Texas Men’s Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 6, 2026 · CSM Staff
Texas Longhorns
SEC (18-14, 9-9)
Big Wins: 1/10 at Alabama (92-88), 1/14 Vanderbilt (80-64)
Bad Losses: 1/3 Mississippi State (98-101), 3/11 vs Mississippi (66-76)
Coach: Sean Miller
Probable Starters:
Camden Heide, Junior, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Matas Vokietaitis, Sophomore, Center, 15.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg
Jordan Pope, Senior, Guard, 13.3 ppg, 1.9 apg, 2.2 rpg
Dailyn Swain, Junior, Guard, 17.8 ppg, 3.4 apg, 7.6 rpg, 1.7 spg
Tramon Mark, Senior, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 1.9 apg, 3.4 rpg
Key Role Players:
Nic Codie, Sophomore, Forward, 4.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Chendall Weaver, Senior, Guard, 5.7 ppg, 1.2 apg, 4.1 rpg
Simeon Wilcher, Junior, Guard, 6.2 ppg, 1.8 apg, 1.8 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 84.4 (22nd in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 76.8 (256, 8)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.0 (27, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.8 (224, 13)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.4 (215, 12)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.3 (110, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.9 (83, 7)
Rebound Margin: 7.6 (16, 3)
Assists Per Game: 12.3 (287, 16)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.0 (128, 11)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2025 | NCAA | First Four loss to Xavier |
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Colorado State |
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Tennessee |
| 2023 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Colgate |
| 2023 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Penn State |
| 2023 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Xavier |
| 2023 | NCAA | Regional Final loss to Miami FL |
| 2022 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Virginia Tech |
| 2022 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Purdue |
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Abilene Christian |
| 2019 | NIT | First Round win over South Dakota State |
| 2019 | NIT | Second Round win over Xavier |
| 2019 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Colorado |
| 2019 | NIT | Semifinal win over TCU |
| 2019 | NIT | Final win over Lipscomb |
| 2018 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Nevada |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Northern Iowa |
| 2015 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Butler |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Arizona State |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Michigan |
| 2013 | CBI | First Round loss to Houston |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Cincinnati |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Oakland |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Arizona |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Wake Forest |
| 2009 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Minnesota |
| 2009 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Duke |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Austin Peay |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Miami |
| 2008 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Stanford |
| 2008 | NCAA | Regional Final loss to Memphis |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over New Mexico |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to USC |
*all team stats through 3/8
