Shawn Williams News

Second-ranked Texas faces defending national champion North Carolina at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.

Texas will win if ... the Longhorns control the inside play, rebound and make their free throws.

Rick Barnes sat calmly on the bench the entire game. There really was no reason for him to get up.

Texas freshman Avery Bradley had his third straight impressive game for the second-ranked Longhorns.

Texas freshmen J'Covan Brown and Shawn Williams both are listed as doubtful for Tuesday's game against Texas-Pan American with ankle injuries, according to the Longhorns' injury report.

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

When Duncanville and Lincoln square off Friday night, two of the nation's premier frontcourt players -- Duncanville's Perry Jones and Lincoln's LeBryan Nash -- will take center stage.

Longview's Shawn Williams and Erin Fondel helped Prairie View A&M post a 3-2 volleyball record and move to within one victory of playing for the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament title.

There has been much talk about Rick Barnes' stellar 2009 recruiting class and how it may be his best class ever, even better than the 2006 class that brought Kevin Durant and D.J. Augustin to the Forty Acres.

Cully Payne's 3-point heave from 70 feet away thrilled the Sprint Center crowd, sent his team flying into the locker room thinking about an upset, but in the end only delayed the expected outcome.

Wea ll be playing Big 10 lesser-light Iowa tonight at 9:00 central in a game that should be a cakewalk, therefore Ia m not going to preview it on a micro-level. My apologies for not caring too much about an opponent who gets rolled by Duquesne and UTSA.

Kendall Sanders scored 15 points, while Desmond Bowie added 11 as Athens beat Kilgore 63-51 in a non-district basketball matchup Thursday.

This was early October, about a week before college basketball teams opened full drills.

Shawn Williams didn't have a star-in-the-making moment like other Longhorns freshmen did in their debuts Sunday.

Before the Texas basketball team gathered for film study Saturday night ahead of its season opener, J'Covan Brown took a few extra shots.

Texas coach Rick Barnes will unveil his 2009-10 Longhorns team this afternoon in the season-opener against the Cal-Irvine Anteaters as part of the 12-team CBE Classic.

The NCAA has cracked down on scrimmage information. No news is supposed to get out.

Damion James, the Longhorn forward who auditioned for NBA teams last spring before opting for a senior year in college, has returned as a more mature, efficient player.

We're not going with a typical, run-of-the-mill top 25 rundown each day. Instead, we'll cut to the chase and tell you who will be left standing at the end of the year in the Elite Eight.

Coach Rick Barnes' Longhorns, bolstered by five new players on the perimeter, are ranked No.