Texas Longhorns basketball stadium Frank Erwin Center

The Texas Longhorns Men's and Women's basketball teams play home games at the Frank Erwin Center and have been playing basketball games there since the 1977-78 season. The Longhorns Frank Erwin Center address is 1701 Red River Street, Austin, Tx 78701. Frank Erwin Center is a basketball arena covered in the burnt orange color that screams Longhorns, and has many banners hanging from the ceiling, listing all the championships of Texas Basketball.

Frank Erwin Center holds 16,734 Longhorn's fans, which is the largest arena seating in the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns basketball arena has been remodeled to include 28 luxury suites at the top of the arena section as well as a new Jumbotron scoreboard and LCD screen that runs around the top of the arena section. Concession stands and bathrooms have been moved and remodeled, allowing the concourse areas be to be widened.

The arena gets it's name from former UT Board of Regents member Frank Erwin. Erwin was a key part in the expansion of all the Longhorns facilities during his term.

Here is a Texas Longhorns basketball seating chart:
Frank Erwin Center seating chart

Texas Longhorns History of "Hook 'em Horns" hand signal

Have you ever wondered when the "Hook em Horns" hand signal got started? Here is the answer for you! Harley Clark was the head cheerleader at the University of Texas at Austin, and in 1955 at a pep rally, he introduced the "Hook 'em Horns" hand signal. His reasoning was that the Longhorns were playing a "fine team" and they had to "make up in spirit what we lacked on the football field." So, at the pep rally, Clark showed the student body how to make the Horns hand sign and as head cheerleader, ordered the sign be used from that point forward.

Clark had gotten the idea of the hand signal from fellow student Henry Pitts, three days before Clark introduced it at the pep rally before playing Texas Christian University.

What might look like a way to show you like heavy metal music to some people, all us Longhorn's fans know better!

Hook 'em Horns!!!

Texas Longhorns basketball January 2012 game schedule

The Texas Longhorns basketball team is still undefeated at home! Do you think the 'Horns can keep up that streak in the New Year!?

The 'Horns basketball team January 2012 schedule is below:

1/4 at Iowa State 8pm CT
1/7 vs. Oklahoma State 6pm CT
1/11 vs. Texas A&M 8pm CT
1/14 at Missouri 12 pm CT
1/18 at Kansas State 8pm CT
1/21 vs. Kansas 3pm CT
1/24 vs. Iowa State 8pm CT
1/28 at Baylor 12pm CT
1/30 vs. Missouri 8pm CT

Come cheer on the Longhorns basketball team! If you need Longhorns basketball tickets, you know where you can get 'em! www.LonghornsBasketballTickets.com!

Texas Longhorns vs. Temple Saturday December 17, 2011

The Texas Longhorns basketball team takes on Temple on Saturday December 17, 2011 at Frank Erwin Center at 1:30pm Central time. The Longhorns are currently 8-2 and Temple is currently 6-2.

You can buy Longhorns tickets at http://www.longhornsbasketballtickets.com/ and prices are starting at just $4 each! Whether you're a Longhorns fan or not, that is a great price for something to do on a Saturday night!

Let's go 'Horns!

Texas Longhorns basketball winning streak

The Texas Longhorns basketball team won on Tuesday December 13th, 2011, extending their winning streak to six games. Each of these wins has had different players leading the team in scoring, with some new players shining!

Jaylen Bond, a freshman forward, had his first career double-double with career highs of 18 points and 12 rebounds! What a game! Another newbie to show his stuff is freshman Sterling Gibbs, who had 14 points, 5-of-5 field goals and 3-for-3 three-point field goals.

Gibbs says because they were not there in the summer to practice, it took them a little bit to get into the swing of things, now they are more comfortable with the playbook and their conditioning is improved.

Look for more young players to shine! They are the future of this team, and I see great things happening for the Texas Longhorns basketball team!

