Damion James News

A highly rated freshman class has helped Texas to a lofty early ranking, but one of the biggest reasons for the second-ranked Longhorns' fast start is the emergence of a senior.

Texas , undefeated through five games, moved up to No. 2 Monday in both major weekly basketball polls.

Damion James and Ekpe Udoh have been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, for games of November 23-29 in voting by a panel of media covering the conference.

Dexter Pittman scored 21 points, grabbed nine rebounds and recorded three blocks, as third-ranked Texas pulled away from Rice to post a 77-59 victory over Rice at Tudor Fieldhouse.

He isn'tA one of the better shootersA on the floor. He's not the tallest guy on the floor, either.

Early in the week the 3rd ranked team in the nation, the Texas Longhorns, conquered the CBE classic with wins over the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Pittsburg Panthers but as they keep winning, we already face the question: How good are the Longhorns? Because of the schedule Texas wona t battle a ranked team before December the 19th when they play North ...

Texas beat Pittsburgh 78-62 in Tuesdays CBE Classic championship game, but for a smattering of fans in the Sprint Center, the Longhorns were facing a different opponent.Take a guess.

J'Covan Brown scored 12 points, replacing guard Varez Ward who was injured in pregame warmups, and helped third-ranked Texas beat Pittsburgh 78-62 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the CBE Classic.

Dexter Pittman scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half and No. 3 Texas survived Cully Payne's miracle shot to beat Iowa 85-60 on Monday night in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.

I watched most of the Western Carolina game the other night and it reminded me of how hard guys play when they are trying to prove themselves.A Everybody was playing so fast that they never seemed to get into any kind of rhythm.A This is to be expected at the beginning of the season and against an opponent that was clearly outmatched physically and ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Sophomore Taylor Turnbow had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead No.

The preseason hype is over and now it's time to let the 2009-10 campaign unfold as we enter the first month of the new season.

Danielle McCray scored 20 points and No. 19 Kansas used a late 11-0 run to win Wednesday night at Iowa, 66-55. All the Kansas starters scored in double figures.

Damion James scored 18 points to pace third- ranked Texas to a 73-41 blowout of Western Carolina.

When it comes to the game against the Anteaters, I wouldna t get too carried away with the lopsided win.

Damion James was really close to ending his college basketball career early for a professional career.

Hampered by nervous energy, some of Texas' newcomers got off to a slow start in their collegiate debuts.

Damion James had 21 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 3 Texas to a season-opening 89-42 victory over UC-Irvine on Sunday.

James jams: Texas' Damion James finishes off a slam dunk over UC Irvine's Pavol Losonsky.

Damion James had 21 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 3 Texas to a season-opening 89-42 victory over UC-Irvine on Sunday.