While the countdown to Texas' first-round NCAA tournament game was an obvious pick for the biggest news story in the Longhorn world coming into Thursday, the passing of longtime Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido quickly took over.
If fact, even Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart, busy preparing his team for Friday's game against Nevada, he took a moment out of his news conference to pay tribute to Garrido.
"I just want to say that -- speak for our whole program. Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of Augie Garrido, particularly Jeannie. Augie was a mentor of mine during my first couple years at Texas and this is terribly sad news.