Freshman post duo complementary for Longhorns’ experienced backcourt

Never mind the fact that 11 former Texas Longhorns ballers are on NBA opening day rosters, the squad continues to be a player in the Big 12 and nationally under coach Rick Barnes, now in his 14th year at the helm. That said, Barnes sometimes takes unnecessary criticisms about the plethora of talent he recruits, but the lack of Final Fours and/or national championships. Evaluate how many one-and-dones and early entry players Texas has had in the Barnes era and perhaps no one this side of John Calipari has recruited so thoroughly and well.  After all, it is any school’s perogative to put students, athletes or otherwise, in position to be in the work force.  In this case, the work force is the NBA. Credit: Matt Hempel/UT Athletics Going forward, Barnes has an interesting mix of chemistry as Texas opens it’s season tonight against Fresno State.  His entire roster is made of talented freshmen and sophomores who have been developing tremendous chemistry, but do not feature taht one or two...