"Sport Science" Compares Colt McCoy To Skeet Shooter (VIDEO)

ESPN’s “Sport Science” created a segment analyzing the accuracy of Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy, who won numerous awards this year, including the prestigious Maxwell Award. In the segment, host John Brenkus compares passing a football to skeet shooting. Brenkus and the “Sport Science” team look at the difficulty of hitting a receiver downfield and see how it stacks up against the challenge of shooting a clay disk, and they find some surprising answers. McCoy and the Longhorns play for ..read more

Texas Tech season in review – San Antonio Express

No Graham Harrell, no Michael Crabtree … no problem for Texas Tech?

Well, not exactly. A year after Tech soared to No. 2 in the nation at one point last season, the Red Raiders entered this year with plenty of questions — namely at QB. And despite stellar passing performances at times from Taylor Potts and Steven Sheffield, they shuffled through three QBs in an up-and-down season in which they went 8-4 and finished unranked.

And they’re now without coach Mike Leach.

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First Take: The Best In The Land – SLAM Online

That’s right, at the moment, it’s Texas.

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by Joey Whelan

Texas wasn’t supposed to be this good, this fast.

With a backcourt comprised of talented, but inexperienced freshman and a center that had never consistently played extended minutes, the Longhorns despite being a popular early Final Four pick, seemed like they wouldn’t reach that level until March actually rolled around. Back-to-back wins over North Carolina and most recently Michigan State show ..read more

Top 25 Capsules – SI.com

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -Sherron Collins scored 17 points and No. 1 Kansas extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 49 games with an 84-69 victory over California on Tuesday night.

Marcus Morris had 14 points, Tyshawn Taylor had 13 and seven assists, and Xavier Henry added 12 points for Kansas (11-0), which shot 55 percent from the field.

Patrick Christopher had 21 points for Cal (6-4), while Jamal Boykin had 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Jerome Randle added 16 points. ..read more

Longhorns shred Tar Heels’ defense, win 103-90 – The Associated Press

By JAIME ARON (AP) – 35 minutes ago

ARLINGTON, Texas — Damion James led a four-man scoring frenzy that carried No. 2 Texas to a 103-90 victory over No. 10 North Carolina on Saturday in the first basketball game at Cowboys Stadium.

James and hefty center Dexter Pittman were forces around the basket on both ends of the court, with James posting 25 points and 15 rebounds, and Pittman compiling 23 points and a season-high 15 rebounds.

J’Covan Brown added 21 points and Avery Bradley had ..read more

No. 2 Texas rolls over Texas-Pan American 104-42 – The Associated Press

(AP) – 3 days ago

AUSTIN, Texas — Avery Bradley scored a season-high 18 points and had five assists to lead No. 2 Texas to an overpowering 104-42 victory over Texas-Pan American on Tuesday night.

Bradley, who averaged 16.0 points on 13-of-26 shooting in the last two games, led the Longhorns (9-0) offensively, going 8 of 15 from the field while involving others with his timely passing.

Jordan Hamilton had 15 points for Texas, while Dexter Pittman controlled the low post with 14 points and ..read more

Pittman’s 21 points lead No. 3 Texas, 77-59 – The Associated Press

By JIM VERTUNO (AP) – Nov 29, 2009

HOUSTON — Dexter Pittman scored 21 points and No. 3 Texas held off a Rice rally before pulling away for a 77-59 victory Sunday.

Pittman was 7-of-8 shooting from the field for the Longhorns (5-0). Suleiman Braimoh scored 12 points to lead the Owls (4-2).

Texas led by 17 points early in the second half before the Owls rallied to get within 59-54 with just under 7 minutes to play. But Rice couldn’t stop Pittman and his 290 ..read more

Texas pulls away in second half for win over Iowa in CBE Classic – Kansas City Star

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