Texas held their annual Tip-Off event Wednesday night giving fans a preview of the men's basketball team. In the scrimmage, the Orange team got the win 58-49. Freshman Mo Bamba led the Orange team with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Freshman point guard Matt Coleman helped out with 9 points. Sophomore Andrew Jones led the scoring for the White team, he had 15 points.

Kerwin Roach came away as the winner in the slam dunk contest, and Eric Davis the winner of the 3-pt shootout.

The Longhorns open the new season on November 10th against Northwestern State.