Offense, calm nerves key to immediate success for Longhorns

The learning curve for this Texas basketball team (12-5, 2-2 Big 12) is steep considering the light-years ahead the elite Big 12 teams are in terms of experience and size, and assistant coach Chris Ogden knows it.

“Offensively we haven’t been very good and it has cost us some games, we think,” Ogden said.

“And its a lot of different factors. It’s no one player or no one person. When you’re young like this it takes a little longer.”...