In the first team Damion James, guard A.J Abrams, Doug Balby (sophomores) and Connor Atchley were named, this selection has made Atchley to be selected four times in his career in the Academic All Big 12 team. Atchley was chosen in the alternate team in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, in the 2008 season he was chosen to represent the first team. Meanwhile the junior team had Dexter Pittman and Justin Mason selected to represent the University. Mason, James and Pittman also have been selected for the second time in their career to play in the Academic squad.
The nominations are made by all institution's media relations office and also the student's athlete's support service director. The academic all-league basketball team consists of 11 alternate (second team) players and the first team has 17 members. To be qualified for the first team, the player must have maintained a GPA of 3.20 for two semesters or better, also they must have participated in 60% or more in the teams' contests, however senior students that meet the above criteria except the percentage participation are eligible to play in the Academic all league. The second team picks players with a GPA of between 3.00 and 3.19. Transferred or new students are not allowed to play for their first year at the school.
One of the first team selections, A.J Abrams is among ten finalists of the Lowe Award (senior class) and also among the second team choice at the NABC All district 8, Abrams is the leading scorer in the team and also is placed seventh at the Big 12 with an average score of 16.7 points per game, further he is the leading 3 point scorer with 89 shots scored, additionally he has played much time than any other player with 1,133 minutes.
Another second team selection, James is ranked fourth in the Big 12 with an average of 9.4 rebounds per game, he leads also in the double doubles with 14 points, he is further ranked ninth in the league with an average of 15.9 points.
Justin Mason is leading the team with an average of 37 steals from the opposing team. He is also ranked fourth in the league with an average of 4.0 rebounds per game.
Another honoree at the University of Texas Sports Hall of Fame was the late coach Abe Lemons, his honoring was done at the Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. In his acceptance speech Texas University basketball Coach Bill Little praised the late coach saying that he was a very funny man that always encouraged his players to perform well in all the games. Additionally Little said that the former coach deserves to be in the Sports Hall of Fame because of all he did for the varsity team.
I mean they made Missouri look like a division two team in the first half. Texas played near perfect football in the first half with no penalties. They scored touchdowns on five consecutive drives in the first half as well. I couldn't count the times I was blown away by their amazing play. I couldn't look away for a second it seemed. There was one play were Colt McCoy (QB for Texas) had the ball striped away and it scooped it up off the ground and completed a 15 yards or so pass. Astonishing!
I really felt bad for Missouri. It seemed like every time they got close to scoring something bad happened. Example, with two minutes and forty seconds left in the first half, Missouri went for it on fourth down near the end zone. Well their receiver caught it but stepped right on the white line that is out of bounds. During the Official Review as the referee spoke the mentioned receiver thought he was calling it his way and started clapping, but then hung his head when he heard "not a catch". It was that kind of first half for Missouri. It was 35-3 at the end of the first half.
It seemed as if the only player playing decent was Jeremy Maclin, Missouri's kick returner/wide receiver. He was getting about thirty five to forty yards per return. I kept wondering why Texas kept kicking the ball to him. An out of bounds penalty kick is better than him returning two kicks for touchdowns any day. For those of you who haven't heard of him, he is one of the best returners in the country.
On the other side of the ball it seemed Texas could not mess up to save their lives. Mack Brown had told them to forget about their victory over Oklahoma last week and focus on Mizzou. They sure seemed to listen as all the players were making big plays. The defense was fired up as well as defensive coordinator Muschamp who could be seen multiple times hyper-happy when things were good, and super pissed when his defense gave up touchdowns.
Texas got good production from all three of their main running backs. Chris Ogbonnaya played great with 65 yards and two touchdowns (his highest of the season). Vondrell McGee had 58 yards rushing and Cody Johnson had a goal line touchdown.
Colt McCoy played amazing and broke the school career record for touchdowns with eighty two. He completed twenty nine of thirty two passes for a ninety percent completion percentage. Colt also had three hundred and thirty seven yards passing and two touchdowns. One can't ask for much more than that from their quarterback. The final score was fifty six to thirty one, Texas with the victory.
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