Game Thread: Texas battles Ohio State in Las Vegas to open the season
Rodney Terry begins his second season as full-time head coach of the Longhorns tonight as his No. 19 Texas team battles the Jake Diebler‘s Ohio State Buckeyes.
[Join Inside Texas TODAY with code HOOKEM and get 50% off annual memberships!]
Teams don’t often face Power Conference opponents to start the year, but Terry is excited to see how his team responds to a Big 10 team to begin the season.
Top 10
- 1Trending
Alabama AD
Greg Byrne fires back at chatter
- 2Hot
Projecting CFP Top 25
Controversy is coming
- 3
5 for Georgia transfer
Contenders for Julian Humphrey
- 4
ACC commish call out
Jim Phillips challenges CFP committee
- 5New
Kentucky coach on the move
Nebraska to hire UK asst.
“Get challenged right off the bat,” Terry said Wednesday. “Well-coached team. Jake’s done a great job with his program there. He’s got some great returners in (Bruce) Thornton back. Thornton’s one of the best guards in the country. I think you want to find out early what you are. We played two Big 12 teams to this point right now (in scrimmages), so we jump right in there in terms of playing well-coached teams and teams with older players, which we will play on Monday night.”
Join the conversation on the Inside Texas Members Only board HERE!
The game will tip a 9 p.m. Central and air on TruTV, TNT, and stream on MAX.
“I think it’ll be great for us,” Terry said. “It’s great exposure. We’re playing in a primetime slot, so there will be a lot of eyeballs around the country on Texas basketball,” Terry said.
Returning Longhorns
Kadin Shedrick, 6-foot-11, 231 lbs, Gr.: 7.7 pts, 3.0 rebs, 0.5 ast
Chendall Weaver, 6-foot-3, 180 lbs, Jr.: 6.2 pts, 3.0 rebs, 0.6 ast
Ze’Rik Onyema, 6-foot-9, 235 lbs, Sr.: 3.3 pts, 2.2 rebs, 0.2 ast
Devon Pryor, 6-foot-7, 185 lbs, So.: 0.7 pts, 1.0 rebs, 0.0 ast
Cole Bott, 6-foot-6, 195 lbs, Gr.: 0.0 pts, 0.5 rebs, 0.0 ast (walk-on)
Preston Clark, 6-foot-6, 220 lbs, R-So.: 0.0 pts, 0.0 rebs, 0.0 ast (walk-on)
Transfer additions
Jordan Pope, 6-foot-2, 175 lbs, Jr., Oregon State: 17.6 pts, 2.6 rebs, 3.4 ast
Tramon Mark, 6-foot-5, 200 lbs, Gr., Arkansas: 16.2 pts, 4.3 rebs, 1.8 ast
Julian Larry, 6-foot-3, 185 lbs, Gr., Indiana State: 11.0 pts, 2.8 rebs, 4.8 ast
Jayson Kent, 6-foot-8, 215 lbs, Gr., Indiana State: 13.5 pts, 8.1 rebs, 0.6 ast
Arthur Kaluma, 6-foot-7, 225 lbs, Sr., Kansas State: 14.4 pts, 7.0 rebs, 2.0 ast
Malik Presley, 6-foot-6, 200 lbs, So., Vanderbilt: 2.2 pts, 1.6 rebs, 0.5 ast
True Freshmen
Tre Johnson, 6-foot-6, 190 lbs, Fr., Link Academy (Mo.)
Nic Codie, 6-foot-8, 200 lbs, Fr., Dallas (Texas) Newman Smith
Jamie Vinson, 6-foot-11, 225 lbs, Fr., Oak Hill Academy (Va.)
Anthon McDermott, 6-foot-5, 185 lbs, Fr., Hallsville (Texas), walk-on
