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Make some room, Phi Slama Jama. Another Houston team has reached the top of men’s college basketball.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — There’s one thing for certain about this Tarleton men’s basketball team – they’ll always keep fighting. After falling behind by double figures, it would have been easy to pack it in, but the Texans kept the intensity to tie it up late. Ultimately, Tarleton fell 71-64 to Drake in the Paradise Jam Championship Game.

STEPHENVILLE — Just like the Texans entering their third year of Division I, the experience at the ballpark continues its climb in Stephenville. Tarleton is currently undergoing renovations to both its baseball and softball seats and new covered seats will make their debut in Stephenville this spring.

STEPHENVILLE — Tarleton baseball head coach Aaron Meade recently announced the 54-game slate for the upcoming spring season, set to begin Feb. 17 in San Antonio against UTSA.

STEPHENVILLE — Fresh off securing the first postseason invitation in Tarleton State University’s Division I Athletics history, Tarleton Softball is ready to return to the diamond for the spring season of 2023 which begins on Feb. 9 in College Station.

Tarleton State University Sports Information It’s been a great return for Tarleton men’s basketball guard/forward Freddy Hicks. Ahead of the Texans’ Paradise Jam Championship Game against Drake on Monday, Hicks was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week.

LINCOLN, Neb. — With every game against a Power Five opponent, Tarleton inches ever closer to defeating one of the elite among the NCAA Division I ranks. On Tuesday, the Texans gave Nebraska a scare in Lincoln, trailing by just five with seven minutes left before losing 71-53.

NORMAN, Okla. — Change is afoot in the Big 12 — even before Oklahoma and Texas depart for the Southeastern Conference.

FRISCO — Jerry Jones is talking Super Bowl after the Dallas owner watched the Cowboys dismantle Minnesota while ending the Vikings’ seven-game winning streak. The outspoken and often- too-optimistic Jones has stayed away from such bold thoughts as the years without even a trip to the NFC championship game have piled up (this is 27).

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