2011-2012 Men's basketball Texas Longhorns roster

Here is the Texas Longhorns Men's basketball 2011-2012 Roster:

NO.	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS-EXP	HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)
2	Jaylen Bond	F	6-7	224	Fr.-HS	Philadelphia, Pa. (Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
14	J'Covan Brown	G	6-1	197	Jr.-2L	Port Arthur, Texas (Memorial)
53	Clint Chapman	F/C	6-10	245	Sr.-3L	Canby, Ore. (Canby)
22	Andrew Dick	G	6-2	180	Jr.-2L	Sherman, Texas (Sherman)
13	Sterling Gibbs	G	6-1	185	Fr.-HS	Scotch Plains, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep)
10	Jonathan Holmes	F	6-7	239	Fr.-HS	San Antonio, Texas (Antonian College Prep)
12	Myck Kabongo	G	6-1	169	Fr.-HS	Toronto, Ontario, Canada (St. Benedict's Prep [N.J.])
0	Julien Lewis	G	6-3	190	Fr.-HS	Galveston, Texas (La Marque)
1	Sheldon McClellan	G	6-4	200	Fr.-HS	Houston, Texas (Bellaire)
5	Dean Melchionni	G	6-4	193	Jr.-2L	Lancaster, Pa. (Germantown Academy)
20	Alexis Wangmene	F/C	6-7	241	Sr.-3L	Maroua, Cameroon (Blair Academy [N.J.])

Texas Longhorns basketball 2011 schedule

The Men's Texas Longhorns basketball team followed up their first two wins in the first two games with two loses in a row at away games at a neutral location in East Rutherford, NJ on November 19th and 21st versus Oregon State and North Carolina State.

The 'Horns went on to win their next four games, making the Texas Longhorns basketball 2011 current standings at six wins and 2 loses, all home games have been a win, their only true away game a win, the two loses being the loses in New Jersey.

The Longhorns are off to a great start to the season, with the next three games at home!

Here is a Texas Longhorns upcoming basketball schedule through the end of the year:

12/10/11	vs. Texas State	Austin, Texas	7:00 pm CT
12/13/11	vs. Nicholls State	Austin, Texas	7:00 pm CT
12/17/11	vs. Temple	Austin, Texas	1:30 pm CT
12/21/11	at North Carolina	Chapel Hill, N.C.	6:00 pm CT
12/31/11	vs. Rice	Austin, Texas	1:00 pm CT

Seven Texas Longhorns football players named AP All-Big 12 team

The Associated Press announced that seven members of the Texas Longhorns football team were named to the AP All-Big 12 team. This includes three Longhorns players on the first-team and four on the second-team. The 2011 AP All-Big 12 team was selected by a panel of 17 sports writers who regularly cover the league the Longhorns play in for newspapers throughout the league's five states.

The three Longhorns football players named to the first-team are Senior LB Emmanuel Acho, sophomore CB Carrington Byndom and junior DE Alex Okafor. The four players selected for the second-team are sophomore DE Jackson Jeffcoat, senior DT Kheeston Randall, senior OG David Snow and senior PK/P Justin Tucker.

Congrats to all the seven players who were selected for the Associated Press All-Big 12 first and second-teams!

Football position abbreviations decoded!

Are you a fan of the game of football, but have a hard time deciphering all of the different positions? Especially when reading a football story, it might be confusing to see all of the abbreviations in writing. What do all the football position abbreviations stand for, you might ask yourself? Here, I've decoded the football abbreviations for you!

Position ---- Abbreviation

Center ---- C

Cornerback ---- CB

Defensive Back ---- DB

Defensive End ---- DE

Defensive Tackle ---- DT

Free Safety ---- FS

Fullback ---- FB

Guard ---- G

Kicker ---- K

Kick Returner ---- KR

Inside Linebacker ---- ILB

Linebacker ---- LB

Middle Linebacker ---- MLB

Nose Tackle ---- NT

Punter ---- P

Punt Returner ---- PR

Quarterback ---- QB

Running Back ---- RB

Safety ---- S

Strong Safety ---- SS

Tackle ---- T

Tight End ---- TE

Wide Receiver ---- WR

 Hopefully this list of abbreviations will help you understand the wonderful game of football a little bit more!

Texas Longhorns vs. Cal Golden Bears December 28 2011 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl

The 2011 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl takes place on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 7 pm Central time at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl will put the Texas Longhorns football team against the California Golden Bears football team.

