Ogden made the announcement Tuesday afternoon at the Westlake High School campus gym.

During a press conference, Ogden said he is eager to work with new Longhorns coach Sean Miller. He has watched Miller coach the team on a few occasions and enjoys the style of play he teaches. 

“At the end of the day my relationship with coach Miller and UT was too hard to pass up,” Ogden said.

Joining Ogden at the press conference were his father Chris Ogden, his mother Katie, his sister Ellie (a volleyball player at St. Michael’s) and his younger brother Parker, a middle school student.

Ogden is best remembered for banking in a 10-foot jumper at the buzzer to give St. Michael’s a 50-48 victory over Dallas Parish Episcopal in the TAPPS Class 6A boys state championship game last season. Ogden has since transferred to Westlake for his senior year.

The 6-foot-6 small forward is ranked as the No. 34 overall prospect in the nation by Rivals. He;s a top-10 prospect in the state by 247Sports.

In July he listed Texas and Tennessee among his top six teams. The others were Purdue, Virginia, Gonzaga and Kansas.

If the name sounds familiar, it’s because his father, Chris Ogden, was a senior captain for the Longhorns team that played in the 2003 NCAA Tournament Final Four under Texas coach Rick Barnes. He would later coach with Barnes at Tennessee.

“Coach Barnes and I have a really good relationship,” Bo Ogden said. “We talk all the time. I love him. But I had to choose one. That was the hard part.”

Bo Ogden, listed as a four-star prospect by 247Sports, was named the American-Statesman’s 2024 Central Texas private school player of the year.

Before the family left the building, brother Parker was asked a serious question: Who’s a better athlete, you or Bo?

“I’d say Bo right now, but I’m going to catch up to him in a few years,” Parker said.