Texas Longhorns Signee Tre Johnson Has Quiet Night at Nike Hoop Summit

Texas Longhorns 2024 signee Tre Johnson wasn't able to find a rhythm at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland on Saturday.

Link Academy's Tre Johnson / Nathan Papes/Springfield News-Leader /

AUSTIN -- Don't panic, Texas fans. Not one bit.

Texas Longhorns signee Tre Johnson struggled in a 98-75 win for Team USA vs. Team World in the 2024 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland on Saturday. A five-star guard from Lake Highlands that played this past season with Link Academy in Missouri, shined under the bright lights of the McDonald's All-American Game on April 3, but wasn't finding similar production at the Moda Center.

Johnson came off the bench for head coach Sharman White but couldn't find a shooting rhythm to start things off. The jumpshots he hit with ease in Houston for the McDonald's game weren't falling on Saturday, and the turnovers didn't help him build any momentum.

Johnson finished with just two points on 1 of 7 shooting (0 of 3 from deep) to go along with one rebound and three turnovers in 14 minutes.

Lake Highlands Wildcats guard Tre Johnson (20) / Jonah Hinebaugh/Naples Daily News / USA

Johnson started the game not afraid to shoot, but nothing was falling. These things happen, though it was turnovers on an errant pass out of bounds and a five-second violation in the first quarter that Johnson will likely be frustrated with the most. If you've seen him at his best, you'll quickly realize that scoring isn't exactly an issue for Johnson, regardless of what Saturday's numbers might say.

Johnson finally got on the board late in the third quarter with an open floater inside the foul line, but followed this up by getting blown by off the dribble by before turning it over on an attempted skip pass across the defense a few possessions later. 

Of course, many Texas fans will have their own overreactions, especially after the Longhorns released Johnson's fellow 2024 signee Cam Scott on Saturday.

These fans will find that their frustrated energy is better used elsewhere.

Johnson will almost certainly step onto the Forty Acres next season with immediate Alpha status, though this all depends on if the Longhorns can land a big-time name in the portal. As of now, it's hard to tell for sure if they will or not, but these things can develop quickly.

Johnson has special scoring ability and could certainly be one-and-done at Texas as a result. One poor game, which came just 10 days after he lit up the elite competition at the McDonald's All-American Game, doesn't change that.

For the Longhorns fans panicking, their "stress" will be a laughing matter once Johnson inevitably lights up the nets in Austin later this year.