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The Reheat: The Longhorns crush the Aggies' souls yet again in Hoops and in everything

by:RT Young•03/14/25
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Tre Johnson (Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Welcome to The Reheat, usually a football staple, but we’re busting it out for the thrilling victory in the SEC Tournament over Texas A&M. It’s a recap and reaction to the previous day’s game, just popped out of the microwave.

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Time and time again, the Texas Longhorns prove to be Texas A&M’s bogeyman.

Yesterday’s 94-89 2OT win in the SEC Tournament was a do-or-die game for Texas. After the Longhorns prevailed, I was left wondering if Texas would have succeeded if it had been against another opponent. It’s like when the two schools play these days, they’re forced into their historic roles.

Texas A&M can’t escape it, and the Longhorns relish in it. The phenomenon plays out across different sports—on the field or court and off of it. Like Michael Myers or Texas superfan The Undertaker of WWE, the Horns continue to haunt their rival of 100+ years.

The Aggies are free of Texas in the mighty SEC? Here come the Horns.

The “Farmers Fight” back and lap Texas in recruiting with Jimbo Fisher? Jimbo is gone. Steve Sarkisian has Quinn Ewers, Arch Manning, and a multi-time playoff team.

The Aggies build an incredible baseball program under Jim Schlossnagle and are set to dominate for a decade? Schloss is headed to Austin in what amounts to highway robbery.

The Longhorns have a burgeoning women’s basketball program under coach Vic Schaefer? He definitely participated in a ring dunk once upon a time because he’s an A&M grad who saw the light.

How about the biggest football game in Kyle Field history? Texas doesn’t allow a touchdown.

Then the Aggies are up 22 points in Austin with a much better basketball team? Tramon Mark wins it at the buzzer.

But finally, Texas’ basketball program is on life support in a historic SEC season, and the Aggies can be the reason their rival misses March Madness. 

Then it’s Jordan Pope from deep. Kadin Shedrick with a slam. Mark is clutch again. Freshman phenom Tre Johnson with the dagger in the heart.

Bevo’s horns impale the heart of the Aggies. 

Rinse, repeat, forever.

Fire The Cannon for: Texas Fight on display. The Longhorns are an extremely talented but incredibly flawed basketball team. Still, regardless of his future job prospects in Austin, this squad plays incredibly hard under Rodney Terry.

Horns Up For: Tre Johnson’s logo three.

Bevo’s Bucket: Despite the win, the Longhorns’ flawed process was apparent. The Horns are the literal bull in the proverbial china shop. They live and die by the “your turn, my turn” isolation basketball that works when the rock is going in and is a disaster when it’s what you rely on to get into the NCAA Tournament. Fans saw the best and worst of it yesterday, in overtime no less.

A few awful ball-stopping sets resulted in bad shots by Arthur Kaluma or Mark and nearly dug Texas into a hole they couldn’t crawl out of. But they did. Insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results. But what if the Horns can out last the theory and turn it on it’s head? Could they go on a little run and do the thing so often that the hypothesis shatters?

Schadenfreude of the Week: The Aggies have been given the noogies by Big Brother yet again.
This Piping Hot Take Burned the Roof of My Mouth: Tre Johnson gets white-hot against Tennessee, and the Longhorns advance in the SEC Tournament again. 73-68, good guys.

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Hype Train Level: There’s some peace knowing this team is exactly who we think they are, and Longhorn fans can simply ride it as long as it lasts. Because making the dance is certainly more fun than being left at home.

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