ^ "George Washington; Penders Hired," New York Times
- ^ "Rick Barnes Leaves Clemson for Texas", Associated Press
- ^ "Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "NCAA 2007 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). ncaasports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "2004-05 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "2004-05 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ^ "2006-07 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
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