Coming off a 28-8 season in 2010-11, which ended with 3 Longhorn stars, Tristan Thompson, Jordan Hamilton, and Cory Joseph, leaving early for the NBA, Texas coach Rick Barnes has his work cut out for him in 2011-12. Fortunately, junior guard J'Covan Brown returns, along with senior forwards Alexis Wangmene and Clint Chapman. But it will essentially be up to the performances of highly-touted freshmen newcomers Myck Kabongo, Sheldon McClellan, Julien Lewis, Jonathan Holmes, and Jaylen Bond to chart the course of the new season.
The first game of the 2011-12 is at home in the Erwin Center against Boston University on Sunday, November 13th. Whether the Longhorns' under-sized roster can muster the strength to maintain the high standard set by prior Runnin' Horn squads is yet to be seen. But this very well could be a season as exciting as any down here in Austin.
2011-12 Men's Basketball Roster
2 Jaylen Bond F 6-7 224 Fr-HS Philadelphia, PA
14 J'Covan Brown G 6-1 197 Jr-2L Port Arthur, TX
53 Clint Chapman F/C 6-10 245 Sr-3L Canby, OR
22 Andrew Dick G 6-2 180 Jr-2L Sherman, TX
13 Sterling Gibbs G 6-1 185 Fr-HS Scotch Plains, NJ
10 Jonathan Holmes F 6-7 239 Fr-HS San Antonio, TX
12 Myck Kabongo G 6-1 169 Fr-HS Toronto, Ontario, Canada
0 Julien Lewis G 6-3 190 Fr-HS Galveston, TX
1 Sheldon McClellan G 6-4 200 Fr-HS Houston, TX
5 Dean Melchionni G 6-4 193 Jr-2L Lancaster, PA
20 Alexis Wangmene F/C 6-7 241 Sr-3L Maroua, Cameroon
Coaches:
Rick Barnes - Head Coach
Rob Lanier - Associate Head Coach
Russell Springmann - Assistant Coach
Chris Ogden - Assistant Coach
Chris Babcock - Special Assistant
Bryan Lentz - Special Assistant
Todd Wright - Strength & Conditioning Coach
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