Kamaka Hepa

Kamaka Hepa of Utqiagvik and Matt Hobbs of Anchorage are getting ready to dance. Both play for men’s basketball teams that qualified for the NCAA Division I Tournament, affectionately known as the Big Dance. Hepa is a junior for the Texas Longhorns, who beat Oklahoma State 91-86 Saturday night to...

AUSTIN, Texas — You knew something was amiss Saturday night when Texas forward Kamaka Hepa showed up in the starting lineup. Um, where was Greg Brown, Kai Jones and Brock Cunningham?. Turns out, three critical Longhorns were sidelined because of COVID-19 protocols. No matter. In the end, Texas coach Shaka...

You knew something was amiss Saturday night when Texas forward Kamaka Hepa showed up in the starting lineup. Um, where were Greg Brown, Kai Jones and Brock Cunningham?. Turns out, three key Longhorns were sidelined because of COVID-19 protocols. No matter. In the end, Texas coach Shaka Smart had the apt description of what happened against Kansas State.

AUSTIN, Texas — You knew something was amiss Saturday night when Texas forward Kamaka Hepa showed up in the starting lineup. Um, where was Greg Brown, Kai Jones and Brock Cunningham?. Turns out, three critical Longhorns were sidelined because of COVID-19 protocols. No matter. In the end, Texas coach Shaka...

AUSTIN, Texas — You knew something was amiss Saturday night when Texas forward Kamaka Hepa showed up in the starting lineup. Um, where was Greg Brown, Kai Jones and Brock Cunningham?. Turns out, three critical Longhorns were sidelined because of COVID-19 protocols. No matter. In the end, Texas coach Shaka...

Texas, Kamaka Hepa, Shaka Smart, Lawrence, Texas Longhorns men's basketball. On Friday, Texas Longhorns head coach Shaka Smart told the media that a couple members of his team were out and would not make the trip to Lawrence for No. 8 Texas’ top 10 showdown with the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks, though he didn’t provide any specifics.