Tramon Mark injury update: Rodney Terry pushes back on belief Texas guard was unavailable

It wasn’t an injury that led to a season-low in minutes this week for Texas’ Tramon Mark. At least, not according to Rodney Terry.

The Texas head coach was asked about Mark being injured and how that affected the Longhorns in their 86-81 OT loss at Arkansas on Wednesday. He clarified that Mark wasn’t hurt but that they felt they had a better option than him on the night with the play of Devon Pryor.

“I don’t think Tramon went down. He still was available to play,” Terry noted at the end of his press conference. “Devon Pryor was playing really well and thought Devon was doing a really good job on, on Davis guarding-wise and everything. You know, Tramon got some good looks and just wasn’t able to score some, score some baskets tonight.”

Mark, the fourth-leading scorer for Texas, could not get it going at all against one of his former schools in the ‘Hogs. In 18 minutes, he, although averaging 9.3 points on 38.3% from the field and 35.1% from three, scored two points on one basket at 12.5% shooting overall and missing each of his attempts from distance. He did grab six rebounds, though, which was nearly a season-high for him.

In his place, Pyror had six points on 3-of-4 shooting, three boards, and a block in 34 minutes. That was a career-best for him in playing time as a sophomore for the Burnt Orange. The lineup did change for Texas in a much-needed game in Fayetteville. It just didn’t happen because of injury, like they thought, to Mark.

“He was fine,” Terry closed.

2025 SEC Basketball Tournament Projection – Feb. 27th

The SEC Tournament will take place between March 12-16 inside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

In the latest bracketology from Joe Lunardi, 13 teams from the Southeastern Conference are receiving at-large bids in the NCAA Tournament. However, there will be a few teams whose postseason hopes rely on winning the conference tournament or at playing well in Music City.

SEC Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

Round 1

Game 1: 9 Mississippi State vs. 16 South Carolina
Date/Time: 1 p.m. ET, March 12

Game 2: 12 Georgia vs. 13 Texas
Date/Time: 25 minutes after Game 1, March 12

Game 3: 11 Arkansas vs. 14 Oklahoma
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 12

Game 4: 10 Vanderbilt vs. 15 LSU
Date/Time: 25 minutes after Game 3, March 12

Round 2

Game 5: 8 Kentucky vs. Winner of Mississippi State/South Carolina
Date/Time: 1 p.m. ET, March 13

Game 6: 5 Missouri vs. Winner of Georgia/Texas
Date/Time: 25 minutes after Game 5, March 13

Game 7: 7 Ole Miss vs. Winner of Vanderbilt/LSU
Date/Time: 25 minutes after Game 7, March 13

Game 8: 6 Texas A&M vs. Winner of Arkansas/Oklahoma
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 13

Quarterfinals

Game 9: 1 Auburn vs. Winner of Game 5
Date/Time: 1 p.m. ET, March 14

Game 10: 4 Tennessee vs. Winner of Game 6
Date/Time: 25 minutes after Game 9, March 14

Game 11: 2 Alabama vs. Winner of Game 7
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 14

Game 12: 3 Florida vs. Winner of Game 8
Date/Time: 25 minutes after Game 11, March 14

Semifinals

Game 13: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10
Date/Time: 1 p.m. ET, March 15

Game 14: Winner of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 12
Date/Time: 25 minutes after Game 13, March 15

SEC Tournament Championship

Winner of Game 13 vs. Winner of Game 14
Date/Time: 1 p.m. ET, March 16