The ball is up! The NBA’s 2025 season tipped off on Oct. 21 with the men’s and women’s college basketball seasons soon to follow. As Longhorn fans wait for the college basketball season to start,...

A lot of eyes have been on the Texas Men’s Basketball program since Butler eliminated the team in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 19. In the week following the end of a disappointing season, head coach Rick Barnes and his staff left the program, and Myles Turner, Big 12 freshman of the year, declared for the NBA Draft. Since these events, the focus has shifted onto the hiring of new head coach Shaka Smart. But not enough attention is being paid to another change in the Texas basketball program: the departure of senior Jonathan Holmes.

Texas basketball and its fans have been in the friend zone forever, but this was the program’s chance to prove they were relationship material.

Expectations in Austin are high for the college basketball season that lies ahead.