{"id":369210,"date":"2026-07-11T06:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369210\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:31:11","slug":"longhorns-daily-news-texas-mens-basketball-now-has-the-no-6-ranked-recruiting-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369210\/","title":{"rendered":"Longhorns Daily News: Texas men\u2019s basketball now has the No. 6 ranked recruiting class"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcus Spears Jr.\u2019s commitment to Texas basketball this week was enough to bump the Longhorns\u2019 current recruiting class to No. 6 nationally, according to the latest Rivals Industry Ranking. As noted by On3<\/a>, \u201cSpears Jr. is ranked as Rivals\u2019 No. 10 overall prospect, No. 2 power forward, and No. 1 player in Texas in the 2026 class. The Rivals Industry Ranking labels Spears Jr. as the No. 7 overall prospect, the No. 2 power forward, and the No. 1 player in Texas.\u201d Spears Jr. is currently rated as a unanimous five-star recruit across all three recruiting services.<\/p>\n

WHAT THEY\u2019RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS <\/p>\n

Austin American-Statesman<\/a>: Former Texas men\u2019s basketball Chendall Weaver joins NCAA lawsuit<\/p>\n

Houston Chronicle<\/a>: Bohls: Texas loses a baseball coach to A&M, and two more years of Arch Manning?<\/p>\n

247Sports<\/a>: Commitment from forward Marcus Spears Jr. makes Texas a Final Four contender in 2026-27 season<\/p>\n

247Sports<\/a>: 2026 MLB Draft: What to expect for Texas baseball players and signees<\/p>\n

Inside Texas<\/a>: Sean Miller just had the best offseason in college basketball<\/p>\n

Inside Texas<\/a>: Texas Team Intel: Future stars, player transformations, OL emphasis<\/p>\n

Inside Texas<\/a>: Inside the Program: Buzz around Justus Terry, Jermaine Bishop, Kohen Brown<\/p>\n

Inside Texas<\/a>: Texas ranks No. 2 in ESPN FPI ahead of the 2026 season<\/p>\n

ICYMI IN BURT ORANGE NATION <\/p>\n

Five-star PF Marcus Spears Jr. commits to Texas, reclassifies to 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

UCLA transfer OF Payton Brennan commits to Texas<\/a><\/p>\n

Austin American-Statesman<\/a>: Hutto ATH Jaiden Fields commits to Oklahoma after Texas withholds offer<\/p>\n

247Sports<\/a>: Where\u2019d They End Up? The landing spots for Texas\u2019 17 offensive players who transferred out in 2026<\/p>\n

247Sports<\/a>: Top25 ranked NaVorro Bowman Jr. setting visits to Texas and Arizona; talks Illinois, Kentucky and UNC<\/p>\n

247Sports<\/a>: Five midsummer recruiting storylines from the Midlands Region<\/p>\n

Inside Texas<\/a>: Marcus Spears Jr. scouting report and commitment impact<\/p>\n

Inside Texas<\/a>: Recruiting Humidor: Latest on Monshun Sales, Landen Williams-Callis, 2027 LB target and 2028 TE news<\/p>\n

Inside Texas<\/a>: Decision Preview: Texas trying to top Oregon, Texas A&M, and SMU for 4-star RB Landen Williams-Callis<\/p>\n

Austin American-Statesman<\/a>: See where Steve Sarkisian, Mike Elko rank among nation\u2019s top college football coaches<\/p>\n

Rock M Nation<\/a>: One thing each transfer portal addition in Missouri\u2019s secondary brings to the table<\/p>\n

And The Valley Shook<\/a>: LSU\u2019s roster may not have many holes, but what factor could stop them from reaching their ceiling this season<\/p>\n

Red Cup Rebellion<\/a>: Three star TE commits to Ole Miss over FSU and Alabama<\/p>\n

Rocky Top Talk<\/a>: Notable number changes, weight gains listed on Tennessee\u2019s updated roster<\/p>\n

Roll \u2018Bama Roll<\/a>: Alabama picks up elite in-state 2028 QB<\/p>\n

A Sea Of Blue<\/a>: Mark Pope shares high praise for Mason Williams and Trent Noah<\/p>\n

SB Nation<\/a>: Bam Adebayo punched Tyler Herro over social media criticism in Las Vegas<\/p>\n

SB Nation<\/a>: World number 1s Scottie Scheffler, Nelly Korda each miss cut this weekend<\/p>\n

SB Nation<\/a>: How does Oregon\u2019s Dante Moore compare to other QBs in the 2027 NFL Draft class?<\/p>\n

NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Spears Jr.\u2019s commitment to Texas basketball this week was enough to bump the Longhorns\u2019 current recruiting class…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9488,63991,29431,27,29,13558,13559,49719,110251,10018,28],"class_list":["post-369210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-general","tag-nba-horns","tag-nfl-horns","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns-basketball","tag-texas-longhorns-basketball-recruiting","tag-texas-longhorns-discussion","tag-texas-longhorns-news","tag-texas-longhorns-recruiting","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}