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Texas men's basketball mourns loss of Jason Klotz

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Summary created by	The Austin Editorial Desk — automated, rule-governed
Byline on source page	Noah Gross, as published by KXAN-NBC
Original story	Read at the source
Source published	Sep 2, 2026
Indexed here	Sep 2, 2026
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