Texas Longhorns men's basketball is middle of the pack in its first-ever SEC Preseason Poll.
Alabama has the Preseason Player of the Year in graduate guard Mark Sears. No Longhorns were named to either the first or the second All-SEC teams, butMark, a graduate guard out of Dickinson, Texas, started his career at Houston before transferring to Arkansas his junior year. In the past four years, Mark has played in 107 career games, recording career totals of 1,200 points and 424 rebounds in 2,881 minutes and converted 42.4-percent from the floor and 79.
Texas has also advanced to at least the Round of 32 the past three seasons, and the Longhorns are only one of eight teams to do so.Isa Almeida is a writer covering the Texas Longhorns for SI/Fan Nation, having joined the team on June 1, 2024. Raised in Southeast Brazil, Isa is now a third-year Journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. Fluent in both English and Portuguese, Isa brings a diverse background and a wealth of knowledge to her writing.
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