Men's Basketball

University of Texas at Austin

PO Box 7399 - Austin, TX - 78713
Team Office: Tel: (512) 471-5757 Fax: (512) 471-6040
Team website: www.texassports.com/

The University of Texas at Austin is the state's flagship school and boasts having the second highest number of merit scholars among incoming freshman versus its sister campuses. It is also one of nation's largest public universities with an enrollment of 50,000. Seven of the school's doctoral programs rank in the top 10 in the nation. Among its undergraduate programs, its Radio and TV and Business school are highly regarded. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Texas at Austin #44 among national institutions overall.

The campus is located in Austin (pop. 656k) which is located in central Texas. Austin is approximately 230 miles from Mexico and less than 100 miles from San Antonio to its south.

School website
www.utexas.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

37,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 1120-1370

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$16,000
Out-of-State: ~$28,000

Most Popular Majors

Social Sciences - Communication - Business

Misc. Information

Head coach Rick Barnes completed his 10th year at Texas in 2007-08. Barnes has guided Texas to a school-record ten consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, including three Sweet 16s, one Elite 8, and one Final Four in the last seven years. In his short tenure, Barnes has averaged more than 24 wins per season. Career-wise, Barnes has averaged 20 wins per season over 20 years and had just one losing season. Prior to coming to Texas in 1998-99, Barnes was head coach at George Mason, Providence, and Clemson. At Clemson, he produced the school's best all time winning percentage. Barnes began his coaching career as an assistant at North State Academy in 1977-78. Barnes was a standout player at Hickory High (NC) and played college ball at Lenoir-Rhyne. In 2007-08, the Longhorns went 31-7 and advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tourney before falling to Memphis.

Team Name	Longhorns
Colors	Burnt Orange and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1563-935 (.625)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	31-7	25-10	30-7	116-46 (.716)
Conference	13-3	12-4	13-3	56-24 (.720)
Conf. Finish	3	3	1	5, 2, 2, 2, 2
Post Appear.	Elite 8	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#5	#11	#9	4x

Coaches

Head Coach	Rick Barnes
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Texas - Austin	1998-99
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	449-227 (.664)
Record at Texas - Austin	247-93 (.726)
Coaching Awards	Big 12 COTY, District COTY

Asst. Coaches	Russel Springman, Rodney Terry, Ken McDonald

Recruiting Coordinator

Russell Springman, (512) 471-5816, tbp

Conference and Schedule

Texas plays in the Big 12 which is regarded as one of the most difficult conferences in the nation. The Big 12 (www.big12sports.org) is comprised of 12 teams from seven different states in two divisions. Texas plays in the south division. The Longhorns plays a 16 game schedule, playing five teams twice and the remainder once. Conference play begins in January with one game played during the week and another on Saturday afternoon. The season concludes with the Big 12 tourney which takes all 12 teams with the top four receiving first round byes. Tournament winner receives an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

South: Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, and Baylor. North: Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas State, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa State.

Facilities

Erwin Events Center
Capacity: 16, 000

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Texas was ranked #6 in scoring offense at 81.7 ppg.