Burnt Orange Nation 6 hours ago
How to watch 2 Texas vs. 5 Miami in the Elite Eight: Game time, TV, odds, and more
Photo by Jamie Squire/ The Longhorns will entering their first Elite Eight in 15 years as slight favorites. One of the best seasons in the history of Texas Longhorns basketball continues on Sunday. Fresh off of their second blowout victory of the Big Dance, a 83-71 win over 3-seeded Xavier, the reigning Big 12 Tournament champs are headed to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2008, where they’ll square off with the Miami Hurricanes. How to watch Time: 4:05 PM CT TV: Sling TV, CBS Streaming: March Madness Live app, CBS Sports app, CBS.com Odds: Texas -4, per...
Burnt Orange Nation 23 hours ago
Texas is a 4-point favorite over Miami
Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Longhorns are the highest-seeded team remaining in the NCAA Tournament and favorites to advance to the Final Four. The magical NCAA Tournament run for the Texas Longhorns continues on Sunday in the Elite Eight against the Miami Hurricanes with the Longhorns a four-point favorite, according to DraftKings.* Texas, the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region, is now the highest-seeded team remaining after beating No. 3-seed Xavier 83-71 on Friday following No. 5-seed Miami taking down No. 1-seed Houston. 89-75. The Cougars were...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 25, 2023
Quick thoughts from 2 Texas’ 83-71 Sweet 16 win over 3 Xavier
Photo by Gregory Shamus/ The Longhorns put on one of their strongest showings of the season to keep building on a historic season. The Texas Longhorns just keep dancin’. With a chance to advance to their first Elite 8 in 15 years, Rodney Terry’s group was phenomenal and had few issues dismantling the Xavier Musketeers, 83-71, in a game that wasn’t nearly as close as the score. Here are a few thoughts from Texas’ blowout win. This was just a masterful performance from the Longhorns. And that’s only elevated because of the instant in-game adversity they...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 25, 2023
No. 2-seed Texas stomps No. 3-seed Xavier, 83-71, in cathartic win
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The Longhorns are headed to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2008. In one of the two chalk matchups of the Sweet 16, the No. 2-seed Texas Longhorns ran the No. 3-seed Xavier Musketeers off the court in Kansas City, taking a 17-point lead at halftime and making it stand in the second half of an 83-71 victory to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2008. Guard Tyrese Hunter provided a huge boost for the Longhorns with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including all three three-point attempts. Four other Texas players...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 24, 2023
Texas PF Dylan Disu ruled out in Sweet 16 matchup with Xavier
Photo by Gregory Shamus/ The Longhorns standout entered the game nursing a bone bruise in his foot and was only able to play two minutes. The Sweet 16 test for the No. 2-seed Texas Longhorns against the No. 3-seed Xavier Musketeers in Kansas City just got much more challenging, as standout forward Dylan Disu has been ruled out the rest of the game with a bone bruise in his left foot. Disu entered the game nursing the injury that he reportedly sustained in practice, and he did start, but was only able to play the first two minutes before heading back to the locker room...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 24, 2023
No. 2-seed Texas vs. No. 3-seed Xavier gamethread
Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports The Horns try to earn their first trip to the Elite Eight since 2008. The No. 2-seed Texas Longhorns are in Kansas City to face the No. 3-seed Xavier Musketeers on Friday in the Sweet 16. The game will tip at approximately 8:45 p.m. Central on CBS following the conclusion of the matchup between No. 1-seed Houston and No. 5-seed Miami. And this is your gamethread.
