The Longhorn Republic

After struggling a week ago, the Texas Longhorns returned to their winning ways on both diamonds. The baseball team used some come-from-behind dramatics to take care of business against the Kansas State Wildcats, before splitting a midweek series against the Texas State Bobcats. The softball team took themselves to Ames and returned to Austin after sweeping the Iowa State Cyclones to get back in t...

With both basketball championships in the rearview mirror and the winter sports season waning, we bring back the man behind @Direct_Cupdates , Brett Wilkinson, to give us some insight into the latest standings. He also takes some time to help us predict whether the Texas Longhorns can pull off the three-peat and who the competition is for the top athletic department in the country. We take some ti...

After reaching their first Elite Eight for the first time since 2008, the Texas Longhorns were in a prime position to reach their first Final Four since TJ Ford was on campus, but a late-game meltdown - aided by the officials - sent the Miami Hurricanes to the next round. Following the suspension and eventual firing of Chris Beard, the Longhorns looked shaky for a few games but Rodney Terry manage...

The Texas Longhorns have the opportunity to do what just five teams before them have been able to do, reach the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament. Standing in their way, are the Xavier Musketeers, who bring one of the more effective offenses left in the tournament. Xavier and head coach Sean Miller are coming off a close win in the opening round over Kennesaw State and a runaway victory over Pittsbur...

The Texas Longhorns took the court in both the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments, with the women hoping to repeat and improve on last year's success, while the men hoped to make a deeper run than they have in 15 years. While Rodney Terry and the men's team managed to knock off both their first two opponents, with a lopsided opening win over Colgate, before surviving a late-game push from the Penn...

After strong runs in the conference tournaments, with the men bringing home the title, both of the Texas Longhorns basketball teams find themselves preparing for tournament runs that set up for fireworks. For the men, sitting as a No. 2 seed after winning the Big 12 tournament, getting out of the first two rounds for the first time since 2008 means a potential matchup against the Texas A&M Aggies,...

With a dominant win over the Kansas State Wildcats, the Texas Longhorns' women's basketball team brought home their first regular-season title since the 2004 season -- just three seasons into the Vic Schaefer era. For their troubles, the Longhorns brought home three of the major conference awards, Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year, in addition to three all-c...

The Texas Longhorns, both the men and the women, had a chance to cement their place in the conference pecking order against the Baylor Bears and both were unable to get it done. So now, as the regular season comes to a close, both teams face must-win situations in order to keep their share of the conference title and bring the trophy back to Austin. After a 3-1 week, the baseball team took the No....

After seeing double-digit departures through the MLB Draft and the transfer portal, the Texas Longhorns baseball team is clearly looking at a rebuilding year after making yet another trip to Omaha a year ago under head coach David Pierce. After two close losses on Friday and Saturday, errors and defensive struggles led to a blowout at the hands of the Vanderbilt Commodores to close out the season...

The 2023 Texas Longhorns' baseball season is right around the corner and we dove in on the new-look lineup, with significant turnover for both the lineup and the coaching staff setting Texas up for a rebuilding year after yet another trip to Omaha. Head coach David Pierce is potentially looking at his toughest coaching job since his first year at Texas if he hopes to get the Longhorns back to the...

Thanks to their recent shared success, both the Texas men and the Texas women sit atop the Big 12 standings as they head into the final stretch of the regular season. The men played four teams ranked in the top 11 in the country over a span of 10 days, going 2-2 in the stretch. The two wins included a home win over the Baylor Bears and a road win over the Kansas State Wildcats, the only Big 12 tea...

The No. 10 Texas Longhorns didn't come out of Knoxville with the result they hoped, struggling to keep up with the post play of Tennessee as a part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The No. 4 team in the country boasts one of the most efficient defenses in modern college basketball and they managed to turn that into points against the Longhorns. However, the men rebounded quickly and kept their spot in...

The Texas Longhorns, both the men and the women, continue to put themselves in solid position to make a run at a conference title as we rapidly approach the back half of conference play. The men, after dropping just their second conference game a week ago to the Iowa State Cyclones, responded with back-to-back wins over West Virginia and Oklahoma State to move into a three-way tie for first place...

