Texas SF Dailyn Swain has been a leader on and off the court for the Longhorns this year after coming over from Xavier alongside Sean Miller in 2025. Though everyone knew he was good, I don't think anybody expected him to have the type of impact that he's had for the team this year.
After officially leading Texas to a NCAA Tournament bid that begins with a matchup against North Carolina State tonight, I think it's evident that Swain has his teammates ready to push for a Cinderella-like postseason run in 2026.
In a recent media session at UD Arena, a member of the media triggered Swain to discuss his NCAA Tournament goals and aspirations for Texas:
“I'm just focused on finishing the season as good as we can as a team, playing as hard as I can for my seniors and all the guys who won't be able to play anymore and trying to make a deep run for Coach Miller in his first year here at Texas and letting the country know how good a coach he is. That's the main thing, really."
As we can see with his response, he's incredibly high on Sean Miller, and him taking the job at Texas was the main reason why Swain transferred to Austin.
Miller is also pretty bullish on Swain, and mentioned his performance during his media session as well:
“There aren't too many players that play college basketball who had a better overall season than Dailyn did.”
Swain averaged 17.8 PPG, 7.6 RPB, 3.4 APG, and 1.7 SPG in the regular season, while shooting 55.1% from the floor and 81.6% from the free throw line. If Texas is going to have a deep tournament run this year, Swain is going to have to continue playing at an above-average level on both ends of the floor.