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Coming into this rematch of last season's Western Conference Finals, many expected a very different result. The Thunder have been one of the top handful of teams since this short season started, and Dallas struggled to shake the hangover from the seven month long celebration it had after winning the franchise's first title. And to their credit, the Thunder held home court for a 2-0 lead in the series as it heads to Dallas.
Streaming from the dugout, teammates raced towards Jordan Etier and moments later a massive pile of humanity engulfed him at first base, celebrating Etier’s game winning at bat against Texas A&M last Sunday.
It wasn’t the at bat itself that was so special — just a simple ground ball at the first baseman, and barely far enough up the line to score the runner from third.
The season is coming to a close, but there’s still plenty of work to come. The Longhorns travel north to Norman, Okla. to battle rival Oklahoma, as they look to finish the season strong.
There has always been stiff competition between these two powerhouses. Overall, their series is tied at 21 games apiece. While the Longhorns are winning the series at home, it is a different story on the road. Oklahoma is 9-5 against Texas in its home stadium, but the Longhorns hope to decrease that gap.
Just days before the first round of the Big 12 Championship, junior Madison Pressel was ruled out with a right shoulder injury that persisted for months and finally prevented her from playing. Last year’s individual champion was sure to be a critical piece to Texas’ defense of a conference title, but they would have to go on without her.
It didn’t matter.
Resiliency has been the motto for the Longhorns all year. The motto for the Big 12 Championship will be no different.
The team has won the Big 12 tournament title seven times, with its most recent victory coming in 2005. Coming off a loss in its final regular season matchup, the fourth seeded Longhorns will earn a first round bye before looking for redemption against the fifth seeded Oklahoma State Cowboys, who handed them that loss.
1. Indianapolis Colts — Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
After finishing conference play with their third loss, the Longhorns look to bounce back with a win in the conference tournament this weekend against a familiar foe.
No. 18 Texas will take on the host team, No. 34 ranked Texas A&M, in the second match today in College Station. The Longhorns are the No. 4 seed, while the Aggies hold the No. 5 tournament seed.
Should Texas win this match, they will face the No. 1 seeded Oklahoma on Saturday. The Sooners took the match against the Longhorns by a 5-2 count at the end of March.
In yesterday’s Daily Texan, the Texan sports opinion staff informed readers that they could pass on the first 20 minutes of the draft. Hopefully you tuned in soon after because Radio City Music Hall got pretty interesting on Thursday night.
Three surprising top-10 trades shook up the draft. But at the end of the night, Trent Richardson landed in Cleveland, Justin Blackmon went to Jacksonville and Morris Clairborne ended up in Dallas.
Oh yeah, Andrew Luck was selected by the Colts first and Robert Griffin III was chosen by the Redskins with the second pick.
After turning in one of the strongest regular seasons in school history, the Texas Longhorns men’s golf team will look to continue its dominance this weekend in Trinity at the 2012 Big 12 Conference Championship.
Do something, anything other than watch the first 20 minutes of the NFL Draft.
Like the football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams before them, the Baylor baseball team is winning — and winning at a record pace.
The Longhorns fought weather, inconsistency and top competition all season long. This weekend, they ended with a split.
The women picked up a solid victory this weekend to earn them a 7-2 conference record, and a lot of momentum heading into the Big 12 tournament. Texas outlasted Oklahoma 5-2, but dropped a close one to the Cowboys 4-3.
It was a rough week for Texas pitcher Blaire Luna, but Sunday proved to be a resurgence for her.
The junior pitcher had a little bit of trouble last week against the Baylor Bears but came back with a 5-1 win against Oklahoma State on Sunday.
At the beginning of the season, Texas was off to a poor start. It featured a five game losing streak which included a sweep at the hands of the Cardinal in which their lowest single game run output was higher than Texas’ three game total. It wasn’t the most desirable start for a team that was coming off its record 34th College World Series appearance.
There must be something about the mound at Dish Falk Field that Parker French really likes, because he just doesn’t give up runs at home.
French pushed his scoreless streak at his home ballpark to 32.2 innings while going after seven innings of shutout ball on Saturday evening, leading Texas to a 3-0 win over Kansas.
The No. 5 Longhorns won another Big 12 series this weekend, going 2-1 against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls at home.
Friday night featured a close, low-scoring 3-2 victory while Saturday saw a 3-0 shutout loss. The Longhorns then came out to finish the Cowgirls in a 5-1 win that was characteristic of the Texas offense this season.
The Longhorns are now 37-7 on the season and 11-5 in Big 12 Conference play. Saturday’s game also marked the Longhorn’s second annual Pink at the Plate game to support breast cancer research.
Despite a few hiccups during the past two weeks that have handed the Longhorns twice as many losses as they had amassed all season, Texas still sits as one of the top college programs in the country.
This weekend the No 5. Longhorns will have a chance to avenge recent losses to Baylor and Missouri with a home series against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls. Texas is currently 35-6 on the season and 9-4 in Big 12 play.
Not only are they ranked fifth in several major national polls, but the Longhorns are also enjoying other national recognitions across the team.
After defeating Texas A&M in the thrilling, final chapter of the Lone Star Showdown last weekend, the Longhorns will try to get above .500 with a win over No. 22 Texas Tech in Lubbock on Saturday.
This is the final conference match for both teams, with the winner claiming the No. 2 seed and first round bye at the conference tournament next weekend.
No. 15 Texas moved up two spots in the rankings after their 4-3 victory over No. 29 Texas A&M, which went down to the last match before the Longhorns claimed the win.
After three matches of rough weather and rough competition, the Longhorns must endure two more storms in conference play.
Heading into this weekend’s matches with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, the women sit at the top of the Big 12 with a 6-1 record. Coming off a close loss to A&M, the team is in perfect position to flash its trademark resiliency.
The Longhorns were back on the winning track with record-setting performances against Kansas last weekend. However, when the Longhorns traveled to Waco on Wednesday, they came up short and will now head into this weekend’s home series against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls with a loss on their minds.
Wednesday night’s 5-4 loss came in eight innings as the Texas defense struggled to keep the Bears offense off the bases. The Longhorns are now 35-6 on the season and 9-4 in Big 12 conference play. The loss puts them in second place in the conference behind Oklahoma.
The Longhorns are hitting the road again. The 35-5 Texas team will make the hour-and-a-half journey up I-35 to challenge Baylor in a one-game conference stand.
The Longhorns are currently 9-3 in the Big 12 where they stand second behind rival Oklahoma. Baylor, on the other hand, is seventh in the conference with their 3-8 record.
Parker French was an All-State pitcher in high school and a four-year letter winner for Dripping Springs. Despite his All-Star background, he still can’t remember a longer or more impressive outing than his scoreless, eight inning gem against Oklahoma State Saturday.
“One time in high school I went eight, but this is the first time I went eight scoreless,” French said.
Texas has its fair share of great coaches.
WOODWARD, Okla. — The television was tuned to forecasters’ dire warnings of an impending storm when Greg Tomlyanobich heard a short burst from a tornado siren blare after midnight Sunday. Then silence. Then rumbling.
For the third straight weekend, Texas went into the final contest of a three-game series having split the previous two games. Not only that, but the Longhorns had won one and lost the other one of those two rubber matches.
So the fact that Texas and Oklahoma State were tied going into the eighth inning should not have been all that surprising. The Longhorns and Cowboys were in a similar spot Friday evening, when they were tied at 1-1 until the 11th inning.
