Texas Longhorns

Texas Longhorns

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Texas Longhorns

12-0 (0-0) Big 12

 Last Game
Dec 29 Gardner-Webb, W 95-63
GaWe: C.J. Hailey 7-14, 20 Pts
Tex: Dexter Pittman 7-8, 15 Pts
 
 Next Game
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders Jan 2 TAMU Corpus Christi, 4:30 pm EST
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Last Meeting: Dec 5, 2001, W 89-64
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James leads No. 2 Texas over Gardner-Webb

James leads No. 2 Texas over Gardner-Webb
AP, Dec 29, 2009
Texas coach Rick Barnes didn't want his team to even think about basketball over their short holiday break. It was evident early in Tuesday night's game against Gardner-Webb that the second-ranked Longhorns took the advice. Texas started sluggishly but was able to pull away for a 95-63 victory. ...More
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Texas Team Report

Texas Team Report Dec 28, 2009

Although Kansas continued to cling to its preseason position as the No. 1 team in the nation, Texas was the most impressive Big 12 team through Christmas.

The Longhorns, ranked second while off to an 11-0 start, made a national impression with back-to-back victories against North Carolina and Michigan State, the two finalists in last year's NCAA Tournament. Both triumphs were by double digits, one at Cowboys Stadium and the other in the Erwin Center.

In fact, all of the Longhorns' victories were by double digits. At 11-0, they had posted an average margin of 28.1 points.

Yet Rick Barnes was fully aware of the date on the calendar, and the fact conference play has not yet started.

"If this is as good as we're going to be," the Texas coach said, "then we're ...More

 
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Date Opponent Result Tickets Audio/Video Video Highlights
 Sun, Nov 15 UC Irvine W 89-42 ---- 
 Wed, Nov 18 Western Carolina W 73-41 ---- 
 Mon, Nov 23 Iowa W 85-60 ---- 
 Tue, Nov 24 Pittsburgh W 78-62 ---- 
 Sun, Nov 29 at Rice W 77-59 ---- 
 Thu, Dec 3 USC W 69-50 ---- 
 Mon, Dec 7 Long Beach St. W 107-74 ---- 
 Sat, Dec 12 Texas St. W 87-54 ---- 
 Tue, Dec 15 TX Pan American W 104-42 ---- 
 Sat, Dec 19 (10) North Carolina W 103-90 ---- 
 Tue, Dec 22 (9) Michigan St. W 79-68 ---- 
 Tue, Dec 29 Gardner-Webb W 95-63 ---- 
 
Date Opponent Time Tickets Audio/Video Video Highlights
 Sat, Jan 2 TAMU Corpus Christi 4:30 pm ---- 
 Tue, Jan 5 at Arkansas 7:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 9 Colorado 1:45 pm ---- 
 Wed, Jan 13 at Iowa St. 8:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 16 Texas A&M 6:00 pm ---- 
 Mon, Jan 18 at (12) Kansas St. 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 23 at (10) Connecticut 4:00 pm ---- 
 Wed, Jan 27 (20) Texas Tech 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Jan 30 Baylor 4:00 pm ---- 
 Mon, Feb 1 at Oklahoma St. 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 6 at Oklahoma 4:00 pm ---- 
 Mon, Feb 8 (1) Kansas 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 13 Nebraska 4:00 pm ---- 
 Wed, Feb 17 at Missouri 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 20 at (20) Texas Tech 2:00 pm ---- 
 Wed, Feb 24 Oklahoma St. 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 27 at Texas A&M 2:00 pm ---- 
 Mon, Mar 1 Oklahoma 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Mar 6 at Baylor 4:00 pm ---- 
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 Big 12 Conference Standings
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 Kansas (1) 0-0  12-0 
 Texas (2) 0-0  12-0 
 Kansas St. (12) 0-0  12-1 
 Oklahoma St. 0-0  11-1 
 Baylor 0-0  10-1 
 Texas Tech (20) 0-0  10-2 
 Missouri 0-0  10-3 
 Nebraska 0-0  10-3 
 Iowa St. 0-0  9-3 
 Texas A&M 0-0  9-3 
 Colorado 0-0  8-4 
 Oklahoma 0-0  8-5 
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 Individual Leaders
 PPGDamion James16.8 
 REBDamion James11.0 
 ASTDogus Balbay4.8 
 FG%Andrew Dick100.0 
 FT%J'Covan Brown97.1 
 3PT%Andrew Dick100.0 
 BLKDexter Pittman2.2 
 STLVarez Ward2.2