Longhorn basketball Sports Trivia
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 blocker Chris Mihm starred in what other sport as a teen in Austin?
1 Jim Krivacs
2 Lance Blanks, Travis Mays, and Joey Wright
3 LaSalle Thompson of Cincinnati, OH
4 John Danks (UT 77-81) is the father of Jordan and John. They played together while with the White Sox.
5 Mihm was a ranked junior tennis player as a fourteen-year-old
🏀 How did the last 10 Texas men’s basketball coaches fare in their debuts? Danny Davis
Sean Miller (Nov. 4, 2025): Duke 75, Texas 60
Rodney Terry (Dec. 12, 2022): Texas 87, Rice 81 (OT)
Chris Beard (Nov. 9, 2021): Texas 92, Houston Baptist 48
Shaka Smart (Nov. 13, 2015): Washington 77, Texas 71
Rick Barnes (Nov. 17, 1998): Houston 71, Texas 69
Tom Penders (Nov. 25, 1988): Texas 82, Pepperdine 79
Bob Weltlich (Nov. 27, 1982): Texas 53, North Carolina Wesleyan 42
A.E. “Abe” Lemons (Nov. 29, 1976): Texas 74, Oklahoma State 73 (OT)
Leon Black (Dec. 1, 1967): Texas 95, Ole Miss 82
Harold Bradley (Dec. 1, 1959): Texas 95, McMurry 54
How did other current Texas coaches fare in their debuts? Danny Davis
Football’s Steve Sarkisian: Texas 38, Louisiana 18 (Sept. 4, 2021)
Volleyball’s Jerritt Elliott: Texas 3, Purdue 0 (Aug. 31, 2001)
Soccer’s Ange Kelly: Texas 3, Dayton 2 (Aug. 17, 2012)
Women’s basketball’s Vic Schaefer: Texas 90, SMU 51 (Nov. 25, 2020)
Men’s basketball’s Sean Miller: Duke 75, Texas 60 (Nov. 4, 2025)
Baseball’s Jim Schlossnagle: Louisville 4, Texas 3 (Feb. 14, 2025)
Softball’s Mike White: Texas 8, Boston College 0 (Feb. 9, 2019)
Men’s tennis’ Bruce Berque: Texas 5, Rice 2 (March 12, 2019)
Women’s tennis’ Howard Joffe: Texas 4, Purdue 3 (Jan. 23, 2016)
