The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men's Basketball earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
07.15.2024 | Men's Basketball
Longhorns recognized for having a team cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better during the 2023-24 season.
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas Men's Basketball team has earned a Team Academic Excellence Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the organization announced Monday. The awards recognize outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2023-24 season.
In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA must count the grade point averages of all men's basketball student-athletes who competed during the 2023-24 season.
In addition to the team honor, a total of eight Longhorns claimed spots on the NABC Honors Court. The Honors Court includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2023-24 season with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. The eight Texas players named to the NABC Honors Court are: Max Abmas, Brock Cunningham, Dylan Disu, Ithiel Horton, Tyrese Hunter, Ze'Rik Onyema, Gavin Perryman and Kadin Shedrick.
Texas posted a 21-13 record during the 2023-24 season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Round of 32. With their victory over Colorado State in the NCAA Round of 64, the Longhorns won their NCAA First Round game for the third consecutive season. This marked the first time Texas has accomplished the feat since UT won four-straight NCAA First-Round games from 2006-09. The Longhorns are one of just eight programs in Division I men's basketball to advance to at least the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 in each of the last three seasons, joining Baylor, Creighton, Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas, Michigan State and Tennessee.
