Texas Basketball: Greatest Longhorns in history of NCAA Tournament

8. Jay Arnette, G

There might not be a single other Longhorns player in program history that had two games as dominant statistically, with both resulting in losses, as the former star guard Jay Arnette did for this team in 1960. Back when the college hoops postseason still consisted of actual regional games before taking on some of the other best teams in the country, Arnette was putting on a show for the Longhorns.

In those two games played during the postseason regionals in 1960, Arnette averaged around 32 points per game and eight rebounds on 50 percent shooting from the field. His postseason run with Texas in 1960 was highlighted by an insane 34 point and seven-rebound performance in a loss to the Kansas Jayhawks where he shot 52 percent from the field.

7. J’Covan Brown, G

As one of the best scorers in the 15 years for the Longhorns program, the former bucket-getting point guard J’Covan Brown was really able to put on a show for Texas in multiple NCAA Tournament appearances.

In his four postseason games with Texas, Brown averaged around 21 points per game, four rebounds, four assists, one steal, and one block.

Among the Longhorns players since 1980 that have played in more than one postseason game, Brown is just one of three that averaged at least 20 points per game.

Brown was not only one of the best scorers for Texas in the last 12-15 years, but he was also one of the most consistent performers in the postseason in that same span of time. He scored at least 20 points in three of his four NCAA Tournament games with Texas. And the only one where he didn’t register at least 20 points was a game that saw him score 19 points with five rebounds, and six assists in a loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats in 2012.