Jeff Howe

M1: Texas 0, Washington 0

After an error charged to Jalin Flores, Spencer issued a walk with one out. But Spencer got the Huskies to ground into a 4-6-3 double play to get out of the inning.

It’s a late start tonight with the Longhorns taking on the Huskies in Las Vegas. The action is just now getting started. It’s streaming live at D1Baseball.com.

Official time was a 4.39. Outstanding!

D1Baseball created $10 off coupons for each team’s fanbases for this weekend’s tournament events. It will take $10 off the sign up fee (which is $20). ‘TEX25’ is the code

There were some very good evaluations the previous regime made in the 2021 cycle.

I don’t think guys would be too thrilled sitting out a year if they transfer to another school in the SEC.

I’m a firm believer that the grass is greener wherever you water it. That doesn’t describe Mitchell’s time at Texas.

You knew understood the Arkansas rivalry? Abe Lemons.

Need to focus on running Scottie Thurman and Clint McDaniel off the 3-point line.

UIW making a pitching change with Texas leading 4-0 in the bottom of the seventh.

BOOM! Solo shot by Mendoza!

It’s a 1-0 lead for Texas in the bottom of the first, thanks to a two-out RBI single by Adrian Rodriguez.

A little Tuesday action at Disch-Falk. Jason Flores gets the start on the bump.

Hours after the news of Terry Joseph’s move to the New Orleans Saints went public, Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian has filled the vacant defensive coaching staff position with the architect of some of the top secondaries in school history. Sources told On Texas Football on Monday that the Longhorns have hired Duane Akina as their safeties coach, a move first reported by Anwar Richardson of Orangebloods. Most recently, the defensive coordinator at Arizona, the 68-year-old Akina was the Texas defensive backs coach under Mack Brown for 13 seasons (2001-13). Texas won the 2005 national championship, two Big 12 titles (2005 and 2009), a Rose Bowl (2004) and a Fiesta Bowl (2008) during Akina's first stint in Austin. The Longhorns also produced two Jim Thorpe Award winners under Akina: Michael Huff (2005) and Aaron Ross (2006). Akina coached some of the top defenses in school history, including the 2001 group, which led the nation in total defense (236.2 yards per game and 3.8 yards per play allowed). The four starters in Akina's first Texas secondary (Rod Babers, Ahmad Brooks, Quentin Jammer and Nathan Vasher) played in the NFL; Jammer was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2002 draft, while Vasher was a Pro Bowl selection and an All-Pro for the Chicago Bears. Jammer was one of six first-round picks Akina coached during his time with the Longhorns. Along with Jammer, Huff (2006) and Ross (2007), Michael Griffin (2007), Earl Thomas (2010) and Kenny Vaccaro (2013) were first-round picks; like Jammer, Thomas was a finalist for the Thorpe Award, headlining a 2009 Texas defense that led the nation with 25 interceptions. Huff, Ross and Griffin joined 2006 second-round pick Cedric Griffin and 2007 fifth-round selection Tarell Brown to form arguably the best defensive backfield in school history in 2005. Those five helped lead the charge on defense en route to the Longhorns winning their most recent national championship. Akina coached or recruited 15 NFL draft picks and eight All-Americans in his first stint on the Texas staff. View full news story

For the first time since the 2003-04 season, the Texas women’s basketball team is the country's No. 1 team. Coach Vic Schaefer’s club climbed to the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday thanks to North Carolina State’s 104-95 double-overtime win over Notre Dame on Sunday. UCLA's 71-60 road loss to rival USC on Feb. 13 opened the door for the Fighting Irish to move to No. 1 in the Feb. 17 poll. However, their run atop the rankings was short-lived. Texas (26-2, 12-1 SEC) is the new No. 1, the first time the Longhorns have been in the top spot in the AP Top 25 since the Feb. 16, 2004 poll (the program's last game while ranked No. 1 was a 62-49 road loss to Texas Tech on Feb. 22, 2004). Texas has won 10 consecutive games since a 67-50 road loss to South Carolina on Jan. 12. The Longhorns avenged their loss to the Gamecocks with a 66-62 victory at Moody Center on Feb. 9, one of three consecutive wins over an opponent ranked No. 8 or better in the AP Top 25 (No. 2 South Carolina, No. 8 Kentucky on Feb. 13 and No, 5 LSU on Feb. 16). After last Sunday’s 65-58 win over coach Kim Mulkey’s Bayou Bengals on the Forty Acres, Texas returns to action on Monday, hitting the road to face Georgia (6 p.m., SEC Network). It's the first of three games in seven days for the Longhorns, who battle Mississippi State at Humphrey Coliseum on Thursday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+) in Schaefer’s return to Starkville (a 221-62 record in eight seasons with two national runner-up finishes, an Elite Eight trip and a run to the Sweet 16) before wrapping up the regular season at home against Florida on Sunday (1 p.m., SEC Network).

SEC Baseball: Equal parts fun and hell on earth.

BTW, 11 of the 16 teams in the SEC are ranked in the top by 25 by D1Baseball.

If you're a cable subscriber with SEC Network as a part of your package, you can use your cable login credentials to stream. I believe you can also get it if you have ESPN+.

I roll with Kendall Rogers and the D1Baseball crew for my college baseball takes. I believe that ranking continues to be the most accurate.

Former UTEP player (wide receiver and returner) who was most recently the scouting coordinator/NFL liaison for the Miners.