On both the men's and women's sides, the Texas Longhorns had a very successful week on the hardwood. Under interim head coach Rodney Terry, the men's team overcame not one, but two double-digit deficits to improve to 4-1 in conference play and 7-1 since Terry took over the squad. Obviously, come-from-behind wins are not how you want it to happen every time, but making second-half adjustments is a...

The Texas Longhorns moved on from basketball coach Chris Beard last week and stepped into uncertainty about the coaching future of the program. However, the Longhorns answered some questions about interim head coach Rodney Terry's ability to coach defense with a narrow win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys. What did we learn and what do we hope to see for the remainder of the season? As football sea...

The Texas Longhorns closed out the year on a disappointing note, falling to the Washington Huskies in the Alamo Bowl. It was clear in the game that Texas missed the presence of Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, struggling to find success in the limited attempts on the ground with Keilan Robinson and Roschon Johnson. That left the game on the arm of Quinn Ewers, who answered the call well and fin...

After missing bowl season a year ago, the Texas Longhorns take the field one more time this year, squaring off against No. 12 Washington Huskies in the 2022 edition of the Alamo Bowl. Texas will be without three key pieces of the equation, as Bijan Robinson, Roschon Johnson, and DeMarvion Overshown all have declared that they will be skipping the game as they prepare for the 2023 NFL Draft. That m...

It was a big week for the Texas Longhorns, both for players currently competing and players potentially competing in the future. It started on the volleyball court where Jerritt Elliott ended the Longhorns' 10-year championship drought, bringing home the NCAA title for the first time since the 2012 season. All-time great Logan Eggleston capped off her incredible college career not only with a nati...

After head coach Chris Beard was suspended Monday following his arrest, the Texas Longhorns still had a basketball game to play, taking on the Rice Owls at home as the non-conference schedule winds to a close. In spite of, or potentially because of, the distractions, the Longhorns managed to edge out a narrow win in overtime and keep their home record spotless in non-conference play. With a week l...

The No. 2 Texas Longhorns were one of the hottest teams in the country, coming off of a big win over No. 7 Creighton as they left the Lone Star State for the first time to participate in the Jimmy V Classic. However, the night wouldn't turn out the way Chris Beard planned, as Texas dropped a 10-point second-half lead and fell to No. 17 Illinois. Where did it go wrong for Texas in the second half a...

The Big 12 awards came out and fans of the Texas Longhorns felt like some of their favorite players were snubbed by the voters, so we took it into our own hands. As we close out the regular season, we wanted to take a moment and reflect on the players that we felt should be recognized. From offensive and defensive Most Valuable Players, Most-Improved Player, and several custom awards for players w...

The Texas Longhorns nearly fumbled away the game on Saturday, but leaned into their best players and came away with a statement victory over the Baylor Bears to close the regular season and send the seniors off in style. It was fitting that in what is likely the final game at DKR for both Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, they carried the ball on the final 24 plays of the game, scoring the touch...

The Texas Longhorns return to Austin for the regular season finale, a pivotal matchup against the Baylor Bears on Black Friday. In spite of frustrations this year, Texas has an opportunity to both end the season on a high note and keep their glimmer of hope for an appearance in Arlington alive. To do that, they will need to get their final revenge win of the year against the Bears, a team coming o...

The Texas Longhorns went to Lawrence and grabbed another road win, running all over the Kansas Jayhawks and notching their seventh win of the season. Running back Bijan Robinson put up a career performance and continued his climb up the Longhorns' record books, pacing Texas with his four-touchdown performance. It was one of the most dominant rushing performances in recent memory as the Longhorns f...

The Texas Longhorns have two more games to prove the trajectory of the program is in the right direction and it starts with a road trip to Lawrence to take on the Kansas Jayhawks. Kansas has lost four of the last five games after staring quarterback Jalon Daniels was sidelined with an injury, but the Jayhawks may have QB1 back in the fold for Saturday. The Texas defense had an all-time performance...