It all has Texas feeling pretty good about its chances of repeating as the Big 12 regular season champion. This year, with two of the league's best players returning, the Longhorns expect even more. Our goal is winning the national championship.
Barnes approves of the big talk.
To be a top program, the expectation level has got to go up. For Texas, it all starts up front. Both were voted all-conference last season. Mihm established himself as one of the country's best big men with 19 double-doubles last season. He averaged 13.7 points and 11 rebounds and has been named the conference's preseason player of the year.