Texas Longhorn Men’s Basketball Schedule 2011-2012

The Longhorns ended their season last year in the third round of the Men’s Basketball Championship against Arizona by one point.  One point separated them from possibly going all the way to the National Championship.  One point and a lot of bad calls.  All of that is in the past though.  We have the future to look forward to now.  They ended the season with less than 10 losses which hadn’t happened since their last run with Kevin Durant.  This team will be nothing like that team having almost no height at all on the team this season.  With Kevin Thomas not qualifying academically, we are going to have our eyes set on the run and gun. 

*****I have updated the schedule as of 1/9/2012 with the updated times and TV channels the games appear on.  I hope this pleases everyone who has been emailing Sidelineblog.   It looks like the Longhorns have had a rough start to the season but can make up for it during the conference stretch.  Hook em’*****

Texas Longhorn Men's Basketball Schedule 2011-2012

Date	Opponent	Location	Time/Result
11/13/2011	Boston University	Austin, TX	W (82-46)
11/15/2011	Rhode Island	Austin, TX	W (100-90)
11/19/2011	Oregon State	East Rutherford, NJ	L (100-95 OT)
11/21/2011	North Carolina State	East Rutherford, NJ	L (77-74)
11/26/2011	Sam Houston Sate	Austin, TX	W (56-40)
11/29/2011	North Texas	Austin, TX	W (73-57)
12/03/2011	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	W (69-59)
12/06/2011	UT Arlington	Austin, TX	W (80-62)
12/10/2011	Texas State	Austin, TX	W (86-52)
12/13/2011	Nicholls State	Austin, TX	W (93-40)
12/17/2011	Temple	Austin, TX	W (77-65)
12/21/2011	#6 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	L (82-63)
12/31/2011	Rice	Austin, TX	W (73-59)
01/04/2012	Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	L (77-71)
01/07/2012	Oklahoma State	Austin, TX	W (58-49)
01/11/2012	Texas A&M	Austin, TX	8:00 PM ESPN2
01/14/2012	Missouri	Columbia, MO	12:00 PM ESPN2
01/18/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	8:00 PM ESPN2
01/21/2012	Kansas	Austin, TX	3:00 PM
01/24/2012	Iowa State	Austin, TX	8:00 PM Longhorn Network
01/28/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	12:00 PM
01/30/2012	Missouri	Austin, TX	8:00 PM ESPN
02/04/2012	Texas Tech	Austin, TX	6:00 PM Longhorn Network
02/06/2012	Texas A&M	College Station, TX	8:00 PM ESPN
02/11/2012	Kansas State	Austin, TX	1:00 PM ESPN
02/14/2012	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	7:00 PM
02/18/2012	Oklahoma State	Sillwater, OK	3:00 PM
02/20/2012	Baylor	Austin, TX	8:00 PM ESPN
02/25/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	3:00 PM
02/29/2012	Oklahoma	Austin, TX	8:00 PM ESPN2
03/03/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	8:00 PM ESPN
03/07/2012	Big 12 Tournament	Kansas City, MO	TBA
03/08/2012	Big 12 Tournament	Kansas City, MO	TBA
03/09/2012	Big 12 Tournament	Kansas City, MO	TBA
03/10/2012	Big 12 Championship	Kansas City, MO	5:00 PM

2010-11 Longhorn Men’s Basketball Regular Season Schedule

For all of you Longhorn fan’s out there, I have some exciting news for you.  Out of the 31 regular season games, you will be able to see 21 of them on TV.  Even though I doubt they will open up in the Top Ten, I see this season as a great opportunity for Texas to show the Big 12 that its not just all about Football.  If they do well in New York City at the beginning of the season, they could face Illinois in the 2K Sports Classic basketball tournament.  The games you should obviously be excited about are the games against North Carolina, Michigan State, USC, Texas A&M, Baylor, Kansas, and Oklahoma.  Those are all potentially great games.  I am not promising a triple overtime game, but you know they are going to put up a fight to play all those guys.  Anyways, here is what the schedule looks like so far:

