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Augustin made right decision, no matter what might have been. He had $3 million reasons he had to make this decision.
Like his backcourt mate AJ Abrams, sophomore point guard DJ Augustin will be leaving Texas early and entering the NBA Draft. Augustin will not hire an agent and has until June 16 to pull his name out and return for his junior season. Unlike Abrams I feel that now that Augustin has made this decision he won’t turn back. His draft positioning is pretty well decided at between about 12th and 25th overall and unless something happens to make him drop out of the first round during his workouts.
It looks like we’ll be seeing a very different team next year, let’s hope someone (Justin Mason, Dogus Balbay, and/or J’Covan Brown) can step up and take over the point guard position.
DJ Augustin wins Bob Cousy Award given to nation’s top college point guard. He’ll be presented with the award Monday in San Antonio.
The Houston Chronicle looks at how Memphis and UT match up. They give Memphis the edge overall, but I think they’re off in saying Rose has the edge over Augustin.
Derrick Rose, DJ Augustin battle for spot in Final Four. DJ got the best of a Rose in a game this summer, hopefully he can do it again with more on the line.
If the Horns want to hand Memphis only their second loss of the season they’ll have to contain the dynamic guard duo of freshman Derrick Rose and 6-foot-7 junior Chris Douglas-Roberts. Both players are averaging around 15 points and 4 rebounds per game and are excellent on offense and defense. The battle between point guards Rose and DJ Augustin should be an entertaining match-up to watch.
Watch the SI.com video preview of Memphis below:
The Longhorns controlled the first half and dominated the last ten minutes in route to a 20 point win over Stanford Friday night. Texas used a 20-3 run to turn a 1-point game into a 82-62 victory.
DJ Augustin was the player of the game for the Horns, leading the team in scoring with 23 points and dishing out 7 assists. When he took over the game and the tempo in the middle of the second half is when Texas went on their run. But equal credit for reversing the momentum should go to Rick Barnes, Dexter Pittman, and the other bigs playing defense down inside. The switch to a 2-3 zone defense and Pittman’s big body frustrated Stanford star Brook Lopez, and without him the Cardinal had no offensive threat.
The team now advances to the Elite 8 where they will face the Memphis Tigers Sunday at 1:20pm on CBS.
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- D.J. Augustin’s the best I’ve seen
- Texas a win away from Final Four
- Texas takes its place among Elite Eight
- Augustin has UT pointed toward Final Four
- Rick Barnes credits Justin Mason
- Longhorns’ second-half spurt propels them into Elite company
- Instant Analysis: Second-half run dooms the Cardinal
- How Texas Took Down Stanford: An Inside Look
- Stanford calls its shot: Texas just plain better
- There’s more to UT than D.J. Augustin
- Where in the world are Robin and Brook? Definitely not Houston…
- Postgame notes
- Photo gallery
- Video highlights
DJ Augustin is a leading man of March and a mama’s boy. Texas’ All-American point guard calls home every night.
All you need to know about the Horns’ NCAA chances. Bohls thinks Augustin and Abrams will help the team coast to Houston.
The Longhorns got past the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Friday afternoon by a score of 66-59. The Horns were up by a comfortable margin for almost the entire second half but could never quite put the Cowboys away and had to hold them off during one final run late. DJ Augustin and Damion James led the team on offense, both shooting the ball very well from the outside. On the defensive side of things Justin Mason was active as usual and big man Connor Atchley blocked four more shots.
Check out some video highlights below:
With the win Texas advances to the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. They’ll face off against the fourth-seeded Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday at 1pm. The game will be televised by ESPN2 and ESPN+ in Big 12 markets.
Barnes’ job taking a Kevin Durant-less Longhorns team to a Big 12 title was rewarded with a coach of the year nod. He’s been to a Final Four and coached two national players of the year, but this season was probably his best coaching job. The improvement of every single player on this year’s squad definitely reflects well on Barnes and his entire staff.
See the full list of Big 12 awards after the jump.
Colorado coach says some Big 12 stars should go pro, including DJ Augustin. He’s just hoping to actually win some conference games next year.
Augustin, Abrams, and James named to AP All-Big 12 team. Augustin was unanimous first-team choice.
They really need to space these doubleheader games out better, it seems no channel does it well with either basketball or football. I guess they’d rather have games overlap and piss off fans than have to fill time between games. Either way, we’re once again missing the start of the Texas game and if it goes to overtime it could mean we miss most of the first half. We’ll have live opinions on the game as soon as CBS switches to the Texas versus Texas Tech game in Lubbock.
First Half
- Texas is up 4 to 3 early. Five minutes gone by but not much scoring so far.
- Watching ESPN’s game tracker Alexis Wangmene already has two rebounds. Getting more early playing time for the youngster.
