The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 3 Volleyball to be honored tonight with UT Tower Lighting
11.29.2015 | Volleyball
The UT Tower will be lit on Sunday night to honor the volleyball team’s 22nd conference championship.
AUSTIN, Texas –The UT Tower will be lit on Sunday evening, Nov. 29, in recognition of the University of Texas Volleyball team to celebrate the Longhorns' 2015 Big 12 Championship.
Texas earned the title outright on Friday, Nov. 27 with its 3-0 defeat of Oklahoma in Norman.
It marks the Longhorn's fifth-straight Big 12 Championship, ninth Big 12 Championship overall, and 22nd conference championship (13 SWC Championships).
Per UT tradition, the campus landmark is bathed in burnt orange lighting from top to bottom when a University of Texas athletics team wins a conference championship.
Texas will learn its postseason fate during the NCAA Selection Show, scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. on Sunday on ESPNU.
