The 2023 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the

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during the

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. The Longhorns played their home games at

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as a member of the

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. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his 7th season at Texas. In the last weekend of the regular season, Texas swept No. 6

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to earn a share of the 2023 Big 12 Regular season Championship. With a conference record of 15–9, Texas tied West Virginia and

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for 1st place in the conference. Due to tiebreakers, Texas was the top seeded team in the Big 12 tournament. This is Texas Baseball's 80th Conference Championship in program history.

Previous season

Regular season

Texas finished the regular season 39–17, 14–10 in

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play. In non-conference play, Texas went 25-7 never being swept once. Against ranked opponents, Texas went 5–6. Over conference play, Texas won 5 series, while losing 3. Texas won series over Oklahoma, TCU, Baylor, West Virginia, and Kansas. Out of the 5 series won, Texas swept Baylor and Kansas. The 3 series that were lost were to Texas Tech, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State was the only team that swept Texas over the course of the regular season. Heading into the Big 12 tournament, Texas finished 5th in the conference regular season earning a 5-seed in the conference tournament.

Big 12 tournament

With Texas earning a 5-seed in the Big 12 tournament, they faced off against 4-seed

. After defeating Oklahoma State,

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, and Oklahoma State again, Texas advanced to the championship game against

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. In the championship game, Oklahoma defeated Texas 8–1. Skyler Messinger, Douglas Hodo III, and Pete Hansen earned Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors.

NCAA tournament

Austin Regional

Due to a late push from Texas, they earned a regional host spot. In the first round of regionals, Texas faced off against

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. Against Air Force, Texas won 11–3 advancing them to the second round against

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. In the second round Texas defeated Louisiana Tech 5–2. After Air Force defeated Louisiana Tech in the losers bracket, Texas defeated Air Force 10–1 in the championship game advancing the Longhorns to Super Regionals.

Greenville Super Regional

Due to RPI rankings, Texas had to travel to

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to face ECU in the Greenville Super Regional. In the first game of the three game series, Texas lost game one 7–13. In the second round, Texas won 9–8 forcing a game three. In game three, Texas defeated ECU 11–1 sending the Longhorns to their 38th

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College World Series

In the first round of the College World Series, Texas matched up against Notre Dame. Against Notre Dame, Texas lost 3–7. In the elimination game, Texas faced off against

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. Texas was defeated by Texas A&M 2–10, ending their season.

Personnel

Roster

Roster Notes

Starters

Coaches

Support staff

Offseason

Departures

Outgoing transfers

2022 MLB Draft

Undrafted free agents

Coaching staff departures

Coaching Staff Notes

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming recruits

Coaching staff additions

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

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Preseason Big 12 awards and honors

Schedule and results

Schedule Notes

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

NCAA tournament

Stanford Super Regional

Statistics

''Final Statistics for 2023 Season''

Team batting

Team pitching

Individual batting

''Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played''

Individual pitching

''Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G'' ''Source:''

Awards and honors

Rankings

References

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