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Texas Longhorns ACC-SEC Challenge Time and Network Announced

The Longhorns’ tipoff time against the Cavaliers has been announced.
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Texas Longhorns guard Chendall Weaver (2) reacts after a made three point basket against the Tennessee Volunteers during the second half at Bridgestone Arena.
Texas Longhorns guard Chendall Weaver (2) reacts after a made three point basket against the Tennessee Volunteers during the second half at Bridgestone Arena. | Steve Roberts-Imagn Images

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As fall progresses with all eyes on football, basketball is patiently waiting for its time to shine.

The Texas Longhorns basketball program has a new sense of life after coach Sean Miller has taken over what has recently been an underperforming program. With the first media availability of the new era in the books, excitement around the new-look squad is building.

At what seems to be the perfect time, the tipoff times and networks have been announced for the upcoming ACC/SEC Challenge.

The ACC/SEC Challenge

Xavier coach Sean Miller
Xavier coach Sean Miller watches his team during its game against Texas during the First Four of the NCAA men's tournament at University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. | Sam Greene / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Each year, teams from the ACC and SEC compete in an in-season series where the top talent in each conference faces off. This season, the Texas Longhorns drew the Virginia Cavaliers and are set to face off on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. Central and will be broadcast live from the Moody Center on ESPNU.

The Miller era is set to start with a matchup against the Duke Blue Devils in the Dick Vitale Invitational on Nov. 4 before moving into a four-game home stretch ahead of the Southwest Maui Invitational. The next week, the Longhorns will look to best the Cavaliers.

During Tuesday’s media availability, Texas guard Simeon Wilcher gave a preview of Miller.

“He’s a great dude,” Wilcher said. ”He loves basketball and he has a history of playing basketball at a very high level, so somebody that you can learn from, especially from the position I play here and the position that he played while he was playing.”

Guard Tramon Mark said that he and Miller immediately gelled during their first conversation.

“It was just a great conversation we had about my past, his past,” Mark said. “We just kind of gelled together right then and there in that conversation. He talked about what he wanted to do with me as a player on the court, and how I can help this team, and we just went from there.”

As basketball season approaches, the excitement will continue to grow. Once the Longhorns get on the court, they will be itching to show off their progress and new identity under Miller in front of both the SEC and the ACC. With all of their invitational-style experiences early in the season, the Longhorns should have a solid base heading into always-challenging SEC play, which has taken on the identity of one of the toughest, most-talented basketball conferences in the NCAA.

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DJ BURTON

DJ Burton is a journalist from Kingwood, Texas. He is a credentialed writer for Texas A&M Aggies On SI. He graduated from Texas A&M with a journalism major and a sport management minor. Before attending A&M, Burton played offensive line for two seasons at Hiram College in northeast Ohio, where he studied sport management. Burton brings experience covering football, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. He also served as a senior sports writer for A&M’s student newspaper, The Battalion.

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