The last game remaining on the regular season schedule for the Texas basketball program comes on March 7 at home at the Frank Erwin Center against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Texas does get a very winnable game to close out the regular season, ahead of the Big 12 and NCAA Tournament. Head coach Shaka Smart needs a win to ensure that his team will make it through Selection Sunday with positive news.
Texas missing out on the NCAA Tournament yet again might be too much for Smart to keep his job beyond the 2019-20 season. But the good news is that his team played well enough over the course of the last five games to likely make it into the Big Dance regardless of how their regular season finale against the Pokes turns out.