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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.Colin Kaepernick Youth Jersey . 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Thats right -- a dozen of the worlds best golfers, from Phil Mickelson to Dustin Johnson to Jordan Spieth, were covered neck-to-toe in red, white and blue onesies.Underneath those onesies, each player was wearing a red T-shirt, courtesy of Zach Johnson.As they gathered that night, Johnson stood up in front of the room and addressed the team.I just want to pay tribute to one of our assistant captains, he announced. A man who has done so much for this game.The entire team then stood up, unzipped the top half of their onesies and revealed those T-shirts showing a simple four-word message:MAKE TIGER GREAT AGAIN.I thought it was awesome, Woods recalled with a smile. It goes to show you the team bonding that we had, the team unity. Ive been out of the game. Ive been hurt. For them to come together and do something like that, it unified all of us. It was great.Woods will return to competition on Thursday following a 466-day hiatus after three back surgeries. For as much as the general public is filled with inquiring minds about the state of his health, his peers are equally curious to see what the near-41-year-old version of Woods can accomplish inside the ropes once again.And just like so many watching from home, theyll be rooting for him.We want our champion back, Bubba Watson said.dddddddddddd. We want our Tiger Woods back. We want him playing again.Hes still just turning every head when he walks into the dining area, added Spieth. Or if hes on the driving range, I mean, everybodys looking up to see him hit some shots. I was doing it this morning, interested obviously.Throughout this week, Woods has alternated between self-deprecating jokes about his age and serious concerns about entering this next phase of his career.Hes the oldest player in this weeks field, more than a decade older than six of his 17 fellow competitors, each of whom would relish the chance to compete against him when hes playing his best golf.We all hope for many reasons that he comes back fully healthy and his games fully back, Spieth explained. One, you dont ever want to see somebody go down because of injury. And two, I think it was a dream for all of us young guys to one day grow up and battle Tiger on a Sunday when he was playing his best and see if you can Y.E. Yang it, see if you can pull off a shot where you can take him down. Thats a dream for all of us.In other words, they just want to emulate those T-shirts and Make Tiger Great Again.The general consensus is that Tiger in peak form would push these other top players toward playing even better.Maybe they should be careful what they wish for.When the U.S. players unzipped their onesies that Friday night and revealed those T-shirts, Woods delivered a genuine spit-take, roaring with laughter at the scene unfolding in front of him.The team then urged him to make a speech. Woods stood at the front of the room and, as one player recalled, offered an ominous warning.Dont worry, he told them. Ill be back -- and all of you are going to be pretty upset. ' ' '