Basketball
Lance Blanks passes away Lance Blanks is #32. FROM THE TOP-LANCE BLANKS-TRAVIS MAYS (SITTING) JOEY WRIGHT -BMW -SQUAD #11 COURTNEY JEANS. #22 TONY WATSON. #3 BENFORD WILLIAMS . TOM PENDERS 1ST TEAM AT TEXAS. Tom Penders, “Mr. March,” institutes a successful Longhorn basketball program, “Bombs Away running Horns Pro-style offense,” that rewrites the Longhorn…
At 25 years of age, Jack Gray is head coach of the Yearlings 1936-1937 Coach Karow 15-9 Jack Collins HOH 1976“Recruiting” is on the rise, and tryouts for the team are nearing the end.The Three-second rule is implemented to reduce congestion under the basketTip-off after a made free throw is eliminated.Basketball became an Olympic sport;…
1/05/2025 Chris Hart shares a story about her dad and Bill Sansing. My Dad grew in Indianapolis and like most Hoosiers was a avid basketball fan. After WWII, he moved to Austin in 1946 and brought his love of basketball with him. He went to all the UT basketball games when he first arrived, but…
Dr. Denton Cooley (1938-1939) – walk-on in basketball In 2004 the 44,000 square foot Denton A. Cooley Pavilion was dedicated. The facility is where both the women and men practice on separate courts. It was one of the best workout facilities in the country when built. Denton Cooley wanted to be a jock, not a…
1 Who led the ’78 NIT champs in scoring? 2 Name the “BMW” players who formed UT’s “Ultimate Scoring Machine” in 1989-90. 3 Who was the Longhorns’ first blue-chip national recruit, signed in ’79 by Coach Abe Lemons? 4 Name the former Longhorn whose two sons became Major League Baseball teammates? 5 All-time UT shot…
From David Fisher 03/10/2020 About Longhorn basketball player Hank Bauerschlag By David Fisher Hi Billy, thanks for all you do. The teammate that I was closest to in the early 70s was Hank Bauerschlag Jr. Hank was a great guy and had an amazing future ahead of him. After school, I came back to Houston…