- I really hope this Georgetown player chokes on this third free throw. I don’t care about his trauma, I just want to watch the Texas game. Crap… maybe at least CBS will be smart enough to switch the Texas region to the game.
Texas 18, Texas Tech 16
- Good. With 11 minutes left in the first half CBS has switched over to our game.
- Texas Tech presses and it worked pretty well but after Damion James breaks the press and Tech forgets to cover AJ Abrams in the corner. After struggling a little at the beginning of Big 12 play Abrams has found his groove and will kill you if left alone.
- Nice to see freshman Clint Chapman handle a pass and take it to the hole. Not sure about his form from the free throw line but he is nice and smooth just made two easy ones.
Texas 23, Texas Tech 20
- Looks the Red Raiders are hanging around at least in part due to some lucky shots. They’ve had at least two or three shots go in on some crazy bounces just since I started watching.
- Great pass from Chapman to James. Threaded in there right under the basket giving James an easy hoop.
- Wow! What a block by Tech’s Martin Zeno. James was going in for a big dunk and Zeno does a great job swatting it away.
- I like the attitude of Justin Mason but he just picked up a technical foul with his mouth. Not sure what he had to say or who he was talking to.
- I haven’t seen Connor Atchley at all today, must have picked up early fouls again.
Texas 30, Texas Tech 26
- JD Lewis swishes a three and then I think runs down the court giving Tech’s Voskuhl grief. If Lewis had gone to Tech he’d have started/played as much as Voskuhl the last 3 years.
- Pretty bad officiating again as usual. Zeno just flattened DJ Augustin who was standing with his hands straight up but they called it on Augustin. That call is missed pretty bad both ways though.
- Big Dexter Pittman still leaves his feet too much after the pump fake. He has to better job being under control on defense.
- Not sure what the announcer is watching. Abrams took the ball to the top of the key, pump faked, and calmly shot a wide open three. I’m not sure how that makes Texas rattled on offense to have the conference’s best shooter take an open shot.
- One of Tech’s many ugly white gguys apparently didn’t like the fact that he undercut a Texas player and then fell down. He had to be held back but no Texas players even noticed him.
- Rebounding on both ends killed the Horns the last few minutes of the half. Gave Tech too many second chances and didn’t help themselves out at all on the other end.
Halftime: Texas 37, Texas Tech 41
The last two and a half minutes were downright ugly, but despite another tough game for DJ Augustin and some awful clutch free throw shooting the Longhorns topped the Baylor Bears in Waco Saturday afternoon. The 11th ranked Horns blew nearly all of a 14-point lead in the final three minutes, but did just enough to hold on for a 82-77 conference win. Next up is another ESPN Big Monday game at home against the Aggies at 8pm.
Watch ESPN’s highlights and interviews below:
(Video removed by ESPN for no apparent reason, must not like the free advertising. Idiots.)
Texas winning despite losing Durant. DJ Augustin hasn’t played up to his ability, but he’s still been able to carry the team.
Big 12 basketball midseason report from the Dallas Morning News. DJ Augustin is one of their top players.
We’ll be posting live thoughts on tonight’s Big Monday game versus Kansas on ESPN. The Villanova-Georgetown game is running long. No idea if the Texas game’s start will be delayed or if we’ll just miss some of the game, maybe both.
Pregame
- Vince Young at the game. Hopefully he was around this weekend to say hello to a few recruits. Should be perfectly legal since he’s in classes this semester.
- They’ve delayed the start of the game. As long as Nova-Georgetown doesn’t go to overtime it looks like we’ll see our game in it’s entirety.
- I like that they showed us Rutgers versus Tennessee women’s highlights as if anyone watching either of these two games cared.
- Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds is a former Sooner commit. They’d be pretty tough with him Damion James. Kelvin Sampson really screwed OU over, but I guess they deserved it.
- That’s a BS call with less than a second on the clock. Awful. I don’t think any of the players or refs knew how much time was left. I like it though because it means Texas-Kansas can get started.
First Half
- Well they obviously didn’t delay the start of the game too much. ESPN just switched over and we missed three and a half minutes of the game. First three shots they show are two made threes by the Horns and one by Kansas. Based on the score there wasn’t much defense before we were watching either.
Kansas 12, Texas 15
- Erwin Center sounds nice and loud. Some of my best sports-related college experiences were Monday nights at the Drum.
- If Gary Johnson’s offensive game can keep developing he’ll be huge for us down the stretch and in March.
- After a play that looked like offensive goaltending by KU on the other end, rough call against Johnson for the offensive foul.
- If Justin Mason can continue to play great defense and now handle the ball handing on offense he’s suddenly a big asset for the Horns.
- Ugh. How do you call that foul on Mason? If anything the Kansas guard initiated the contact and Mason kept his hands to himself.
