Texas Basketball: Roster gets massive boost in star C Tre Mitchell

Tre Mitchell Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports

News that Texas basketball fans were hoping for a long time now arrived on the evening of June 15. The Texas men’s hoops program had the news drop early this week that it would be getting a commitment out of the former star UMass Minutemen sophomore center Tre Mitchell out of the NCAA Transfer Portal.

Texas and new head coach Chris Beard were after the former UMass transfer big man Mitchell in the portal for a while now. It was almost exactly one month ago that Mitchell announced Texas among his finalist schools. A decent amount of time passed before Mitchell announced his decision, but it was very good news for the Longhorns in…