Texas Longhorn 2010-2011 Regular Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time (All CST)
11/08/2010	Navy	Austin, Texas	8:00PM
11/10/2010	Louisiana Tech	Austin, Texas	8:00PM
11/18/2010	TBA (2K Sports Tourny)	New York City, N.Y.	8:30PM
11/19/2010	TBA (2K Sports Tourny)	New York City, N.Y.	TBA
11/23/2010	Sam Houston State	Austin, Texas	TBA
11/27/2010	Rice	Austin, Texas	TBA
12/01/2010	Lamar	Austin, Texas	TBA
12/05/2010	USC	Los Angeles, CA	TBA
12/11/2010	Texas State	Austin, Texas	TBA
12/14/2010	North Florida	Austin, Texas	TBA
12/18/2010	North Carolina	Greensboro, N.C.	3:00PM
12/22/2010	Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	6:00PM
12/31/2010	Coppin State	Austin, Texas	TBA
01/04/2011	Arkansas	Austin, Texas	8:00PM
01/08/2011	Connecticut	Austin, Texas	2:30PM
01/11/2011	Texas Tech	Lubbock, Texas	6:00PM
01/15/2011	Oklahoma	Austin, Texas	3:00PM
01/19/2011	Texas A&M	Austin, Texas	8:00PM
01/22/2011	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	3:00PM
01/26/2011	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	6:30PM
01/29/2011	Missouri	Austin, Texas	8:00PM
01/31/2011	Texas A&M	College Station, Texas	8:00PM
02/05/2011	Texas Tech	Austin, Texas	8:00PM
02/09/2011	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	8:00PM
02/12/2011	Baylor	Austin, Texas	1:00PM
02/16/2011	Oklahoma State	Austin, Texas	8:00PM
02/19/2011	Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	12:45PM
02/22/2011	Iowa State	Austin, Texas	7:00PM
02/26/2011	Colorado	Boulder, CO	TBA
02/28/2011	Kansas State	Austin, Texas	8:00PM
03/05/2011	Baylor	Waco, Texas	TBA

Why San Antonio will make an early exit in the NBA Playoffs.

The San Antonio Spurs have been the pinnacle of basketball in Central/South Texas for  years now.  The problem I feel they have run into is their inability to reload their team as well as everyone else in the Western Conference.  The real problem is that the Spurs are just old. The average age of their starters is 29 years old.  Thats pretty hardcore if you ask me…especially since George Hill is only 23 years old.  Average age without him is pretty much 30 years old.   The upside is that they really started out horrible this season and to be honest I really didn’t think they would be making the playoffs in the first place.  The fact that they made it in is an accomplishment in itself.  Well they get the Dallas Mavericks first found which really does not sound like fun to me.  Its going to be great for fans, but not so great for the San Antonio Spurs.  The Mavericks lead the series this season 3-1 and the last time San Antonio beat Dallas was back in mid-November.  The last game they played was actually last night and the Mavericks won by 7 points 96-89 as we got a little preview of whats to come int he playoffs no doubt.  Should be an interesting series that gets heated at times.  When push comes to shove though, San Antonio is just too old to make any kind of run in the playoffs.

Blake Griffin Will Receive Season-Ending Knee Surgery

Blake Griffin, the overall number one pick in the 2009 NBA draft will have season-ending surgery on his broken left kneecap.  A lot of the media were excited when the preseason started but it seems that Blake Griffin just has not lived up to the built-up hype.  Much like most of the movies I get excited about, he played well when it didnt count and then choked once it did injuring himself in the preseason finale.  He has not played since.   What does this mean for Griffin?  Well, this means that his rookie season isnt officially until next season (which is great because this class is amazing).  With Griffin out this puts the Los Angeles Clippers at a huge disadvantage.  They were just 3 games out of the playoff picture in 11th position but they have lost two games in a row now.  Things looked up when Griffin came back from his previous problem (knee injury in the final game of the preseason) but it looks like the Clipper curse has struck again.  I dont know why they just cant pick in the draft very well, but I cannot remember a time they have picked someone who turned out half decent in the first round.  Blake Griffin could probably still be a superstar in the end, but at this point, I dont give him much of a chance.  By the time he gets back into the swing of things, he will be miles behind all those who came out of the draft with him.  Stephen Curry is looking better and better everyday averaging 12.4 points per game, nearly 5 assists per game, and is shooting 43% from three point land.  Its just a matter of time before my boy Curry takes off.  The video is of Blake Griffin’s first injury back in October.

