Do something, anything other than watch the first 20 minutes of the NFL Draft.

Texas has had most of this semester to heat up, but it's time to get back into the swing. 

Baylor’s basketball programs are currently under investigation regarding texts and calls to potential recruits.

The Spurs, Rockets and Mavericks are each dealing with their own set of issues as the playoffs draw nearer.

It’s official. J’Covan Brown will forgo his senior year and enter the 2012 NBA Draft.

Two Big 12 teams faced top-level basketball programs in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament this weekend.

Texas earned the 11th seed in the NCAA tournament and will face No. 6 Cincinnati in the first round.

Longhorns brutalized by Kansas' best man, places Texas as sixth seed.

Texas’ seniors played a minimal role in the victory on a night meant to commemorate their achievements.

Texas head coach Rick Barnes addresses the media and assesses his team’s performance.

The Longhorns' momentum hit a wall against an inspired Oklahoma State Cowboys team that beat them 90-78.

Wangmene's game impresses even coach of opposing team.

With a one-point lead and a minute to play, the Aggies had their chance to stick it to the Longhorns once and for all.

The final year of Big 12, the Aggies were supposed to be one of the conference's best.

Incoming freshman and talened receiver, Kendall Sanders, prepares for his athletic career at Texas.

The frustration from another loss leaves no explanations for why this team just can’t finish.

It will take a great effort tomorrow against Baylor to avoid the Longhorns' fourth loss in five games.

The Baylor Bears began the season playing at a top-tier level,  Missouri’s limited roster is not an issue and Kansas State’s confidence is peaking.

Remembering JoePa as the role model everyone hoped to become is more difficult than it could have been.

Clint Chapman had his best game of the season, but even that wasn’t enough to help the Longhorns beat Kansas.

Keeping cool in hostile Manhattan tonight will be key for the Longhorns who employ six freshmen as pivotal role players.

Brown: Harsin believes in running the football, he believes in being physical, but he's going to take advantage of things when he can.

Myck Kabongo helps bring Texas up from a poor first half to topple Temple for their seventh straight win.

The Texas freshmen have taken turns controlling games with they need to. Last night, it was Julien Lewis' turn.

McClellan emerged as an unlikely dark horse to pull the Longhorns through the Mavericks game.

Kabongo served up 16 points to go along with seven assists and four rebounds in 30 minutes of play.

There are some big changes taking place at Michigan, Ohio State, and Stanford.

Pick a team you think will win each of the college football contest, post a comment and let's see who wins.

This week's live chat centers around injuries and player potential for the rest of the season.

Brown is finally in the position many expected him to eventually assume.

As is always the case, this has to do with television rights and revenue.

This is the first time Brown has ever had to take such a young squad on to the field.

 The Texan's football writers discussed the upcoming game against Kansas in this week's double coverage live chat.

Dan Beebe: If it were all about maximizing revenue, the Big 12 as it had existed until two years ago may have been saved.

Comment with your picks for who you think will win these college match-ups for a chance to win a pair of free movies tickets to Regal Cinema.

The "Fan Pick 'Em" contest is back after Double Coverage had its own bye week last week along with the Longhorns.

The Daily Texan's football writers hosted a live chat discussing the latest challenges facing the team.

It is time for the awesome run of the Big 12 drama to end and disband forever.

In this week's Double Coverage live chat, Sameer Bhuchar, Austin Laymance & Christian Corona answer question regarding the upcoming Texas vs BYU game, as well as conference realignment issues.

The Aggies want out. Though their initial advances were rejected by the SEC, the Aggies are still trying to dump its toxic relationship with the Big 12 and join the country’s toughest conference.

Sports columnist Sameer Bhuchar conducted an interview with Texas' 2012 basketball recruit Javan Felix via Twitter.

Texas hired a bevy of young coordinators and coaches on both sides of the ball hoping to inject some new life into a team that had become stagnant in it’s on-field approach.

Ryan Tannehill has been saying he is Texas A&M’s best option at quarterback even when he was third on the depth chart behind Jerrod Johnson and Stephen McGee.

With Texas A&M and Oklahoma threatening to leave the Big 12 for the SEC because of potential recruiting conflicts that may arise with the Longhorn Network, Beebe will have to answer these colleges’ concerns.

The Japanese team progressed forward with a quiet confidence that can’t be found in many teams, especially when their friends and family were dealing with disaster back home.

When the Houston Rockets used the No. 1 pick in the 2002 draft on a tall man from China named Yao Ming, I forced my mom to drive me home so I wouldn’t miss the seven-footer walk across the Madison Square Garden floor.

The Longhorn Network announced it will exclusively carry two of Texas’ football games in the 2011 season.

The three Longhorns drafted into the NBA last week spent about as much time on the draft board as they did playing college ball.

The Texas women’s track and field squad had a successful NCAA Championship qualification week as it advanced a best-in-the-nation 16 entries in 11 events to the championship meet beginning next Wednesday.

The ultimatum hanging over Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak for next the football season — whenever that may be — is simple: Get the team into the playoffs or pack your bags and leave town.

When Ricky Williams comes to Austin, he’s not usually going back to school. But yesterday in the Sims Elementary School library, the Longhorn football hero hung around the campus to mentor 20 of “Ricky’s Kids.”

For the fourth season in a row, Texas (19-12; 8-9) faced Missouri (13-11: 5-12) in the first round of the Big 12 tournament and, for the fourth time in a row, the Longhorns prevailed.

There is no doubt about it. The Texas women’s basketball team (17-11, 7-8) wants its fate to be in its own hands.

The last time Texas and Oklahoma met, the two fought an epic back-and-forth battle that culminated in a frustrating 71-67 overtime loss for the Longhorns.

When Baylor’s Brittney Griner snagged one of her 12 rebounds over the Longhorns on Saturday afternoon in Waco, she held the ball high above her 6-foot-8 head and played a game of keep away, reminiscent of the big kid on the playground messing with youngsters who just don’t belong.

Texas’ 38 points were its highest first-half point total in conference play, and it was a sign of things to come.

Freshman guard Chelsea Bass doesn’t need Ke$ha to get fired up.

Five games into Big 12 play and the Longhorns have given themselves a good, hard look in the mirror before facing their next opponent on the road tonight, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders.

The Texas women’s basketball team watched helplessly as Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams scored at will and handed the Longhorns their fourth straight loss.

The No. 17 Longhorns had a chance to prove their worth on the road against No. 25 Michigan State on Sunday, but fell short 71-57 to the Spartans in the Big 12/Big Ten Challenge.

In their continuing quest to define themselves as a unit, the Longhorns may have done just that on Sunday against Boston University. 

A very simple examination of the score line would make fans assume that the Texas women’s basketball team handily defeated the Mississippi Valley State University Devillettes on Friday. Upon further examination, though, there are signs that suggest head coach Gail Goestenkors and her staff have a lot of work to do in preparation for their next game.

Newly hired assistant coach Ronald Hughey brings a simple, old-school philosophy to the Texas women’s basketball team. “You must be agile, mobile, hostile,” he repeats multiple times at every practice.

The first week of NBA play has been all Heat all the time, and even though they don’t have a game for another two days, the basketball gods are still focusing their attention on the South Beach villains, as they’ve been portrayed.

There are a lot of similarities between Kansas State and Nebraska heading into today’s matchup.

When my editor asked me to write a column about the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championships in Turkey, I was thrilled.