It wasn’t too long ago that the Texas Longhorns entered the season ranked as the No. 5 team in college basketball. Even more recently, first-year head coach Chris Beard’s team was inching towards another top-10 appearance and snowballing the momentum of 11 wins in 12 games heading into conference play.
Then came three losses in four outings, including a 13-point road loss to 8-5 Oklahoma State and a disappointing home defeat to a 9-7 Kansas State squad. Suddenly, Texas has fallen to 13-5 and the outlook of this group is a bit uncertain.