Mark Rosner has some good ink in the Austin-American Statesman today on fan favorite Dexter Pittman. As always, Todd Wright is given a ton of credit and the requisite McDonald’s joke is thrown in.

It’s great seeing Dexter getting all the love from the media and the fans. There’s no doubt that Kevin Durant is the superstar on this team, but Big Dex is by far my favorite player. He works his tail off — obviously, considering his huge weight loss — and has a really great attitude about it all. From the moment I met him this summer, he has been the nicest and most gracious UT athlete I’ve known.

He’s been called Dex-a-trim by someone on the UT athletic department publicity staff, Dex Armstong because he spent so much time on exercise bikes, and Sexy Dexy by coeds he knows.

Oddly enough, no mention of the newest Pittman nickname, “winDex.” He does clean the glass, after all. I can smell the NBA endorsements now.

Rosner also notes that Pittman played on the same AAU team in Houston as A&M star Joseph Jones. The two might get a chance to tangle tonight, although it might be best for the Horns to avoid playing Dexter for too long. I’ll get into that in more depth on my game preview in just a few minutes.

In the meantime, check out the article at Statesman.com.