The 2023–24 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns were led by first year head coach Rodney Terry.
The season was their last season in the Big 12 Conference for Texas as they joined the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2024.
Previous season
Season outlook The 2022–23 season started off on a high note with wins against ranked Gonzaga and Creighton. On December 12, 2022, Head Coach Chris Beard was indefinitely suspended and later fired for a felony domestic abuse charge. These charges were later dropped. Associate head coach Rodney Terry served as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The Longhorns finished the regular season 23–8, 12–6 in conference play. Texas won their first conference tournament championship since the 2021 season, second all-time, earning the conference's automatic bid. Ultimately, they made it all the way to the Elite Eight but lost to Miami (FL).
Offseason Returning players Texas Returners Alex Anamekwe 14 F 6'5" 200 lbs Sophomore McKinney, TX Brock Cunningham 30 F 6'6" 210 lbs Graduate Student Austin, TX Cole Bott 12 F 6'6" 195 lbs Sophomore Highlands Ranch, CO Gavin Perryman 13 G 6'1" 185 lbs Sophomore Austin, TX Preston Clark 20 F 6'6" 210 lbs Sophomore Austin, TX Tyrese Hunter 4 G 6'0" 175 lbs Junior Racine, WI Dylan Disu 1 F 6'9" 225 lbs Senior Pflugerville, TX
Departures Texas Departures Christian Bishop 32 F 6'7" 220 lbs Senior Lees Summit, MO Graduated Marcus Carr 5 G 6'2" 175 lbs Graduate Student Toronto, ON Graduated Sir'Jabari Rice 10 G 6'4" 180 lbs Graduate Student Houston, TX Graduated Timmy Allen 0 F 6'6" 210 lbs Senior Mesa, AZ Graduated Arterio Morris 2 G 6'3" 190 lbs Sophomore Dallas, TX Transferred (Kansas)*Rowan Brumbaugh 3 G 6'4" 190 lbs Sophomore Washington D.C. Transferred (Georgetown)
Acquisitions
Incoming transfers Texas incoming transfers Chendall Weaver 2 G 6'3" 165 lbs Sophomore Mansfield, TX UT Arlington Ithiel Horton 9 G 6'5" 200 lbs Graduate Student Roselle, NJ UCF Kadin Shedrick 5 C 6'11" 200 lbs Senior Holly Springs, NC Virginia Max Abmas 3 G 6'0" 175 lbs Graduate Student Dallas, TX Oral Roberts Ze'rik Onyema 21 F 6'8" 230 lbs Sophomore El Paso, TX UTEP
2023 recruiting class
Coaching staff additions
NamePositionPrevious TeamPrevious Position SourceByron JonesAssistant CoachTroyAssistant CoachFrank HaithAssistant CoachMemphisAssistant Coach
Preseason
Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Wooden AwardMax AbmasGSeniorBob Cousy AwardMax AbmasGSenior
Big 12 media poll Big 12 media poll 1 Kansas 168 (12) 2 Houston 153 (2) 3 Texas 143 4 Baylor 137 5 TCU 113 6 Kansas State 106 7 Iowa State 95 8 Texas Tech 80 9 West Virginia 70 10 Oklahoma State 57 11 Cincinnati 55 12 Oklahoma 54 13 BYU 29 14 UCF 14 Source:
Preseason All-Big 12 teams Position Player Class First TeamGMax AbmasSenior
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Roster
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Roster outlook SeniorJuniorSophomore Brock Cunningham — F Dylan Disu — FTyrese Hunter — GAlex Anamekwe — FCole Bott* — FDillon Mitchell — FGavin Perryman* — GPreston Clark — F (*)Redshirt
Schedule and results
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Awards and honors
Weekly honors Big 12 Player of the Week Dylan Disu F February 12, 2024 Big 12 Player of the Week Tyrese Hunter G March 11, 2024 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Max Abmas G December 18, 2023 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Max Abmas G January 15, 2024 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Chendall Weaver G March 4, 2024
Conference honorsAll-Big 12 First Team Dylan Disu FAll-Big 12 Second Team Max Abmas GBig 12 All-Newcomer Team Max Abmas G Source:
Rankings
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