BetOnline gave the Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team 40-1 odds to win the 2025 NCAA National Championship.
The Longhorns are coming off a 21-13 (9-9 Big 12) season as they embark on their first season of SEC competition in 2024-25. Texas lost a tough decision to former coach Rick Barnes and future SEC foe Tennessee, 62-58, in the NCAA Tournament last month.
The good news for Texas is that Inside Texas’ Joe Cook reported the Longhorns will visit Air Force forward Rytis Petraitis, originally from Arlington, Texas, over the weekend. Petraitis could provide Texas with a valuable interior presence, averaging 15.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game for the Falcons in 2023-24.
Texas is looking to replace some of its scoring as leading scorer Max Abmas (16.8 ppg, 4.1 apg) has exhausted his college eligibility after transferring from Oral Roberts in 2023. Dylan Disu (15.5 ppg, 5 rpg) also played his final season of college basketball in 2023-24. Petraitis could theoretically offset this production.
