Jacorey Warrick Commits to Texas

Jacorey Warrick, a player that planned on keeping quiet when it came to his recruitment, committed to Texas on Sunday. The 5'11", 175lb junior was recruited to play slot receiver.

The Longhorns already entered the weekend with commitments from two of the state's best wideouts, Sealy's Ricky Seals-Jones and Dallas Jesuit's Jake Oliver.

With this newest addition in Warrick, Texas is set up to have an impressive group of receivers for the 2014 class!

Defensive End Daeshon Hall Commits to Texas

Daeshon Hall, in less than 48 hours pulled a 180 and ended up giving a verbal to the Longhorns. In committing to Texas, Hall turned down offers from Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor and Missouri.

Hall's breakout junior season at Lancaster led to football offers from all over the state. He recorded 60 tackles and 11 sacks and earned Texas defensive ends coach Oscar Giles' attention.

Giles' advice? "Come to Texas, put on some weight and you'll shine."

Texas Longhorns Basketball NCAA Tournament

For months now, Texas has declined opportunities to turn itself into an NCAA tournament team. Despite their best efforts to watch the tournament from their couches, the Longhorns might still have a couple chances anyway.

Monday's loss to Baylor, in which they wasted a 12-point second-half lead and once again victimized themselves with poor late-game decision-making and lapses of judgment, left the Longhorns 17-11 overall and 7-8 in the Big 12. A few years ago, a record like that would have had Texas laughed out of the committee room for the tournament selection.

This year, though, it seems the Longhorns have a shot. What they don't have is a quality win over a highly rated opponent. If they beat both Texas Tech and Oklahoma to clinch a .500 record in the Big 12, the Longhorns have two more chance to make an impression on the committee. The Longhorns cap off their regular season at Kansas, and their Big 12 tournament opener could be a rematch with Baylor. A Longhorns victory over either of those two nationally ranked foes wouldn't guarantee an invitation, but it sure would help.

Longhorns Lose to Baylor

The Texas Longhorns loss to Baylor was hard to take, I'll admit it. Baylor seemed to be on the fast track to self destruction in the first half, and Texas was rolling. I was quite happy about the lead Texas had at the half, more than happy - confident.

In the second half, Baylor stepped up and started taking care of the ball, switched from zone defense to man-to-man, and became far more aggressive on both ends of the court. And then... you know what happened.

With two losses this week, Texas now sits with the rest of the teams on the NCAA tournament bubble, close but so far away from the dance. Texas does get several more opportunities to improve their resume, but one wrong step and its game over for the Longhorns.

Longhorns In Position to Dance

After spending most of this Big 12 season playing catch-up, the Longhorns are finally in position to make the NCAA tournament. Now the Longhorns are being charged with protecting that position.

With the tournament's expansion to 68 teams, the Longhorns' current credentials are deceivingly sold. Their record clearly isn't spectacular as they sit at 16-9, 6-6 in the Big 12, but their come-from-behind victory over Kansas State set the Longhorns in at No. 45 in the Ratings Percentage Index.

Assuming that a 9-9 Big 12 record will allow the Longhorns into the tournament, the Longhorns simply need to win three of their final six games. Four of those six games come against the teams in the bottom four of the conference. The Longhorns' final stretch begins this week with games at Oklahoma on Tuesday and Oklahoma State on Saturday.

The Texas Longhorns will try to achieve their first Big 12 Conference road win of the season tonight when they visit Reed Arena in College Station to play the Texas A&M Aggies.

Sitting at 4-6 in the Big 12, the Longhorns have failed to convert a conference road game into a win. Not only that, but the Longhorns have won just a single true road game (UCLA, 69-59). At least Texas is coming off a strong win over Texas Tech, allowing for their momentum to potentially carry them over the Aggies.

The Longhorns aren't alone in tough times as the Aggies have struggled in the conference as well. They head into the new week with only three wins in 10 opportunities versus Big 12 foes. Their most recent Big 12 opponent, Kansas State, unloaded with a 64-52 decision. This means A&M has fallen in two straight and three of the last four games overall.

All things considered, the Longhorns and Aggies could provide for a second-rate, but exciting match up.

I have Texas coming out on top 73-65 in a shootout.

Texas vs Texas Tech Final Score

The Texas Longhorns broke out of their slump where they have lost two games in a row and five of their last six by picking up a win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders 74-57.

Texas improved their poor first half shooting by 10% to 43 percent, which was enough to counter Texas Tech, who also drastically improved their shooting in the second half.

Texas was led by Clint Chapman, who scored 20 points, had nine rebounds and five blocks on Saturday night. J'Covan Brown and Sheldon McClellan also contributed in the scoring as each scored 17 points.

With the win, Texas is now sitting at a solid (but not great) 14-9 and (a definitely not great) 4-6 in Big 12 play.