The 2026–27 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They play their home games at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, as third-year members of the Southeastern Conference. The Longhorns are led by second-year head coach Sean Miller.

Previous season The Longhorns finished the 2025–26 season 21–15, 9–9 in SEC play to finish in 10th place. As the No. 10 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost to Ole Miss 66–76 in the first round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed in the West region. They defeated No. 11 seed NC State 68–66 in the First Four, advancing to the regular 64-team bracket. There, they defeated No. 6 seed BYU 79–71 in the first round and No. 3 seed Gonzaga 74–68 in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to No. 2 seed Purdue 77–79. Texas became the sixth team to start in the First Four and reach the Sweet 16 since the First Four began in 2011.

Offseason

Returning players Texas returners 8 C 7'0" 255 lbs Junior Marijampole, Lithuania 9 F 6'9" 245 lbs Redshirt freshman Houston, Texas 14 C 7'1" 255 lbs Redshirt freshman London, England 33 G 6'5" 200 lbs Redshirt sophomore Longview, Texas

Departures Texas departures Jordan Pope 0 G 6'1" 180 Senior Oakley, California Transferred to Texas A&M Cole Bott 1 F 6'6" 200 Graduate student Highlands Ranch, Colorado Graduated Chendall Weaver 2 G 6'3" 180 Senior Arlington, Texas Transferred to Houston Dailyn Swain 3 G/F 6'8" 225 Junior Columbus, Ohio Declared for 2026 NBA draft; selected 15th overall by Chicago Bulls Declan Duru Jr. 4 F 6'8" 235 Freshman Munich, Germany Transferred to UC Santa Barbara Camden Heide 5 F 6'7" 215 Junior Wayzata, Minnesota Transferred to South Carolina Simeon Wilcher 7 G 6'4" 200 Junior Plainfield, New Jersey Transferred to Seton Hall Nic Codie 10 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore Dallas, Texas Transferred to SMU Tramon Mark 12 G 6'5" 210 Graduate student Dickinson, Texas Signed with Phoenix Suns Lassina Traore 23 F 6'9" 245 Graduate student Abidjan, Ivory Coast Graduated Brandon Taylor 44 G 5'10" 175 Graduate student Coppell, Texas Graduated

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers Texas incoming transfers Mikey Lewis 0 G 6'3" 195 Junior Oakland, California Saint Mary's Amari Evans 1 G 6'5" 220 Sophomore Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Tennessee Isaiah Johnson 2 G 6'2" 182 Sophomore Los Angeles, California Colorado Elyjah Freeman 6 G/F 6'8" 205 Junior Palm Beach, Florida Auburn David Punch 13 F 6'7" 245 Junior Harker Heights, Texas TCU

Recruiting classes

2026 recruiting class

2026 overall class rankings ESPN -- -- 2 2 6 On3 Rivals 6th 3rd 1 2 6 247 Sports 5th 2nd 2 2 6

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References