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Texas Tips off 100th Season of Basketball

Welcome to the 100th season of intercollegiate basketball at The University of Texas. UT and H-E-B have joined forces in a year-long promotional plan to “Salute 100 Years of Texas Basketball”.

“We have appreciated H-E-B’s strong support of Texas Athletics over the years,” said UT Athletics Director DeLoss Dodds. “We know this is going to be an exciting and historic season and we are proud to have H-E-B associated with us.”

Texas fans should visit www.TexasSports.com for a season-long tribute to UT Basketball. On Sunday, November 13, two days prior to Texas’ season opener against Southern in the Guardians Classic, UT’s official Athletics Web site began its season-long countdown of the Top 100 Moments in Texas Basketball, as determined by a panel in the UT Athletics Media Relations office. A new moment will be posted on the Web site every few days throughout the season. The countdown will conclude with Moment Number 1, which will be announced on Saturday, March 4, the day prior to UT’s regular season finale against Oklahoma.

A panel in the UT Athletics Media Relations office has also selected an “All-Decade Team” of five players for each of the following time periods: 1906-1919, 1920-29, 1930-39, 1940-49, 1950-59, 1960-69, 1970-79, 1980-89, 1990-99 and 2000-05. Beginning January 5, two days prior to Texas’ Big 12 Conference opener against Colorado, www.TexasSports.com will announce the “1906-1919 All-Decade Team”. Every few days, the next “All-Decade Team” will be posted on the Web site. The final “All-Decade Team”, which will recognize the top Texas players from 2000-2005, will be announced on Sunday, January 29.

UT Athletics and H-E-B will then team together to allow fans to select the five-player “All-Time Texas Basketball Team”. Beginning on Monday, January 30 and running throughout the month of February, fans can cast their votes for one center, two forwards and two guards to determine the All-Time Team.

Fans will be able to vote either online at www.TexasSports.com and www.heb.com or in select H-E-B stores in the Austin area. The “All-Time Texas Basketball Team” will be unveiled during UT’s regular-season finale on March 5 against Oklahoma. In addition, H-E-B plans to establish an H-E-B Centennial Scholarship through the Longhorn Foundation and Longhorn Legacy athletics development area.

H-E-B is completing its own centennial celebration in November. To commemorate this milestone, the company is hosting a year-long celebration that includes parties, gifts and many surprises as H-E-B says “thank you” to the people and communities that have made H-E-B a success. To reinforce H-E-B’s commitment to the communities that it serves, H-E-B has implemented a series of special initiatives focusing on hunger relief and prevention, education and the environment during its 100th year.