Texas Longhorns baseball game assignments for 2012 Houston College Classic Minute Maid Park

The Texas Longhorns baseball team have received their game assignments for the 2012 Houston College Classic. The Houston Astros field, Minute Maid Park, is the venue for the Houston College Classic. The Astros announced the Longhorns will be slated against the Rice Owls, Tennessee Volunteers and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

The tournament kicks off on Friday, March 2 at 7 p.m. with the Texas Longhorns playing against Rice Owls. This game will be the first Longhorns vs Owls match-up since the 2010 NCAA Austin Regional, where the Longhorns ended the season for the Owls, winning 4-1.

The Longhorns vs. Tennessee Volunteers baseball game will take place at 3:30pm on Saturday, March 3rd at Minute Maid Park. It has been three years since fans have seen a Longhrosn vs Volunteers match-up, going back to 2008 when Tennessee beat the Longhorns 5-4 at the Houston College Classic.

The tourament ends with the Longhorns vs. Razorbacks game at 11:30am on Sunday, March 4th. The last time the Razorbacks and Longhorns played against each other was in 2005, when the Texas Longhorns won the national championship. The Texas Longhorns played the Arkansas Razorbacks three times at the NCAA Austin Regional that year. Arkansas won the first game, and the Longhorns won the second and third games.

The Texas Longhorns baseball 2012 season opens on February 17th with a three-game series with Duke Blue Devils at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.