This date in Texas history is part of a daily Longhorns newsletter put together by Texas football beat writer Danny Davis.

Chase Ross looks and plays like a football defensive back, but he's leading Marquette’s disruptive basketball defense.

When the Marquette men's basketball team clinched the outright ... Golden Eagles head coach Shaka Smart shared a meal with then-Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and other top NFL ...

And on this date in Texas history, the UT men's basketball team rolled over ... The Longhorns finished their first season with head coach Shaka Smart with a 20-13 record.

Oliver Purnell was the head coach at Dayton from 1994-2003. During that time, he brought Smart in as director of basketball ...

Marquette basketball has quickly found itself back on the winning path with a huge victory over Wisconsin on Saturday night.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue basketball ... under Shaka Smart, who coached Marquette past the Boilermakers a couple of weeks ago. One of Smart’s other proteges, Buzz Williams, brings Texas ...

Marquette coach Shaka Smart ... respect for Purdue," Smart said in his opening remarks in the postgame press conference. "I would say, other than UConn, in college basketball right now, they ...

College basketball fans will have their eyes locked on the state of Wisconsin this week after the latest AP Top 25 poll ...