2012-13 TEXAS @TexasMBB FINAL FOUR: 1943, 1947, 2003 • ELITE 8: 1939, 1943, 1947, 1990, 2003, 2006, 2008 • 13 SWEET 16s • 30 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • 25 CONFERENCE REGULAR-SEASON TITLES GAME INFORMATION GAME 1 Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 • 7 p.m. CT • Frank Erwin Center (16,540) TV: Longhorn Network --/-- Fresno State Mark Neely (pxp); Reid Gettys (analyst); Kaylee Hartung (reporter). 0-0, 0-0 Mountain West Head Coach: Rodney Terry (St. Edwards ‘90) Radio: Longhorn IMG Radio Network Career: 13-20, 2nd season • at FS: 13-20, 2nd season Craig Way (play-by-play); Eddie Oran (analyst). Austin Radio: KVET (FM-98.1 / AM-1300 The Zone) rv/24 Texas Satellite Radio: XM 202 / Sirius 216 Streaming Audio: TexasSports.com 0-0, 0-0 Big 12 Head Coach: Rick Barnes (Lenoir-Rhyne ‘77) Live Stats: TexasSports.com Career: 524-257, 26th season • at UT: 322-123, 15th Season Twitter/Instagram: @TexasMBB Series: Tied, 1-1 2012-13 SCHEDULE Last meeting: Fresno State won, 90-82 (Jan. 24, 1998 at Fresno, Calif.) DATE UT OPP OPPONENT TV RESULT/TIME NOTES NOVEMBER 9 FRI rv/24 --/-- FRESNO STATE LHN 7 p.m. • The 107th Season: Texas tips off its 107th season of intercollegiate basketball when it EA SPORTS Maui Invitational Opening Game (Austin, Texas) plays host to Fresno State on Friday, Nov. 9. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. at the Erwin Center. 12 MON --/-- --/-- COPPIN STATE LHN 7 p.m. The Longhorns hold an all-time record of 1,658-979 (.629) in their previous 106 years EA SPORTS Maui Invitational (Maui, Hawai’i) of competition. UT played its fi rst varsity basketball contest on March 10, 1906 and 19 MON --/-- --/-- vs. Chaminade ESPNU 8:30 p.m. CT recorded a 27-17 victory against Baylor in Austin. The Horns went on to post a 7-1 mark 20 TUE --/-- --/-- vs. USC or Illinois ESPN2 TBA in the program’s opening season. Texas has fi elded a varsity basketball team in every 21 WED --/-- --/-- Championship Round TBA TBA 27 TUE --/-- --/-- SAM HOUSTON STATE LHN 7 p.m. year since then with the exception of the 1907-08 season. DECEMBER • Texas in Season Openers: Texas has posted an overall mark of 87-19 (.821) in its 1 SAT --/-- --/-- UT-ARLINGTON LHN TBA previous 106 season-opening games. The Longhorns are 12-2 in season openers under Jimmy V Classic (Madison Square Garden; New York, N.Y.) coach Rick Barnes. 4 TUE --/-- --/-- vs. Georgetown ESPN 6 p.m. CT • Texas in Home Openers: Texas has posted an overall mark of 91-15 (.858) in its MD Anderson Proton Therapy Showcase (Reliant Stadium; Houston, Texas) previous 106 home-opening contests. UT is 30-5 in home openers since the Frank Erwin 8 SAT --/-- --/-- vs. UCLA ESPN 4:15 p.m. 15 SAT --/-- --/-- TEXAS STATE LHN 7 p.m. Center opened prior to the 1977-78 season. The Horns are 12-2 in home openers under 19 WED --/-- --/-- NORTH CAROLINA ESPN2 8 p.m. coach Rick Barnes. 22 SAT --/-- --/-- at Michigan State ESPN2 1 p.m. CT • Series vs. Fresno State: This marks the third meeting between Texas and Fresno State 29 SAT --/-- --/-- RICE LHN 1 p.m. on the hardcourt. The two teams have split the previous pair of contests. In the fi rst JANUARY meeting (Dec. 14, 1996), the Longhorns recorded a 98-86 victory against No. 16 Fresno 5 SAT --/-- --/-- at Baylor * ESPNU 1 p.m. State in Austin. In that game, Reggie Freeman paced the Horns with 43 points (15-of-27 9 WED --/-- --/-- WEST VIRGINIA * ESPN2 8 p.m. FG, 2-of-6 threes, 11-of-15 FT), tying a Erwin Center record for most points. Freeman still 12 SAT --/-- --/-- at Iowa State * ESPNU 1 p.m. shares the record with Jim Krivacs (Nov. 27, 1978 vs. Northern Montana). In the second 19 SAT --/-- --/-- KANSAS * CBS 1 p.m. 21 MON --/-- --/-- at Oklahoma * ESPN 8:30 p.m. matchup between the two schools (Jan. 24, 1998), the Bulldogs registered a 90-82 win 26 SAT --/-- --/-- TEXAS TECH * LHN 7 p.m. in Fresno. 30 WED --/-- --/-- at Kansas State * ESPN2 8 p.m. • The Two Coaches: Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry served as an assistant FEBRUARY coach at Texas with coach Rick Barnes for nine seasons (2003-11). During this time, 2 SAT --/-- --/-- TCU * LHN 7 p.m. the Longhorns posted a 232-80 record and made nine NCAA Tournament appearances. 4 MON --/-- --/-- at West Virginia * ESPN 8 p.m. CT Texas made four “Sweet 16” appearances during Terry’s nine years, including a trip to 9 MON --/-- --/-- OKLAHOMA STATE * Big 12 12:45 p.m. the Final Four in 2003 and the “Elite Eight” in both 2006 and 2008. This marks the fi rst 13 WED --/-- --/-- IOWA STATE * Big 12 7 p.m. 16 SAT --/-- --/-- at Kansas * ESPN 8 p.m. time that the two have met as opposing head coaches. 