Longhorns Golden Bears tickets are available now for the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl! The Holiday Bowl will be shown on ESPN TV and you can also tune in to the Longhorn Sports Network Radio!

Since the regular Longhorns football season will be over, this will be your last chance to catch the Longhorns in action for 2011!

Go 'Horns!

Texas Longhorns football players in the Super Bowl

There are currently a total of 57 former  Texas Longhorns football players that have not only played in the NFL, but have gone on to the big time--the Super Bowl! I don't have all the numbers and the stats on how many college football players have gone on to glory on other college teams, so I can't say this is more than other schools or anything like that, but I do know that this list is quite impressive! We, as Longhorns, have an awesome history of great players coming out of our Texas Longhorns football program!

Here is a complete list of the players, teams, year and player positions for the Longhorns in the Super Bowl!

Year	Team		Player	Position
1969	New York Jets		John Elliot	DT/DE
1969	New York Jets		Jim Hudson	DB
1969	New York Jets		Pete Lammons	TE
1969	New York Jets		George Sauer	WR
1971	Dallas Cowboys		Don Talbert	OT
1973	Washington Redskins		Diron Talbert	DT
1981	Philadelphia Eagles		Jerry Sisemore	OT
1982	San Francisco 49ers		Ricky Churchman	RBP
1983	Miami Dolphins		Glenn Blackwood	DB
1985	Miami Dolphins		Glenn Blackwood	DB
1986	New England Patriots		Raymond Clayborn	DB
1986	New England Patriots		Kenneth Sims	DT/DE
1986	New England Patriots		Ed Williams	DE
1986	Chicago Bears		Bill Heathcock	DT
1986	Chicago Bears		Steve McMichael	DT
1987	New York Giants		Raul Allegre	K
1987	Denver Broncos		Bobby Micho	TE
1987	Denver Broncos		Dave Studdard	OT
1987	Denver Broncos		Ray Woodard	DT
1988	Washington Redskins		Terry Orr	TE
1988	Denver Broncos		Laron Brown	WR
1988	Denver Broncos		Bobby Micho	TE
1988	Denver Broncos		Dave Studdard	OT
1988	Denver Broncos		Ray Woodard	DT
1988	Denver Broncos		Dave Studdard	OT
1989	Cincinnati Bengals		Paul Jetton	OG
1990	San Francisco 49ers		Terry Tausch	OG/OT
1990	Denver Broncos		Mike Ruether	C
1991	Buffalo Bills		John Hagy	DB
1992	Washington Redskins		Terry Orr	TE
1993	Buffalo Bills		James Patton	DT
1994	Buffalo Bills		James Patton	DT
1995	San Diego Chargers		Stanley Richard	DB
1998	Denver Broncos		Dan Neil	OG
1999	Denver Broncos		Dan Neil	OG
1999	Atlanta Falcons		Shane Dronett	DT
1999	Atlanta Falcons		Adam Schreiber	C
2000	St. Louis Rams		Taje Allen	CB
2000	St. Louis Rams		Derek Lewis	TE*
2001	Baltimore Ravens		Priest Holmes	RB
2006	Pittsburgh Steelers		Casey Hampton	DT
2006	Seattle Seahawks		Marcus Tubbs	DT
2006	Seattle Seahawks		D.D. Lewis	LB
2007	Chicago Bears		Cedric Benson	RB
2007	Chicago Bears		Nathan Vasher	CB
2008	New York Giants		Aaron Ross	CB
2008	New England Patriots		David Thomas	TE!
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers		Casey Hampton	DT
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers		Tony Hills	OT
2009	Pittsburgh Steelers		Limas Sweed	WR
2009	Arizona Cardinals		Lyle Sendlein	C
2010	New Orleans Saints		David Thomas	TE
2011	Green Bay Packers		Jermichael Finley	TE!
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers		Casey Hampton	DT
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers		Tony Hills	OT
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers		Jonathan Scott	OT
2011	Pittsburgh Steelers		Limas Sweed	WR!
*practice squad ! injured reserve