As if the Texas basketball program couldn’t shake off the perception they had of getting knocked off by bad teams heading into the 2019-20 regular season, matters just got much worse. Last season, this Texas team under the direction of head coach Shaka Smart fell short to the likes of the Radford Highlanders and VCU Rams during the non-conference slate.
That trend continued for the Texas Longhorns basketball program to get upset by opposition less talented than them on Dec. 21 during the 2019-20 campaign. The Longhorns had the Providence Friars on tap, as really the last major non-conference test outside of the Big 12/SEC Challenge.