Manu Ginobili Swats Bat in Middle of Game

I have seen a lot of weird things living in Central Texas but this happening during a game takes the cake so far in my life. Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs got tired of a bat interrupting their basketball game last week. In the video you will see him swat the bat (killing or stunning it, im not quite sure), pick it up off the court and walk it off the court to hand it to an official who then disposed of it somehow (I am strictly speculating of course because all I could see was the dude walk off the court and disappeared).  The best part about the entire game I think was that it was a Halloween game when this happened haha!  The San Antonio Spurs sure know how to put on a good show.

Top 2009 Recruiting School – NCAA Mens Basketball

I have studied all the recruits going into this next season and I have decided finally on my Top 10 recruiting schools for mens basketball.  I know I am a little late on the picks but you should hear me out on this one.  I think you are going to see these schools getting just that much better by playing their top prospects their freshman season.  This in no way reflects my personal views and I basically watched film on the Top 150 players coming out of high school and where they are headed to.  I then tallied those players up and ordered them from top to bottom in my own personal opinion.  I then I averaged the numbers out and figured out how many top 150 athletes were going to each school and what the average number was.  This is what I came up with (and it would be sweet if its actually true):

1. North Carolina – (#6 John Henson)
2. Texas – (#1 Avery Bradley, #8 Jordan Hamilton)
3. Kentucky (#4 DeMarcus Cousins, #5 John Wall)
4. Villanova
5. Kansas (#3 Xavier Henry)
6. Georgia Tech (#2 Derrick Favors)
7. Oklahoma
8. Oklahoma State
9. Duke (#10 Mason Plumlee)
10. Connecticut

I know you are thinking, but Sidelineblog, youre a huge fan of both North Carolina and Texas…I cant help it that Texas is getting two players that are in my Top 10 (Avery Bradley and Jordan Hamilton).  Its not my fault they just happen to be amazing at recuiting.

NCAA Mens Top 50 – Week 6

Lots of teams drop in the polls this week as there have been some pretty big upsets.  Cleveland State, I believe, is one of the most underrated teams in the nation this season which is why I have them hiding down there at #50. Even though they are 9-4, they have played some pretty hardcore teams in which they lost by 2 points to Butler, and 10 points to Kansas State and West Virginia.  They are playing some pretty big named schools for a school that I had never heard of.  I think its possible that they could take the Horizon League this season unless Butler just gets it from them.  Come to think of it, Butlers has played well in the tournament in years past, which makes me think that the Horizon League is a little underrated.

1. North Carolina (71) 11-0 1,775
2. Connecticut 10-0 1,693
3. Pittsburgh 12-0 1,618
4. Oklahoma 11-0 1,580
5. Duke 10-1 1,486
6. Wake Forest 10-0 1,294
7. Gonzaga 8-2 1,154
8. Notre Dame 8-2 1,116
9. Texas 9-2 1,108
10. Purdue 9-2 1,083
11. Michigan State 8-2 907
12. Georgetown 8-1 880
13. UCLA 8-2 873
14. Xavier 9-1 861
15. Ohio State 8-0 766
16. Tennessee 8-2 758
17. Syracuse 11-1 742
18. Villanova 10-1 594
19. Louisville 7-2 521
20. Arizona State 9-1 477
21. Baylor 9-1 466
22. Clemson 12-0 462
23. Minnesota 10-0 198
24. Michigan 8-2 183
25. Missouri 9-1 71
26. Memphis 70
27. Marquette 69
28. Davidson 66
29. Butler 40
30. Dayton 25
31. Saint Mary’s 25
32. Illinois 20
33. Brigham Young 18
34. Maryland 16
35. Texas A&M 11
36. Kansas 10
37. Florida 8
38. Florida State 8
39. Stanford 8
40. Miami (FL) 6
41. Wisconsin 5
42. UNLV 1
43. West Virginia 1
44. Western Kentucky 1
45. George Mason 1
46. LSU
47. Illinois State
48. Arizona
49. Nebraska
50. Cleveland State

Do we need the rest of the Regular Season???

Twenty five games into the season and so far its a 3 team race.  The Lakers, Cavaliers, and the Celtics all have twenty or more wins at this point.  The Lakers have already sealed the deal with the Western Conference and only the Celtics have a larger lead in their division.  At this point, there are only 5 teams in the Eastern Conference that are above .500 in win percentage which means that the Celtics could probably clinch a playoff spot before the all star break.  With the Lakers being 8 games ahead of 8th place Utah Jazz, this could mean a playoff clinch in the next couple of months.  I will make my predictions now that it will be a Kobe – Lebron showdown in the NBA Finals.  It could possibly be a rematch between the Lakers and the Celtics but I am going to go with the upset in the playoffs.  I think the Celtics will go into the playoffs with home court advantage but I think Lebron James is about as clutch as a player can be in the NBA.  Look for Kobe to go off towards the end of the season.  I am looking forward to the Christmas matchup of Lakers vs. Celtics.

