TEXAS 2015-16 BASKETBALL 32 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1939, 1943, 1947, 1960, 1963, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1989-92, 1994-97, 1999-2012, 2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME Texas (2-3) vs. Date Day Opponent - tv Result/Time Pac-12 China Game presented by Alibaba Group (Shanghai, China) UT Arlington (5-1) 11/13 Fri. vs. Washington ESPN L, 71-77 6 Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2015 - 7 p.m. Central Battle 4 Atlantis First-Round Game (Frank Erwin Center; Austin, Texas) Frank Erwin Center (16,540) - Austin, Texas 11/21 Sat. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi LHN W, 67-56 Battle 4 Atlantis (Atlantis; Paradise Island, Bahamas) GAMEDAY QUICK FACTS 11/25 Wed. vs. #25/nr Texas A&M AXS TV L, 73-84 • TELEVISION: Th e game will be televised nationally by Longhorn Network. Lowell 11/26 Thurs. vs. Washington AXS TV W, 82-70 Galindo (pxp), Lance Blanks (analyst) and Jane Slater (reporter) will call the action. 11/27 Fri. vs. Michigan AXS TV L, 72-78 12/1 Tues. UT Arlington LHN 7 pm • RADIO: Th e Longhorn IMG Radio Network broadcast every UT game on the statewide 12/4 Fri. Samford LHN 8 pm network. Craig Way (pxp) and Eddie Oran (analyst) will call the action. Check www. 12/8 Tues. UTSA LHN 7 pm TexasSports.com for a listing of affi liates carrying the game. 12/12 Sat. North Carolina ESPN 4:15 pm 12/15 Tues. Appalachian State LHN 7 pm 12/19 Sat. at Stanford (Stanford, Calif.) ESPN2 10:30 pm • SERIES: Texas leads, 10-0. Last meeting: Texas 63-53 (Dec. 2, 2014; Austin). 12/29 Tues. Connecticut ESPN2 8 pm 1/2 Sat. at Texas Tech* (Lubbock, Texas) ESPNU TBA 1/5 Tues. Kansas State* LHN 8 pm 1/9 Sat. at TCU* (Fort Worth, Texas) ESPNU TBA NOTABLES 1/12 Tues. Iowa State* ESPN2 8 pm • IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME: UT plays just its second home game of the season on 1/16 Tues. Oklahoma State* ESPN2 5 pm Tuesday night. Th e Horns have spent a total of 13 days outside the country for trips to 1/20 Wed. at West Virginia* (Morgantown, W. Va.) ESPNU 6 pm 1/23 Sat. at Kansas* (Lawrence, Kan.) ESPN oe ESPN2 1 pm China and Th e Bahamas while playing four of its fi rst fi ve games at neutral sites. UT begins 1/26 Tues. TCU* LHN 7 pm a season-long fi ve-game homestand on Tuesday. Big 12/SEC Challenge (Austin, Texas) • DAVIS SHINES AT ATLANTIS: Freshman guard Eric Davis, Jr. earned Phillips 66 Big 1/30 Sat. Vanderbilt ESPN or ESPN2 11 am 12 Newcomer of the Week honors. He averaged a team-best 15.3 points in 22.3 minutes per 2/1 Mon. at Baylor* (Waco, Texas) ESPN 8 pm game and converted 15-of-24 (.625) fi eld goals, including 7-of-13 (.538) three-pointers, 2/6 Sat. Texas Tech* LHN 1 pm during UT’s three contests at the Battle 4 Atlantis. 2/8 Mon. at Oklahoma* (Norman, Okla.) ESPN 8 pm 2/13 Sat. at Iowa State* (Ames, Iowa) ESPN or ESPN2 TBA 2/16 Tues. West Virginia* ESPN2 6 pm • RIDLEY OFF TO SOLID START: Senior center Cameron Ridley leads the team in 2/20 Sat. Baylor* ESPN or ESPN2 1 pm rebounding (9.6 rpg) and blocks (11) and ranks second in scoring (11.8 ppg) through the 2/22 Mon. at Kansas State* (Manhattan, Kan.) ESPNU 6 pm fi rst fi ve contests. He has converted 23-of-31 (.742) fi eld goals and reached double fi gures 2/27 Sat. Oklahoma* CBS 1 pm in scoring in four of the fi rst fi ve games. 2/29 Mon. Kansas* ESPN 8 pm 3/4 Fri. at Oklahoma State* (Stillwater, Okla.) ESPN2 8 pm PROJECTED GAME STARTERS (2015-16 stats) 3/9-12 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) No Pos Name Ht Yr GP-GS Pts Reb 1 _____ G ___ Isaiah Taylor _____________6-3 ___ Jr. _______5/5 ____ 15.0 ____ 4.8# 3/17-20 NCAA Second & Third Rounds (site TBA) 3/24-27 NCAA Regionals (site TBA) 2 _____ G ___ Demarcus Holland ________6-3 ___ Sr. _______5/5 _____ 4.6 _____ 3.0 4/2 & 4 NCAA Final Four (Houston, Texas) 3 _____ G ___ Javan Felix _____________5-11 ___ Sr. _______5/3 _____ 7.8 ____ 2.0# 21 ____ F ___ Connor Lammert ________6-10 ___ Sr. _______5/5 _____ 6.6 _____ 4.8 55 ____ C ___ Cameron Ridley _________6-10 ___ Sr. _______5/5 ____ 11.8 _____ 9.6 *Big 12 Conference opponents | All Times Central OFF THE BENCH All home contests in Bold | lhn = Longhorn Network 0 _____ G/F _ Tevin Mack ______________6-6 ___ Fr. _______5/0 _____ 5.0 _____ 2.6 Texas Basketball Media Relations 4 _____ F ___ Danny Newsome ________6-10 ___ Jr. ________ - _______- _______ - Basketball SID: Scott McConnell 5 _____ G ___ Kendal Yancy ____________6-3 ___ Jr. _______2/1 _____ 3.5 _____ 0.5 Offi ce: (512) 471-1345 | Cell: (512) 748-9313| E-mail: [email