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Best Texas basketball players: All-time starting lineup – From T.J. Ford to Kevin Durant

By Brandon Jefferson

AUSTIN, TX - SEPTEMBER 14: Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder enjoys the game from the sidelines as the Texas Longhorns host the Mississippi Rebels on September 14, 2013 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - SEPTEMBER 14: Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder enjoys the game from the sidelines as the Texas Longhorns host the Mississippi Rebels on September 14, 2013 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) /
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SG – Travis Mays

If the name sounds familiar that is because it is, in fact, the same Travis Mays that is the head coach at SMU for the women’s basketball team. He’s also had two stints (2004-07 and 2012-16) with his alma mater. Mays attended the school from 1986 to 1990 and helped to lead the Longhorns to a higher level of notoriety in college basketball.

During his time, Texas was still a member of the Southwest Conference. Mays is part of the famous “BMW – The Ultimate Scoring Machine” trio along with Lance Blanks and Joey Wright — the first letter of each players’ last name creates the BMW acronym — that led the school to the Elite Eight in the 1990 NCAA Tournament. That year, he averaged 24.1 points per game, which included him making 37.7 percent of his 7.9 3-point attempts per game. His scoring punch gave Texas basketball a big boost during his four years with the team.

He is currently the second all-time leading scorer in the school’s history (2,279 career points) and only Kevin Durant has scored more points in a single season than Mays — they are the only players to ever score 700-plus points in one year. His 2,279 points also place him second all-time in the Southwest Conference scoring records. Mays scored double-digits in 100 of his 124 career games.

The sharpshooter was the first-ever player to be named back-to-back player of the year in the Southwest Conference. Mays was inducted into the UT Men’s Athletic Hall of Honor in 2002. His success at Austin shouldn’t be forgotten by anyone who bleeds burnt orange.