The University of Texas (UT) Longhorns men’s basketball team will get one more season from one of its postseason heroes in senior forward and Pflugerville native Dylan Disu.
Austin NBC affiliate KXAN reported that the 6-foot-9, 225-pound Disu announced on Sunday that he’ll return to UT for the 2023-2024 campaign.
All it took to assuage the burnt orange faithful’s concerns about his basketball future was a four-word Instagram post which read, “The show goes on,” KXAN reported.
A human dimensions of organizations major and a minor in business, the Pflugerville Hendrickson graduate stepped up significantly for the Longhorns as they stampeded their way toward the Big Dance.
Disu scored approximately eight points per game (PPG) during the regular season before doubling the figure during the Big 12 Conference tournament, for which he won Most Outstanding Player (MOP) honors, Austin Journal reported.
His 28-point outburst in UT’s 71-66 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions in the second round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament propelled the Longhorns to their first Sweet Sixteen appearance since 2008, the publication reported.
UT, however, lost Disu to injury and fell a game short of representing the Lone Star State at the Final Four at NRG Stadium in Houston when it lost to the University of Miami (FL) 88-81 in the Elite Eight.
As a reward for leading the program deep into March Madness after Chris Beard was terminated nearly 10 games in for off-campus legal troubles, Rodney Terry was hired by the university to helm the program on a full-time basis.
According to KXAN, Disu’s return is music to the Longhorns’ ears as the team endured a slew of exits, which included those of sophomore guard Tyrese Hunter and freshman forward Dillon Mitchell for the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The station reported the pair didn’t hire agents in case they decide to make good of their college eligibility.