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Texas NIT first round prediction: Longhorns can't afford no-show against South Dakota State

When: 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin

Records: Texas (16-16, 8-10 Big 12); South Dakota State (24-8, 14-2 Summit League)

Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

TV: ESPN

What's on the line?

Not much of anything is on the line for Texas, except empty pride and avoiding only more embarrassment in a season filled with plenty of it. Losing to South Dakota State in the opening round of the NIT on their home floor, after finishing 16-16 and failing to make the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years, would be a really bad look for the Longhorns and an excruciating end to a lost season.