Top-five recruit Tre Johnson, the second-highest-ranked uncommitted player in the 2024 class, announced his commitment to Texas on Wednesday, leaving Rodney Terry and the Longhorns' men's basketball team as the big winners of the early signing period.
Johnson chose Texas over Baylor after a long head-to-head battle between the two in-state rivals. «I have a great relationship with the staff,» Johnson, who is ranked No.
4 in the ESPN 100, told ESPN. «I've been there multiple times and there's a great connection. I could be myself around them.» Johnson's father, Richard Johnson Jr., played his college ball at Baylor, where Terry was an assistant coach under Harry Miller.
The two schools seemed to trade momentum throughout the latter stages of Johnson's recruitment, but the Longhorns won out in the end. «He shoots you straight,» Tre Johnson said of Terry. «He gets on the best players in practice.