The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference
The 1906 Texas basketball team—the university's first. Founder, player, and coach Magnus Mainland appears in third row, far left. Holding the ball is team captain C. F. von Blucher.
L. Theo Bellmont (left) with his undefeated 1915 Texas basketball team.
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, or The Big Dance, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball na
A ticket from the 1988 tournament held in Kansas City, Missouri
The University of Dayton Arena, which has hosted all First Four games since the round's inception in 2011 (except 2021), as well as its precursor, the single "play-in" game held from 2001 to 2010. As of 2026, the arena has hosted 143 tournament games, the most of any venue.
The NABC championship trophy
NCAA-style trophies for various sports, as seen at UCLA