The four Texas schools in the Big 12 barely had time to enjoy any Kansas City hospitality in the conference tournament.
One by one, the four were eliminated in the quarterfinals, a brutal Thursday to forget. The implications for NCAA bound schools like Texas Tech or Baylor might be minimal. For TCU, the jury is out.
And for Texas, it almost assuredly ended the school's NCAA hopes and raised questions about coach Shaka Smart, who is now 66-66 in four seasons at Texas. Athletic director Chris Del Conte dubbed the question "ludicrous talk."