When you combine a coach fighting to keep his job and a team fighting for a chance to have a chance at winning it all, you get the 2025 Texas Longhorns basketball season. After being posted as one of Joe Lunardi's "first four out" teams,

Tennessee Vols basketball vs Texas Longhorns in SEC Tournament quarterfinals on March 14, 2025, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted fan of pull-up threes, wide-receiver passes and a good hot fudge sundae.