Texas Longhorns NCAA Basketball News

For the first time in six seasons, Texas will have seniors on its roster, but it's the Longhorns' newcomers that are generating the most anticipation.

Or so says Seth Davis , esteemed CBS Basketball Analyst and helpless apologist for Duke Basketball.

No wonder Bill Self's biggest problem at the moment is deciding who to redshirt.

Texas has signed forward Tristan Thompson of Brampton, Ontario, to play for the Longhorns starting in the 2010-2011 season.

Some players and games to watch as the new season tips off. The predicted order of finish is from the Chronicle's Jeffrey Martin.

The Top 25 according to The Republic's Doug Haller, who votes in the Associated Press poll: 1. Kansas.

Coach: Rick Barnes Last season's record: 23-12 Spotlight player Is there any place that has done better with high-level freshmen than Texas? Avery Bradley arrives to the same place that made immediate stars out of Kevin Durant, D.J. Augustin and T.J. Ford.

Leading into the college basketball season openers, Sporting News will preview each of the top 25, counting backward from our preseason power poll.

That was evident during a scrimmage the Longhorns had with Davidson on Saturday in the Erwin Center.

AP preseason ranking : No. 3. Head coach : Rick Barnes . Last season : 23-12 overall, 9-7 Big 12 .

We're not going with a typical, run-of-the-mill top 25 rundown each day. Instead, we'll cut to the chase and tell you who will be left standing at the end of the year in the Elite Eight.

Coach: Rick Barnes . Last season's record: 23-12 overall, 9-7 in Big 12 . Postseason: Lost in second round of NCAA tournament to Duke .

The snaps on the Texas basketball warmups could overheat from friction this season.

Coach Rick Barnes' Longhorns, bolstered by five new players on the perimeter, are ranked No.

Kansas CITY, Mo. - At many of the premier women's basketball outposts in the Big 12, the goal of reaching the Final Four has long been fed by ambition, talent and high expectations.

Kansas CITY, Mo. - Like clockwork at every Media Day ever staged, coaches take turns bragging about the overall strength of their particular conference.

For some coaches divvying up minutes has follicle ramifications. It's either going to turn their hair gray or make it fall out.

Kansas CITY, MO. - What does it say about Big 12 men's basketball when it can lose the nation's best player - former Oklahoma star Blake Griffin - and still expect the upcoming season to be its strongest ever? What does it say about a conference that has a team such as Iowa State that features a unanimous preseason all-league player and the Big 12 ...

By MIKE JONES KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Texas guard Avery Bradley is regarded as one of the country's top freshmen - along with teammate Jordan Hamilton, Kansas' Xavier Henry and Oklahoma's Tiny Gallon.Bradley plays the game at a different speed than most and comes into the next level already established as the country's top young defender.

Arriving at Big 12 men's basketball media day as one of the most hyped teams in the country, the biggest question facing the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday was not about which player was ready to become a star.