It is hard to fathom, but the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team actually seems better this year...without Kevin Durant, the second player taken in the NBA draft. While Durant proves that a skinny kid can be dominant in the NBA while he finishes growing up and filling out, the Longhorns are proving that they were more than a one-man show last year.
Returning starters D.J. Augustin and A.J. Abrams are leading the surging Longhorns to their most impressive NCAA start in years. After knocking off seventh-ranked Tennessee, the Horns went into Pauley Pavilion and shocked UCLA, the number two team in the country. The Longhorns jumped all over UCLA in the first half, building a double-digit lead, then, after losing the lead in the second half, performed last-second heroics to come away with an improbable 63-61 victory.
The Horns were led to the Final Four a few years back by a fellow named T.J. Can D.J. and A.J. lead them back to the Promised Land? We'll see. One thing, however, seems pretty clear: the Horns aren't dismissing themselves just because they are missing Durant.
Maybe...they don't miss him at all.
Returning starters D.J. Augustin and A.J. Abrams are leading the surging Longhorns to their most impressive NCAA start in years. After knocking off seventh-ranked Tennessee, the Horns went into Pauley Pavilion and shocked UCLA, the number two team in the country. The Longhorns jumped all over UCLA in the first half, building a double-digit lead, then, after losing the lead in the second half, performed last-second heroics to come away with an improbable 63-61 victory.
The Horns were led to the Final Four a few years back by a fellow named T.J. Can D.J. and A.J. lead them back to the Promised Land? We'll see. One thing, however, seems pretty clear: the Horns aren't dismissing themselves just because they are missing Durant.
Maybe...they don't miss him at all.
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