For the second time, Shaka Smart secured a commitment from Tevin Mack

Over the course of the last month plus, Texas basketball fans have continuously asked - what's up with Mack?

Often when a coaching change happens, defections are more prevalent than additions. The Longhorns are proving to be an exception. This afternoon, the 2015 Texas basketball class grew by one, and added a very key piece to the puzzle when Dreher (Columbia, South Carolina) four-star wing Tevin Mack announced his commitment to Texas during an announcement ceremony at his high school.

After Smart made the move from VCU to Texas, Mack, rated as the No. 61 player overall in the 2015 Rivals150, requested, and was granted a full release a little over a week later. That's when the buzz behind the scenes surrounding Mack to Texas really started to pick up as the Longhorns were the team to beat the moment he was released.

Gaining Mack's signature was arguably Smart and his staff's - including assistant Mike Morrell, who recruited the four-star wing for years - biggest recruiting get at VCU. Not only did he become one of the first national, four-star prospects that signed at VCU, but the recruiting battle was a much contested one as Mack was reportedly very torn throughout the process. Now, the 6-6 prospect has again chosen to play for Smart. He'll just be doing it at Texas.

"Playing on the grassroots circuit with the Carolina Wolves, Mack built himself as a reputation as a wing who can put up points and who loves to play up and down basketball and shoot threes," wrote Rivals.com basketball analyst Eric Bossi about Mack when he committed to VCU. "Basically, his style is made to fit right in to the way Smart and the Rams play. Mack will have to step his defensive intensity up a bit, but from an offensive and athletic standpoint he should be able to make a quick adjustment to what will be expected of him on the college level."

Known for his ability to score at 6-6, Mack is exactly the kind of prospect Texas needed to add to this class. The Longhorns have just one true wing-type of player that is taller than 6-5. And the Longhorns' biggest need in the 2015 class was adding some scoring punch at the guard and wing spots, especially players that can fill it up from deep. In Mack, Texas landed a prospect that does exactly that, and should be a candidate to immediately play significant minutes the moment he arrives.

Mack joins Kerwin Roach and Eric Davis to make up the 2015 Longhorns recruiting class, and each member of the trio is rated as a four-star, Rivals150 member. Georgia was Texas' toughest competition for Mack. Bulldogs head coach Mark Fox coached Mack's brother while he was the head coach at Nevada.

Of note: Since Mack already signed a Letter of Intent, he can't sign another. But he does have to sign an Athletic Scholarship Agreement.