Jeff Howe

The final notable piece of the non-conference schedule for Sean Miller's first season leading the Texas men's basketball program was unveiled on Wednesday, with the Longhorns welcoming Virginia to the Moody Center for the 2025 SEC-ACC Men's Challenge. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports and Field of 68 reported the matchups on Wednesday. Texas opens the 2025-26 season with an ACC opponent before hosting the Cavaliers, taking on Duke at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte on Nov. 4. The sixth all-time meeting between the Longhorns and Blue Devils will be a part of the Dick Vitale Invitational, which was announced on Monday. Along with games against Virginia and Duke, Texas will complete the second leg of a home-and-home series with UConn, hitting the road to face the Huskies on Dec. 12. The Longhorns participating in the Maui Invitational, a field including Arizona State, Boise State, Creighton, NC State, Seton Hall, USC and Washington State.

Shoutout to Malik Agbo as the jumbo tight end in 2023!

Mike Jones!

It’s official: CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The University of Texas Men’s Basketball team will face Duke University in the Dick Vitale Invitational at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Tuesday, Nov. 4, ESPN Events in collaboration with the Charlotte Sports Foundation announced Monday. The Dick Vitale Invitational is a new men’s college basketball event that will annually honor Dick Vitale, the Hall of Fame broadcaster and one of the sport’s most iconic voices and ambassadors, who celebrates his 86th birthday today. The contest will mark the 2025-26 season opener for both teams. The game is scheduled to be televised nationally by ESPN, and the tip-off time will be announced at a later date.

Recruiting Geoff Swaim, who has 10 seasons in the NFL under his belt, might be the best contribution Bryan Harsin made to the program during his time on the Texas staff.

I’d love to see LaAllan Clark get that recruitment across the finish line.

The most misused/underutilized Longhorn in my lifetime. We got a taste of what his career would’ve looked like with consistent quarterback play during his freshman season when he was catching passes from Colt.

He wasn’t a finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, but he got my vote.

FWIW, bonus ceiling for players taken in the 11th-20th rounds is $150K. Anything over that counts against a team's bonus pool for the first 10 rounds.

Zaharias, Werchan, Sanders and O'Hara were gone before the start of the season.

My gut tells me Texas would've put up more of a fight to keep him if an upgrade wasn't on the way.

It wouldn't have been better than it was in 2024. The staff almost had to deal with a player revolt heading into the NCAA Tournament.

I'm sure he would, but Galvan and Flores (even though he didn't have a great year) would cost themselves a lot of money by not taking the signing bonus they'd get in the draft. Seniors in the draft have no leverage and sign for peanuts.

"When you're at the University of Texas, there's nowhere to hide. Every sport is either trying to win a national championship, or on the threshold of winning it." — Sean Miller

After David Hamilton shredded his Achilles a few years ago, no coach on campus should want their players on those things.

Noticeable body transformation was underway when I saw him in April.

You'll find your answer if you look at Connie Clark's record at Texas with Cat Osterman and Blaire Luna and compare it to her record without them. It's not like looking at Charlie Strong's coaching record with and without Teddy Bridgewater, but the softball program's five Super Regionals and four trips to the WCWS before Mike White were either with one of those two pitchers on the roster.

We'll see. I think the focus is on bringing in pieces rather than 1-for-1 replacements. Losing Belyeu, Galvan, Flores and Schuessler is a lot to replace in one offseason, even with access to the portal. Depth was one of Schloss' biggest concerns throughout the season, so I'm expecting a lot of roster turnover.

Livingston's team rankings for the Shockers in 2025 (minimum of 2 PA/G or 75 percent of the team's games played): — Third in batting average (.284) — First in OPS (.958) — First in home runs (15, the only Wichita State player with more than eight) — First in RBI (48) — First in total bases (117) — First in slugging (.555) — T-1 in walks (28) — Second in OPB (.403)

Texas needs infield depth, period. Livingston gives them another option for either of the corner infield positions.

Farmer deserves a lot of credit for the work he put in to get himself into the mix as a starter following the coaching change. When it comes to his replacement, however, I think Texas needs a corner outfielder who can either get on base more frequently (a .371 OBP with 25 walks and 10 HBP against 65 strikeouts) or provide more pop (44 total hits with 13 doubles and one home run, good for a .339 slugging percentage).

What Mike White said after the championship series loss to Oklahoma last year sticks with me. While Texas was doing the postgame press conference as the losing team, Coach White said, “I’d like to be the coach in the next press conference one day.” He’s two wins away from finding out how the other side lives at the end of the title series.

FINAL: Texas 2, Tennessee 0

Texas to the ‘ship!