Texas Men's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Texas Longhorns
 
SEC (18-14, 9-9)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/10 at Alabama (92-88), 1/14 Vanderbilt (80-64)
Bad Losses: 1/3 Mississippi State (98-101), 3/11 vs Mississippi (66-76)
Coach: Sean Miller
 
Probable Starters:
Camden Heide, Junior, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Matas Vokietaitis, Sophomore, Center, 15.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg
Jordan Pope, Senior, Guard, 13.3 ppg, 1.9 apg, 2.2 rpg
Dailyn Swain, Junior, Guard, 17.8 ppg, 3.4 apg, 7.6 rpg, 1.7 spg
Tramon Mark, Senior, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 1.9 apg, 3.4 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Nic Codie, Sophomore, Forward, 4.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Chendall Weaver, Senior, Guard, 5.7 ppg, 1.2 apg, 4.1 rpg
Simeon Wilcher, Junior, Guard, 6.2 ppg, 1.8 apg, 1.8 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 84.4 (22nd in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 76.8 (256, 8)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.0 (27, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.8 (224, 13)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.4 (215, 12)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.3 (110, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.9 (83, 7)
Rebound Margin: 7.6 (16, 3)
Assists Per Game: 12.3 (287, 16)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.0 (128, 11)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2025NCAAFirst Four loss to Xavier
2024NCAARound of 64 win over Colorado State
2024NCAARound of 32 loss to Tennessee
2023NCAARound of 64 win over Colgate
2023NCAARound of 32 win over Penn State
2023NCAARegional Semifinal win over Xavier
2023NCAARegional Final loss to Miami FL
2022NCAARound of 64 win over Virginia Tech
2022NCAARound of 32 loss to Purdue
2021NCAARound of 64 loss to Abilene Christian
2019NITFirst Round win over South Dakota State
2019NITSecond Round win over Xavier
2019NITQuarterfinal win over Colorado
2019NITSemifinal win over TCU
2019NITFinal win over Lipscomb
2018NCAARound of 64 loss to Nevada
2016NCAARound of 64 loss to Northern Iowa
2015NCAARound of 64 loss to Butler
2014NCAARound of 64 win over Arizona State
2014NCAARound of 32 loss to Michigan
2013CBIFirst Round loss to Houston
2012NCAARound of 64 loss to Cincinnati
2011NCAARound of 64 win over Oakland
2011NCAARound of 32 loss to Arizona
2010NCAARound of 64 loss to Wake Forest
2009NCAARound of 64 win over Minnesota
2009NCAARound of 32 loss to Duke
2008NCAARound of 64 win over Austin Peay
2008NCAARound of 32 win over Miami
2008NCAARegional Semifinal win over Stanford
2008NCAARegional Final loss to Memphis
2007NCAARound of 64 win over New Mexico
2007NCAARound of 32 loss to USC
 
*all team stats through 3/8