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| Texas Longhorns men's basketball | ||||
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| University | University of Texas at Austin | |||
| First season | 1906 | |||
| All-time record | 1,902–1,142 (.625) | |||
| Athletic director | Chris Del Conte | |||
| Head coach | Rodney Terry (2nd season) | |||
| Conference | SEC | |||
| Location | Austin, Texas | |||
| Arena | Moody Center (capacity: 10,763) | |||
| Nickname | Texas Longhorns | |||
| Colors | Burnt orange and white[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | ||||
| 1933 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1943, 1947, 2003 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1939, 1943, 1947, 1990, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2023 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1960, 1963, 1972, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2023 | ||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
| 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
| 1939, 1943, 1947, 1960, 1963, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1994, 1995, 2021, 2023 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2006, 2008 | ||||
The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2023–24 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.
The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1906.[2] The Longhorns rank 17th in total victories among all NCAA Division I college basketball programs and 27th in all-time win percentage among programs with at least 60 years in Division I, with an all-time win–loss record of 1828–1105 (.623).[3] Among Big 12 Conference men's basketball programs, Texas is second only to Kansas in both all-time wins and all-time win percentage.[3]
The Longhorns have won 28 total conference championships in men's basketball and have made 38 total appearances in the NCAA tournament (9th-most appearances all time, with a 40–40 overall record),[4] reaching the NCAA Final Four three times (1943, 1947, 2003) and the NCAA regional finals (Elite Eight) eight times.[5][6] As of the end of the 2023–24 season, Texas ranks tied for fourth among all Division I men's basketball programs for total NCAA Tournament games won without having won the national championship (40), tied with Kansas State and Notre Dame (40 each), and trailing Oklahoma (43), Illinois (45), and Purdue (49).[4][7]
The Texas basketball program experienced substantial success during the early decades of its existence, but its success in the modern era is of relatively recent vintage. 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.[8][9] Texas achieved some measure of national recognition during the tenures of head coaches Abe Lemons (1976–82) and Tom Penders (1988–98), but the program rose to its highest level of prominence under the direction of former head coach Rick Barnes (1998–2015). Barnes guided Texas to 16 NCAA tournament appearances in his 17 seasons with the program,[10] including a school-record 14 consecutive appearances (1999–2012), as well as fifteen 20-win seasons overall and a school-best 13 consecutive 20-win seasons (2000–12).[5][8]
The team now plays in their new home arena, the Moody Center. The team is coached by Rodney Terry, who took over from Chris Beard in December 2022 after the latter was suspended and later fired after being arrested on a domestic violence charge.[11]
- ^ "Colors | Brand | The University of Texas". Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ "Timeline: A history of Texas basketball". Austin American-Statesman. November 15, 2005. Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2007.
- ^ a b "NCAA 2018–19 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). NCAASports.com. p. 71. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ a b "NCAA 2015 Men's Final Four Record Book" (PDF). NCAASports.com. pp. 41–55. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ^ a b "2014–2015 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics". texassports.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ^ "2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). texassports.com. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ^ "2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Bracket". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ^ a b 2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 66
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York. p. 542. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
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- ^ Kate McGee (5 January 2023). "UT fires head basketball coach Chris Beard after domestic violence arrest". texastribune.org. Retrieved March 27, 2023.