Details announced for Texas basketball's preseason Orange-White scrimmage
Texas will begin its 2023-24 season with the Orange-White Scrimmage in Gregory Gym on Tuesday, October 17 at 6 p.m., the program announced Wednesday. Admission will be free, and all seating is general admission on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Doors will open at 5 p.m.
The scrimmage will serve as the unofficial kickoff for Rodney Terry‘s first season as permanent head coach of the Longhorns. Terry took over last year, first as acting head coach, when Chris Beard was suspended in December. Upon Beard’s dismissal, Terry was named interim head coach.
During his tenure as acting and interim coach, Terry was 22-8 and 12-6 in the Big 12. He led the Longhorns to the program’s second Big 12 Tournament title, and back to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time ever and the first time since 2008.
Terry was named the 26th head coach of the Longhorn men’s basketball program on March 27, 2023.
Since his hiring, Terry has worked to build the Longhorn roster via high school recruiting and the transfer portal.
Texas added five transfers in the offseason in Virginia’s Kadin Shedrick, UCF’s Ithiel Horton, UTEP’s Ze’Rik Onyema, UT-Arlington’s Chendall Weaver, and Oral Roberts’ Max Abmas.
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That group of five joined returning players Dillon Mitchell, Dylan Disu, Tyrese Hunter, Alex Anamekwe, Brock Cunningham, Preston Clark, Gavin Perryman, and Cole Bott plus 2023 signees Chris Johnson and Devon Pryor.
Including his previous stops at Fresno State and UTEP, Terry has a career record of 185-164 with two NCAA tournament appearances.
2023-24 Texas Longhorns roster
PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-0.5, junior (10.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists)
CG Max Abmas, 6-0, super senior (21.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists at ORU)
SG Ithiel Horton, 6-4.5, super-duper senior (12.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists at UCF)
SG Chendall Weaver, 6-3, sophomore (9.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists at UTA)
CG Chris Johnson, 6-4, freshman
SF Devon Pryor, 6-7, freshman
SF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, sophomore (1.5 points, 0.7 rebounds)
F Brock Cunningham, 6-5.5, super-duper senior (4.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists)
F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, sophomore (4.3 points, 3.9 rebounds)
PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, super senior (8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 blocks)
PF Ze’Rik Onyema, 6-8, senior (7.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.5 blocks at UTEP)
C Kadin Shedrick, 6-11, senior (6.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.4 blocks at Virginia)