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 24, 2023
Longhorns Daily News: Texas AD Chris Del Conte catches ride from fan, again, to another big Longhorns’ postseason contest
Photo by Tim Warner/ Plus: Damn, this weekend is huge Remember that time Texas Longhorns athletic director Chris del Conte’s flight was canceled, so he had to catch a ride with a Texas fan all the way to Milwaukee to catch last season’s men’s basketball team face the Virginia Tech Hokies in the NCAA Tournament? Welp, del Conte is at it again. This time, thanks for Texas’ marketing geniuses. (Notably, modern airlines still suck.) 'On the road again': Texas AD Chris Del Conte reunites with fan to travel together for Longhorns’ Sweet 16 game vs. Xavier...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 24, 2023
Roundtable: Dylan Disu’s rise, Xavier’s offense, and bracket checks
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Plus, what happened to the Texas Women’s basketball team? Texas is Sweet 16 bound for the first time in 15 years, thanks to Dylan Disu’s monster performance. Disu has been on a different level the last month - is he the most important player on Texas now? Daniel Seahorn (@DanielSeahorn) - He’s peaking at the right time, so I’m going to go with yes. When things looked like they were slipping away from them against Penn State it was Disu who stopped the bleeding and kept things in Texas’ favor. If he can sustain that kind of...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 24, 2023
Texas hosts No. 14 Texas Tech to open Big 12 play
Mikala Compton/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK The Horns enter the final series of the 14-game homestand with 11 straight wins. After entering the season’s longest homestand at 4-7, the Texas Longhorns have rattled off 11 straight wins heading into the start of Big 12 play on Friday against the No. 14 Texas Tech Red Raiders at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The contests against the conference’s highest-ranked program will begin to determine how much the Longhorns improved during the winning streak against a string of weak opponents. “The games are still...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 24, 2023
Reacts Results: Longhorns fans confident in Final Four berth
Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports Texas begins their quest to Houston against Xavier tonight in the Sweet 16 Do you know what’s even sweeter than the Sweet 16? Reaching the Elite Eight. The Texas Longhorns attempt to do just that tonight against the Xavier Musketeers and the majority of our SB Nation Reacts Survey voters believe they’ll win in Kansas City. The Horns opened as a four-point favorite per DraftKings and 89% of those who voted agreed that they’ll cover the spread. A win over Xavier would put Rodney Terry and the Longhorns one step closer...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 23, 2023
Steve Sarkisian: Texas RB CJ Baxter is a ‘natural’
Texas football Despite playing in a gap-heavy scheme in high school, the nation’s No. 1 running back in the 2023 recruiting class has acclimated quickly to Sarkisian’s scheme. AUSTIN, Texas — With the departures of running backs Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, the Texas Longhorns lost an incredible amount of production of leadership at the position, putting pressure on new running backs coach Tashard Choice to restock his room with the type of elite talent that will allow the Longhorns to maintain the high standard of play at running back. Enter Orlando (Fla.)...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 23, 2023
Bonus Podcast: Previewing the Xavier Matchup
Kareem Elgazzar/Cincinnati Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The Longhorns are in Kansas City preparing to square off with the Musketeers The Texas Longhorns have the opportunity to do what just five teams before them have been able to do, reach the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament. Standing in their way, are the Xavier Musketeers, who bring one of the more effective offenses left in the tournament. Xavier and head coach Sean Miller are coming off a close win in the opening round over Kennesaw State and a runaway victory over Pittsburgh, and are hoping to improve on the last...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 23, 2023
Longhorns Daily News: Penn State, Cal reportedly eyeing Texas’ Rodney Terry for MBB jobs
Photo by Michael Reaves/ Plus: Another win for Texas softball It’s fair to say that interim Texas Longhorns men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry is the toast of college hoops at the moment, as his squad advances to the Sweet 16 tomorrow night. Even so, enthusiasm for Terry’s run so far this season isn’t shared among Texas fans alone. The Austin American-Statesman reports that the Penn State Nittany Lions and the California Bears are also keeping an eye on Terry for their open head coaching roles. Source: Penn State, Cal are also interested in Texas...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 22, 2023
Surging Dylan Disu living lifelong dream at Texas
Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports The Pflugerville native grew up a Longhorns fan, but wasn’t recruited by Shaka Smart. Now Disu is making the most of his long-awaited opportunity with a magical postseason run. After a lengthy journey from Pflugerville to Nashville to Austin, Texas Longhorns forward Dylan Disu is living a lifelong dream starring for the Longhorns with an incredible postseason run that culminated on Saturday with a season-high 28 points in the win over the Penn State Nittany Lions. But it hasn’t been an easy journey for Disu, who has faced plenty of...
Burnt Orange Nation Mar 22, 2023
No. 2-seed Texas faces No. 3-seed Xavier in the Sweet 16 on Friday
Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports The Horns are one of only two chalk matchups to determine advancement to the Elite Eight. In an echo of how the 2022-23 season has gone for the No. 2-seed Texas Longhorns, interim head coach Rodney Terry’s team will have to earn a trip to the Elite Eight the hard way by beating the No. 3-seed Xavier Musketeers on Friday in Kansas City in the Sweet 16 — it’s one of only two chalk matchups in the NCAA Tournament’s third round. But after overcoming the suspension and then termination of former head coach Chris Beard early in the...
