Tramon Mark to return giving Texas basketball important scoring punch in 2025-26

As new Texas basketball head coach Sean Miller continues to piece together his first team in Austin, he is going to be retaining a nice role player from the previous coaching staff's roster. According to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, who shared the news on X, senior guard Tramon Mark will be returning to the Longhorns next season. The news was also shared by the Texas basketball program.

There was once a time when a player simply returning for another year at a program didn't make waves. However, in the modern era of player movement, there is always a question about the future of any player, regardless of whether or not that player has entered the portal, because just knowing that transferring is a penalty-free option casts doubt over every player's status until he or she officially announces their plans for the next season.

Fortunately for Texas fans, Mark has decided to stay on the Forty Acres. That will give Miller an important offensive weapon.

A 6-foot-5 guard from Dickinson, Texas, Mark averaged 10.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game in 2024-25, his first season as a Longhorn. Previously, he had played at Houston, where he spent the first three seasons of his career, and Arkansas, where he spent 2023-24.

Though Mark didn't quite match the 16.2 points per game that he put up with the Razorbacks last season, he did play an important role for Texas as the Longhorns fought for a spot in the NCAA Tournament. He appeared in 29 games, with 25 of those being starts.

Mark was fourth on the team in scoring. Additionally, he was fifth in assists and fourth in steals (0.8 per game).

Along the way, he did show flashes of being able to take over games on the offensive end. For example, he put up a season-high 26 points against Kentucky in an important 82-78 Longhorn victory.

What's more, in the NCAA Tournament loss to Xavier, he was second on the team in scoring at 16 points, trailing only freshman sensation Tre Johnson, who scored 23. In all, Mark put together 16 double-digit scoring efforts in his first campaign in burnt orange.

Of course, his most memorable moment from this season was his game-winning layup to beat Texas A&M. Hitting the clinching bucket with just three seconds on the clock, he helped his team cap a 22-point second-half comeback against the then-No. 13 Aggies in Austin.

Mark has announced on social media that he has undergone offseason surgery. However, neither he nor the Texas program has specified what the operation was for. During the season, he dealt with ankle, shoulder, and back injuries, so there could be any number of reasons for the procedure.

Mark's return gives Miller and his program a solid group of guards to build around, especially if Chendall Weaver and Jordan Pope return as expected. Still, it wouldn't be a surprise to see the Horns try to add a lead guard capable of replacing the 19.9 points per game that Johnson gave the team this year (assuming that Johnson takes his talents to the NBA as expected).

Thus, there is still plenty of work for Miller and Co. to do as it pertains to assembling a roster capable of not just getting back to the NCAA Tournament but one that can make noise in the Big Dance. So keep your eyes open, Texas fans, because more news from within the basketball program could break at any minute.