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AUSTIN, Texas -- Three wins in seven days was just about the perfect start to the season for No. 23 Texas new starting lineup.The rest of the schedule promises to be much more challenging. And it starts right away, far away from the comforts of home.Tevin Mack scored 19 points and Texas rolled to an easy 85-52 victory over Eastern Washington on Thursday night as the Longhorns started smoothing out the rough edges in their 3-0 start.Now the question is, `Can we go on the road? coach Shaka Smart asked. The competition level will go up. We will see better athletes. We will see better size. We will see better teams. How will we answer that?They will know next week when they travel to Brooklyn, New York for the Legends Classic, where their first opponent will be Northwestern.Its going to be fun, Texas guard Kendal Yancy said, especially because were winning.Thats a far different feeling than last season, when Texas started 2/3 after early road trips to China and the Bahamas.Texas had little trouble with Eastern Washington as five Longhorns scored in double figures. Freshman Andrew Jones scored 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting. He had a big first half, making all four of his shots for 12 points in just 9 minutes on the court.Yancy scored 10 points, opening the game with consecutive 3-pointers, and Texas built a 39-24 lead at halftime. Jarrett Allen, Texas 6-foot-11 freshman forward, had four assists in the half by kicking passes out to wide open shooters for 3-pointers.Texas opened the second half with a burst from Eric Davis Jr., who made two 3-pointers in 10-4 run that pushed the lead to 54-28. Jones first basket of the second half, a breakaway dunk, put the Longhorns up by 27 with 11 minutes to play.Bogdan Bliznyuk scored 22 points for Eastern Washington (1-2).Were a little better than we played tonight, but they made us look a lot worse than we are, Eastern Washington coach Jim Hayford said. We dont see athletes like that in the Big Sky (Conference).THE BIG PICTUREEastern Washington: The Eagles were overmatched from the start against their first Big 12 opponent in six seasons. Eastern Washington is 1-24 all-time against ranked opponents.Texas: The Longhorns played their most fluid game with unselfish passes, defensive hustle and an ability to spread the points around the court. Kerwin Roach Jr., who missed the first game because of a suspension, got in his best work at point guard with four assists.POLL IMPLICATIONSTexas still needs win against major conference competition if they hope to impress voters. The next two games against Northwestern and either Notre Dame or Colorado at the Legends Classic, would be a start.MACK ATTACKMack was suspended for the first game for an offseason rules violation but has lead the team in scoring in each of the two games hes played, despite not starting either one. He scored 14 points in 23 minutes against Louisiana Monroe, and played just 21 minutes against Eastern Washington. He has a team-high eight 3-pointers on 14 attempts.INSIDE THE BOX SCORETexas made a season-high 11 3-pointers and Eastern Washington was just 3 of 21 from long range and made just one in the second half. Two of Allens early assists led to Texas 3-pointers. I thought Jarrett really set a tone early in the game by making some terrific passes, Smart said.The Longhorns forced a season-high 16 turnovers.UP NEXT:Eastern Washington hosts Bryant on Monday.Texas faces Northwestern on Monday in Brooklyn, New York. 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HOOVER, Ala. -- South Carolina coach Will Muschamp didnt try to emulate the wisecracking Steve Spurrier at the microphone.Theres only one Steve Spurrier in life, and Im not it, Muschamp said.He replaced Spurrier as the Gamecocks coach if not as the Southeastern Conference media days resident quip master, but Muschamp is hoping to build on what Spurrier started with the Gamecocks. And to do it quickly.Spurrier proved over the past decade that South Carolina can compete for SEC titles and win the Eastern Division. Muschamp isnt giving himself a time cushion to turn the program back around after a 3-9 season when Spurrier stepped down in October.There is no three-year plan, five-year plan, Muschamp said Thursday at media days. They plan to win now. Ok? Thats my mentality.We make decisions as far as whos going to be the quarterback, whos going to be the running back or who is going to play defensive end, (based on) who helps us win right now. Thats the bottom line, and thats what we plan on doing.That will dictate his choice between Perry Orth and freshman Brandon McIlwain as the starting quarterback. Muschamp and the Gamecocks also must resurrect a defense that was last in the league in total, scoring and run defense.Defense was never the issue for Muschamp during an up-and-down four years at Florida, where his teams struggledd offensively.dddddddddddd He spent last season as Auburns defensive coordinator after getting fired from his first head coaching job.Now that Muschamp is getting another chance in the SEC East, hes trying to avoid a repeat of those struggles in scoring points.Really, it comes back to offense ... to make sure were practicing the right way, whether its staff, scheme, decision-making, whatever, he said. But that falls on my shoulders. So Im taking full responsibility of that and making it better in this situation.South Carolina offensive lineman Mason Zandi isnt worried about what happened at Florida. Muschamp was 28-21, going 11-2 in his second season and following that with four wins.I dont really look at coach Muschamps past, Zandi said. Only a fool trips on whats behind him. Were just looking forward. He came in here with a plan and he stated what he wanted to accomplish, and were going from there.The Gamecocks open with Vanderbilt, whose running back Ralph Webb predicted would definitely win the game in Nashville. That gives South Carolina bulletin board material even before preseason camp starts.Yeah, I saw it but well show up Sept. 1, Zandi said.Now, that was closer to a Spurrier one-liner. ' ' '