- Better ball movement on offense for the Horns. With DJ Augustin playing off the ball, he and AJ Abrams are all over the place trying to create offensive chances. Everybody looks more active.
Kansas 18, Texas 20
- Mason out, let’s see how much standing around there is on offense. No reason we can’t keep up the good off the ball movement.
- That’s the second time tonight Abrams has had a great steal. Kid has quick hands to go with his quick shot.
- Looks like the refs are allowing tons of contact against Augustin when he initiates it. Now that he’s back at the point he seems to be more out of control than earlier.
Kansas 28, Texas 29
- Kansas scores but ESPN still hasn’t given them the points. Or maybe they had 26 and not 28, I’m old and blind.
- Aaron Ross at the game as well sitting with Mack Brown. I think Ross is in school this semester as well.
Kansas 35, Texas 33
- Connor Atchley is nails from three again. He’s four of four on the night. After he and Abrams were nailing everything we suddenly went away from both of them in our offense.
- Damion James picked up two quick fouls. I was wondering why he hadn’t played at all since we picked up the game.
- Kansas seems to have five guys on the court at all times that can score and create for themselves.
- Ouch. Johnson looks like he’s in serious pain. Is he bleeding? I don’t care how uncomfortable those masks are the kid needs to wear one to protect the nose.
Kansas 41, Texas 38
- I don’t know how Rick Barnes doesn’t give himself a heart attack and a hernia every nigh yelling at the officials. I know it’s a tough job but hell it’s one of the most frustrating things to watch when refs are seemingly making things up as they go along.
- Sigh. Clint Chapman looks like he has my hands. Kid doesn’t look like he could catch a cold sometimes. He has to expect the ball at anytime.
Halftime: Kansas 42, Texas 38
Neither team played well on the offensive end in the first half, but thanks to their big men controlling the paint the Cyclones held a four point lead going into the locker room. All-American point guard DJ Augustin putting the ball through the hoop all game long. On the few occasions in the first twenty minutes when a Texas big man had a scoring chance, they either fumbled the ball away (Clint Chapman) or they missed makeable shots (everyone).
The Horns got off to a horrid start in the second half, it took the guys nearly five minutes to make two buckets. The slow start allowed Iowa State to build up a double digit lead that they held going into the final ten minutes. At that point they handed over point duties again to Justin Mason, allowing Augustin a chance to create off the ball both for himself and AJ Abrams. Abrams’ shooting carried the team all game long, his seven threes were the only thing that kept the team in it. Texas was able to get some timely buckets from Gary Johnson, Abrams, and Augustin to eventually close the gap and send the game to overtime. They had a chance to win it in regulation but couldn’t get a decent shot off in the final seconds.
In overtime, Iowa State couldn’t buy a basket. Their only points from the floor came with 14 seconds left when the game was essentially over. Texas was able to get key buckets from Abrams and Augustin and hit their free throws to seal the win. The 12th ranked Longhorns are now 19-4 on the season and improve to 6-2 in Big 12 play.
Player of the Game: AJ Abrams, 25 points, 7/10 on 3-pointers
Next Game: 8pm Monday vs. #5 Kansas, Erwin Center, TV: ESPN
The Horns won today against Oral Roberts and are now 11-0 on the season but again struggled with an inferior team at home. Tied at the half Texas was able to pull away thanks to 24 points from DJ Augustin and 10 of the last 17.
No one for the Horns shot the ball particularly well, including Augustin who scored 11 of his points from the free throw line. AJ Abrams shot only 33% from the field including a horrid 1 of 6 from beyond the arc. That continues a disturbing stretch of mediocre 3-point shooting for Abrams, it’s been nearly a month since he shot better than 33% or made more than 3 in a game. Connor Atchley’s strong play continued though, as the junior chipped in 16 points and was the only Longhorn who shot well from either side of the 3-point line.
Next up for Texas is a nationally televised game Saturday against Michigan State. The Horns and #9 Spartans will face off at 5:30pm on ESPN.
DJ Augustin named Big 12 player of the week. DJ had 47 points and 17 assists in wins over UNT and Rice.
The Longhorns easily handled Rice Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston to continue the unbeaten start to their 2007-08 season. The team is now 9-0 on the season (the team’s best start since 1981-82) and if they can get past two more tough games in December then they have a chance to make it into conference play undefeated.
Wooden Award candidate DJ Augustin and AJ Abrams each scored 18 points against the Owls. Damion James chipped in another 18 points and added an impressive 17 rebounds. James’ play is a very good sign for the Horns, a third scoring option and a monster on the glass could mean for a longer tourney run this March.
Next up for the team will be Texas State on Saturday (12/15) at 5pm. No TV so show up at the Erwin Center and support your Horns in person.
Related Links
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