AUSTIN, Texas – After finishing non-conference play with an 11-2 record, Texas men's basketball coach Rodney Terry and the Longhorns will embark on their first season in the SEC by renewing ...

But the Longhorns — specifically, guard Jordan Pope — refused to give up the lead. Pope, a 6-foot-2 junior who transferred to Texas from Oregon State in the offseason, scored 19 of his team ...

Or fall straight to the bottom of it, really. The Longhorns and Sooners both left the Big 12 after last season when that league had a reputation as the roughest, toughest conference out there.