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Top-ranked Kansas stifles sinking Horns(11)
By Jim Vertuno | ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN – Marcus Morris scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Kansas to an 80-68 victory over No. 14 Texas on Monday night and the Jayhawks easily handled an opponent that a few weeks ago was supposed to challenge them for the Big 12 title.
Kansas (23-1, [...]
Bears golden in upset of No. 6 Longhorns
AUSTIN — Freshman guard A.J. Walton, a 47 percent free-throw shooter, made three of four foul shots in the final 17 seconds of overtime and No. 24 Baylor beat No. 6 Texas 80-77 on Saturday.
Baylor led 77-76 when Walton made the second of two free throws. Texas’ Justin Mason then made one of two before [...]
‘Horns end Cowboys’ 11-game win streak with a 77-63 win
AUSTIN – Erika Arriaran scored 28 points, hitting eight 3-pointers, and No. 20 Texas beat No. 12 Oklahoma State 77-63 on Wednesday night, snapping the Cowgirls’ 11-game winning streak.
Arriaran set a Texas record for 3-pointers in a Big 12 game. Kathleen Nash added 11 points for the Longhorns (13-5), who have won two in a [...]
Alabama crushes late Texas rally, rolls to BCS national championship
By Eddie Pells | ASSOCIATED PRESS
PASADENA, Calif. – The sure thing was looking shaky for Alabama.
Hanging onto a precarious three-point lead and with momentum on the other side, linebacker Eryk Anders was determined not to let the championship slip away.
Anders forced a fumble on his blindside sack of Texas backup quarterback Garrett Gilbert with 3:02 [...]
Alabama and Texas: Blue bloods play for BCS title today
By Eddie Pells | ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Nick Saban gave Mack Brown a cooler full of Alabama’s favorite, Dreamland Bar-B-Que. Brown presented Saban with a pair of genuine Texas spurs.
A quaint gesture, and a great photo op.
But the big prize – the one they really want – is that crystal trophy Brown and [...]
Longhorns go back to basics in practice
By Jaime Aron | ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN – No. 2 Texas started getting ready to face No. 1 Alabama for the national championship without a game plan or a depth chart.
At least not yet.
With the BCS title game against not being played until two weeks from Thursday, coach Mack Brown is taking [...]
Texas quarterback Colt McCoy picks up three major awards
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Colt McCoy’s near blunder in the final seconds of the Big 12 title game hasn’t cost him on the awards circuit so far.
It hasn’t hurt the conference, either.
McCoy capped a big Thursday night for the Big 12, winning the Maxwell Award honoring the nation’s best all-around player.
It was just the [...]
McCoy, Tebow begin busy week on awards circuit
By RALPH D. RUSSO | ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – Colt McCoy never thought for a second he had thrown away Texas’ chance to play for a national championship. Though he admits if he had known the rules better, he might have avoided cutting it so close at the end of the [...]
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