‘22 Record: 47-22 (14-10 Big XII).
‘23 Record: 0-2 (0-1 Big XII).
The Long Fedoras, powered by the big bat of Ivan “The Terrible” Melendez (since drafted #43 overall by the Arizona D-Bags, so we won’t have to worry about his thunder stick), went the furthest of all four teams—Vanderbilt included—in last year’s NCAA Tourney. They took a trip to Omaha... but then returned promptly after going two and que to Notre Dame and the aTm Grode Jars.
In 2023, though you don’t want to read too much into two games, it certainly appears that excising a Brobdingnagian amount of thunder from the lineup has hurt Tejas, no matter how nice these guys are, no matter how many doors they open for women, no matter how suavely they tip their Long Fedoras and say, “M’lady.