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Texas basketball brought in seven new players who are expected to factor into the rotation this season, including six transfers and one highly touted freshman.
The Longhorns finished 21-13 and 9-9 in the Big 12 last year and won the conference tournament. This year, they are making their debut in the SEC, which had eight tournament teams in 2023-24. Texas lost last year’s starting backcourt of Max Abmas and Tyrese Hunter; the two combined for 27.9 points and 8.2 assists per game.
Let’s meet these seven new Longhorns, who will team with returners Chendall Weaver, a guard; Kadin Shedrick, a forward; Ze’Rik Onyema, a forward; and Devon Pryor, a wing.
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Tre Johnson, freshman guard: A 6-foot-6 blue-chip recruit ranked as the top Texas signee since Mo Bamba in 2017 can score at all three levels and reportedly dropped 31 points on Colorado in a closed scrimmage last weekend.
Arthur Kaluma, senior forward: The active 6-7, 225-pound small forward, who has 99 career starts, plays bigger than his size. He averaged 14.4 points and seven rebounds a game last season for Kansas State after spending three seasons at Creighton.
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Former Creighton and Kansas State star Arthur Kaluma is one of seven new players expeceed to factor into the rotation for Texas this season.
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Jayson Kent, graduate forward: A native Austinite who’s father, Jason Kent, once coached Huston-Tillotson, the 6-8, 215-pounder is a heady player with 62 career starts at Indiana State and Bradley who averaged 13.5 points and 8.1 rebounds last season for NIT Tournament finalist Indiana State.
Julian Larry, graduate guard: The 6-3 point guard, a Texas native from the Dallas suburb of Frisco, started 108 of 130 games over the past four seasons for Indiana State and is an all-conference defender as well as a 50% shooter…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-11-03 12:04:00
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