ESPN: AUSTIN, Texas -- The University of Texas will retire jersey numbers of nine athletes in three sports in ceremonies during the 2008-09 school year, Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds announced Friday. Included in the group will be football players Vince Young, Bobby Layne and Tommy Nobis; baseball players Greg Swindell, Burt Hooton, Scott Bryant and Brooks Kieschnick; and basketball players Kevin Durant and Slater Martin.
How about that for tradition huh? In and out in a single year and the Texas brass elevate your number to "never to be worn again" status. I get that he was Naismith Player of the Year in 2007 but the guy only played a grand total of 35 games and failed to lead the team past the second round of the NCAA tournament. If I've done my math correctly that means he only wore a Texas uniform for a total of 23 hours and 33 mins max. He barely even rocked #35. And now the powers that be aren't gonna let anyone else wear it ever again. Pretty impressive stuff Kevin. If that's the way they want to run things down there I've gotta believe Brian Boddicker should at least be worthy of a plaque.
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