Report: UConn, Texas finalizing home-and-home series for 2024-25 and 2025-26
The Texas Longhorns and Connecticut Huskies are finalizing an agreement for a massive home-and-home series over the next two seasons.
On Tuesday, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported that the Longhorns and the Huskies will be playing next season in Austin, with the return game coming at Connecticut’s home during the 2025-2026 season. A major win for college basketball fans everywhere, as it should be an awesome clash.
“UConn and Texas are finalizing a home-and-home series that will begin next season in Austin, multiple sources told College Hoops Today. There is no timetable on an official announcement,” Rothstein wrote. “There will be a return game at UConn during the 2025-26 season. Official dates and times are also TBD.”
The Huskies are coming off back-to-back national titles, while the Longhorns have made the NCAA Tournament, but haven’t gone as far as they would’ve liked in consecutive seasons. Regardless, iron sharpens iron, and it should be a tremendous moment when these teams link up.
They’ll likely look much different than they have over the last two seasons, but that’s the nature of college basketball in this day and age. We’re willing to bet both coaching staffs will have their teams ready to rock when the Longhorns and Huskies face off.
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When the Texas Longhorns take the court for the 2024-2025 campaign, they’ll be missing two major contributors in forward Dillon Mitchell and point guard Tyrese Hunter, as both entered the transfer portal.
Mitchell just completed his sophomore season in Austin. In total, he started in 71 of his 72 appearances as a Longhorn the last two years.
In his pair of collegiate seasons, Mitchell has averaged 6.8 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting 60.2% from the field. After returning to The 40 Acres rather than entering the 2023 NBA Draft, Mitchell averaged 9.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and a steal while shooting 58.5% overall in year two.
Meanwhile, Hunter spent the first season of his college career at Iowa State, where he was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year after averaging 11 points and a career-high 3.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists, and 2 steals per game for the Cyclones. Starting in all 35 games and also being named a finalist for the Kyle Macy Award (top freshman in Division I) and Lefty Driesell Award (nation’s top defender).
Following his lone season at Iowa State, Hunter transferred to Texas ahead of the 2022-2023 season, where he tied the program’s single-season records for most games played and most games started after 38 games. In his first season with the Longhorns Hunter averaged 10.3 points, 3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game, scoring in double-figures in 19 games with three 20+ point scoring outings. Playing a crucial role in Texas’ NCAA Tournament run to the Elite Eight where he averaged 11 points per game.
Last season Hunter averaged 11.1 points per game on 45.2% shooting from the field and 34.3% from behind the three-point line, all career-highs. He led Texas with 1.3 steals per game and tied the team lead with 4.1 assists per game, scoring a career-high 30 points in the team’s regular-season finale versus Oklahoma which now represents the final home game of his Longhorns career.