protected] 10 ____G ___ Eric Davis, Jr. ____________6-2 ___ Fr. _______5/1 ____ 11.4 _____ 1.6 Secondary SID: David Wiechmann 12 ____G ___ Kerwin Roach, Jr. _________6-4 ___ Fr. _______5/0 _____ 5.2 _____ 3.4 Offi ce: (512) 471-6062 | Cell: (936) 234-2711 | E-mail: [email protected] 25 ____ G ___ Joe Schwartz _____________6-2 ___So. ________ - _______- _______ - 30 ____ F ___ Ryan McClurg ___________6-6 ___ Jr. ________ - _______- _______ - Web site: www.TexasSports.com 32 ____ F ___ Shaquille Cleare __________6-8 ___ Jr. _______5/0 _____ 3.0 _____ 3.8 33 ____ F ___ Jordan Barnett ___________6-6 ___So. _______2/0 _____ 0.0 _____ 0.5 44 ____ C ___ Prince Ibeh _____________6-11 ___ Sr. _______5/0 _____ 1.2 _____ 3.0 @TexasMBB *-assists per game Head Coach: Shaka Smart, 2-3 at Texas (1st year); 165-59 overall (7th year) UT ARLINGTON SERIES INFO • Th e 163 wins tied Smart for the second-highest number of • Tuesday’s contest marks the 11th meeting between Texas and total victories during the fi rst six years of a head coaching UT Arlington. Each of the previous 10 contests have been held career in NCAA history (Brad Stevens, Butler; 166-49 in at the Frank Erwin Center. 2008-12). • Texas holds a 10-0 lead in the all-time series that dates back • VCU and Duke are the only two programs in the country to to a 116-66 UT win on Nov. 28, 1989 in Austin. have posted at least 26 wins in each of the past six seasons. • Last year (Dec. 2, 2014), the Longhorns posted a 63-53 victory • VCU is one of only 11 schools in the nation to earn an NCAA in Austin. Tournament bid in each of the past fi ve years (Cincinnati, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan State, North HORNS AT HOME Carolina, Ohio State, San Diego State and Wisconsin). • UT is in its 39th season of play at the Frank Erwin Center. Th e Longhorns have registered an all-time record of 464-109 FREQUENT FLYER LONGHORNS (.810) in the building. • UT’s trip to Shanghai, China for its season opener was just • Texas is 192-26 (.881) at the Erwin Center in the last 14 the beginning of a unique early-season travel schedule for the seasons (dating to the start of the 2002-03 season). Longhorns. • Aft er returning to Austin following seven days in China, the TEXAS SUCCESS AT THE ERWIN CENTER Horns spent eight days at home (played home opener on Nov. Year ______________________________________Home Record 21) before leaving the country again on Nov. 23 for a six-day 2002-03 ___________________________________________14-0 trip to the Bahamas (Nov. 23-28) to participate in the Battle 4 2003-04 ___________________________________________15-1 Atlantis. UT returned to Austin on Saturday, Nov. 28. 2004-05 ___________________________________________14-2 • UT’s non-conference schedule later includes a lengthy travel 2005-06 ___________________________________________16-1 2006-07 ___________________________________________15-1 trip west to face Stanford (Dec. 19). 2007-08 ___________________________________________17-1 • Th e roundtrip mileage breakdown for these three early- 2008-09 ___________________________________________13-2 season trips totals 20,488 miles (distance from Austin to 2009-10 ___________________________________________15-2 Shanghai: 7,465 miles; distance from Austin to Atlantis: 1,297 2010-11 ___________________________________________16-2 miles; distance from Austin to Palo Alto, Calif.: 1,482 miles). 2011-12 ___________________________________________15-3 2012-13 ___________________________________________12-4 NAVY SEAL TEAM TRAINING 2013-14 ___________________________________________16-2 • Aft er using Navy SEAL training for his fi nal four years at VCU, 2014-15 ___________________________________________13-5 Shaka Smart and strength/conditioning coach Daniel Roose 2015-16 ____________________________________________1-0 TOTAL _________________________________________192-26 brought the program to Texas. • All players and members of the UT coaching and support staff MICHIGAN GAME NOTES took part in a three-day training session in late September. • UT set a team season high in three-pointers made (10-of-26). • Th e goals of the training session were to improve • Michigan set UT opponent team season highs in FG percentage communication, leadership and team-building. (.580, 29-of-50) and three-point FG percentage (.560, 14-of- • John McGuire, who spent 10 years as a Navy SEAL and the 25). past 17 years organizing training sessions incorporating some • Eric Davis, Jr. reached double fi gures in scoring (12 points) for of the same rugged regimens, led the training.