ESPN's version of Bracketology paints a darker future. Writer Joe Lunardi updated his bracket forecast late Saturday evening has Texas as one of the first four out of the Big Dance. ESPN's Neil Paine has a slightly different take, Texas has a 63% to get into the field.

Texas basketball coach Vic Schaefer says that "I think our body of work and our NET, it speaks for itself." The Longhorns will find out on Sunday.

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted fan of pull-up threes, wide-receiver passes and a good hot fudge sundae.

Will the Texas Longhorns get into the NCAA Tournament? All eyes will be on the Selection Sunday announcement of the tourney field.

The manhandling of Missouri was the first of five wins for Texas in the 1986 NCAA tournament. With a 97-81 win over USC on March 30, Texas secured its first national championship. Texas also became the NCAA's first undefeated champion in women's basketball.

For how many great quarterbacks the Texas Longhorns have had throughout their history, they've had far more slip through their grasp, including some who grew up

On this date in Texas history, the men's basketball team had its national championship hopes upended by college basketball's top-ranked team.