NCAA Mens Top 50 – Week 5

This past week of basketball has seen its great ones. #19 Tennessee beat the #23 ranked team of Marquette this past week in a great match-up. I will look at Texas Southern against Gonzaga today because they played Texas pretty well Tuesday. Friday looks good because I like the much improved Richmond squad and the best part is that I am going to get to watch it on TV. It will be on ESPNU at 6PM Central Time.

1. North Carolina (72) 9-0 1,800
2. Connecticut 8-0 1,715
3. Pittsburgh 10-0 1,646
4. Oklahoma 10-0 1,585
5. Texas 8-1 1,473
6. Duke 8-1 1,347
7. Xavier 9-0 1,233
8. Gonzaga 7-1 1,225
9. Louisville 6-1 1,176
10. Wake Forest 9-0 1,101
11. Syracuse 9-0 1,005
12. Notre Dame 7-2 992
13. Purdue 8-2 765
14. UCLA 6-2 756
15. Georgetown 7-1 750
16. Tennessee 6-2 683
17. Ohio State 6-0 576
18. Villanova 10-1 571
19. Michigan State 6-2 506
20. Arizona State 8-1 431
21. Baylor 8-1 420
22. Davidson 8-1 398
23. Memphis 5-2 350
24. Marquette 8-1 240
25. Clemson 10-0 196
26. Michigan 7-2 132
27. Miami (FL) 7-2 64
28. Missouri 8-1 44
29. Brigham Young 10-0 37
30. Butler 8-1 23
31. Dayton 9-1 23
32. Florida State 10-1 21
33. LSU 8-0 21
34. Illinois 9-1 15
35. Kansas 7-2 15
36. Wisconsin 8-2 15
37. Maryland 7-2 10
38. Arizona 7-2 10
39. Florida 7-2 8
40. Northwestern 7-1 7
41. Texas A&M 9-1 6
42. Saint Mary’s 8-1 3
43. Temple 5-3 2
44. Minnesota 9-0 2
45. Navy 8-2 1
46. West Virginia 7-2 1
47. Nebraska 6-2
48. Texas Tech 7-3
49. Rutgers 7-3
50. Providence 7-3

NCAA Mens Basketball – Week 6 Games to Watch

There are a lot of great games this week and I am looking forward to Saturday.  Thursday, there are a couple of good games on, but there are only two that I will be watching:

6:00PM CST ESPN Evansville at #1 North Carolina
8:00PM CST ESPN Mississippi vs. #9 Louisville***

Friday’s schedule looks pretty boring and there is only one game that I will be watching if I am even home:

6:00PM CST ESPNU #10 Wake Forest at Richmond

Saturday is going to be CRAZY only because there are so many great games on.  Here are the games that I will be watching:

1:00PM CST ESPNU #1 North Carolina at Valparaiso
1:00PM CST CBS #22 Michigan State vs. #5 Texas***
1:00PM CST CBS #7 Xavier vs. #6 Duke*** (I wont be getting this game, but hope you get to see it)
3:00PM CST CBS #2 Connecticut vs. #7 Gonzaga*** (I wont be getting this game either)
3:00PM CST CBS #20 Davidson at #18 Purdue
5:00PM CST ESPN #11 Syracuse at #21 Memphis***
6:30PM CST ESPN Classic Rhode Island vs. Oklahoma State***
9:00PM CST ESPN2 Virginia Commonwealth vs. #4 Oklahoma***

Sunday there is only one game that I know of that is scheduled to be on TV:

3:00PM CST ESPNU Lafayette at Penn State

Monday, again there is only one game scheduled to be on TV:

6:00PM CST ESPNU #23 Marquette at North Carolina State

Tuesday brings a decent 4 hour block at the least of college basketball:

6:00PM CST ESPNU Butler at #7 Xavier
6:30PM CST ESPN2 Missouri vs. Illinois
8:30PM CST ESPN2 #5 Texas at Wisconsin

That concludes the weeks schedule for Men’s Basketball.  I hope that you get to see some of these great games.

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