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Texas Basketball: Shaka Smart’s seat has to be heating up after OU loss

A really bad start to Big 12 play for the Texas basketball program saw an inexplicable loss occur on Jan. 8. In the second game of the Big 12 slate this year, Texas fell short against their rival north of the Red River on the hardwood on Wednesday night. The Oklahoma Sooners got the best of Texas in the Red River Rivalry game on the hardwood.

This moved the record of the Texas Longhorns basketball program to an increasingly mediocre 10-4 (0-2 Big 12) on the season. The second loss in Big 12 play compounded with the 59-44 defeat in the conference opener on Jan.