Men's Basketball

No. 1 Texas


Record: 22-6. Last 10: 8-2.

Location, conference: Austin, Texas; Big Twelve.

Web site: www.texassports.com.

Conference finish: Second; lost in quarterfinals of conference tournament.

NCAA tournament record: 19-23.

Last tournament appearance: 2002.

Coach: Rick Barnes (fifth season, 112-49).

Starters:
F Brad Buckman, 6-8, Fr., 6.5 ppg., 5.5 rpg.
C James Thomas, 6-8, Jr., 11.6 ppg., 11.3 rpg.
G T.J. Ford, 5-10, So., 14.8 ppg., 7.2 apg.
G B. Mouton, 6-4, Jr., 14.2 ppg., 4.4 rpg.
G Royal Ivey, 6-3, Jr., 8.1 ppg., 3.1 rpg.

Key reserves: F Brian Boddicker, 6-8, Jr., 8.0 ppg., 3.6 rpg.; G Sydmill Harris, 6-5, So., 5.9 ppg., 1.0 rpg.

Key statistics: PPG.: 78.8; OPPG.: 67.8; FG.: 44.9 percent; OFG.: 40.8 percent; 3-PT.: 35.0 percent; FT.: 71.3 percent.

Scouting report: In one of the better games of the season, Texas overcame a 15-point deficit to beat Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., on March 8, 76-71. Ford hit a fallaway jumper with 14 seconds remaining to clinch it. ... Ford leads the league in assists. ... Thomas is the top rebounder in the Big Twelve. ... Last season the Longhorns made it to the Sweet 16.

—Statistics through regular season.

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