19 TUE --/-- --/-- at TCU * Big 12 7 p.m. 23 SAT --/-- --/-- KANSAS STATE * LHN 7 p.m. TEXAS MEDIA RELATIONS 27 WED --/-- --/-- OKLAHOMA * ESPN2 8 p.m. MARCH Scott McConnell • Assistant AD/Men’s Basketball Contact 2 SAT --/-- --/-- at Oklahoma State * ESPN 3 p.m. Email: [email protected] • O: 512-471-1345 • C: 512-748-9313 4 MON --/-- --/-- BAYLOR * ESPN 8 p.m. 9 SAT --/-- --/-- at Texas Tech * Big 12 3 p.m. Brian Karst • Assistant Media Relations Director/Secondary MBB Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) Email: [email protected] • O: 512-471-6039 • C: 512-748-5292 13 WED --/-- --/-- First Round TBD TBD 14 THU --/-- --/-- Quarterfi nals TBD TBD UT Intercollegiate Athletics Media Relations Department 15 FRI --/-- --/-- Semifi nals TBD TBD P.O. Box 7399, Austin, TX 78713-7399 16 SAT --/-- --/-- Championship Game ESPN 5 p.m. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP DATES AND SITES: First Four, March 19-20 - Dayton, Ohio Second & Third Rounds, March 21-24 - Auburn Hills, Mich.; Lexington, Ky.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Jose, Calif.; Austin, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; Kansas City, Mo.; Philadelphia, Pa. Regionals, March 28-31 - Los Angeles, Calif.; Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Texas; Indianapolis, Ind. Final Four, April 6-8 - Atlanta, Ga. * - Big 12 Conference game | All times Central. | Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches 2012-13 TEXAS MEN’S BASKETBALL TexasSports.com • @TexasMBB A CHECK OF THE POLLS IN “SWEET” COMPANY Texas is not ranked in the preseason Associated Texas has advanced to at least the NCAA “Sweet Press poll and is ranked in a tie for No. 24 in 16” a total of fi ve times in the last 11 years (2002, the USA Today coaches’ preseason poll. This 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008). The Longhorns are marks the 11th time in the last 12 years that the one of just 12 schools to accomplish this feat, Longhorns have been ranked in the coaches’ joining Duke (8), Kansas (8), Connecticut (6), preseason poll. During the Rick Barnes era, the Kentucky (6), Michigan State (6), North Carolina Horns have spent 175 weeks in The AP Top 25, (6), Arizona (5), Pittburgh (5), Syracuse (5), including 84 in the Top 10. Wisconsin (5) and Xavier (5). HORNS AT HOME HORNS REACH 20 WINS, AGAIN LONGHORNS IN THE NBA Texas enters its 36th year HOME RECORD With their 20-14 record in 2011-12, the Longhorns Longhorns on opening day rosters for the 2012-13 of play in the Frank Erwin 2002-03 14-0 reached the 20-win mark for the 13th straight year. Center. The Longhorns 2003-04 15-1 Texas has reached the 30-win plateau twice in the season. 2004-05 14-2 NAME TEAM NBA SEASON have registered an all-time 2005-06 16-1 previous seven years (31-7 record in 2007-08, 30-7 LaMarcus Aldridge Trailblazers 7th record of 422-98 (.812) in the 2006-07 15-1 mark in 2005-06). UT’s current streak of 13 straight D.J. Augustin Pacers 5th building. Since Rick Barnes 2007-08 17-1 20-win campaigns is a school record. Prior to the Avery Bradley Celtics 3rd arrived in Austin, UT has 2008-09 13-2 current streak, the previous school mark for most Kevin Durant Thunder 6th recorded a 197-27 (.879) 2009-10 15-2 consecutive 20-win seasons was four (1988-89 2010-11 16-2 Daniel Gibson Cavaliers 7th mark at the Erwin Center, 2011-12 15-3 to 1991-92). The Horns have reached the 20-win Jordan Hamilton Nuggets 2nd including a 94-19 (.831) TOTALS 150-15 plateau in all but one of Rick Barnes’ seasons in Royal Ivey 76ers 9th record in Big 12 Conference Austin. The Horns posted a 19-13 mark in 1998-99 Cory Joseph Spurs 2nd home games. Texas is 107-12 (.899) at the Erwin (Barnes’ fi rst year at UT) and won the Big 12 Dexter Pittman Heat 3rd Center in the last seven seasons (dating to the Conference title. Tristan Thompson Cavaliers 2nd start of the 2005-06 season). P.J. Tucker Suns 2nd CONSISTENT SUCCESS IN THE BIG 12 HOME SUCCESS AGAINST THE AP TOP 25 Texas has reached the 10-win mark in Big 12 NBA DRAFT UT owns a 29-14 (.674) mark against AP Top 25 Conference play a total of 10 times in the fi rst 14 Longhorns selected during the Rick Barnes era. opponents under Rick Barnes at the Erwin Center seasons under Rick Barnes (the fi rst 13 years YEAR PLAYER ROUND (OVERALL PICK) TEAM entering the 2012-13 season. featured 16-game league schedules). Texas posted 1999 Kris Clack 2 (55) Celtics 9-7 conference marks in 2004-05, 2008-09 and 2000 Chris Mihm * 1 (7) Bulls 14-IN-A-ROW 2009-10 and went 9-9 in 2011-12.