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TEXAS 2020-21 BASKETBALL 34 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1939, 1943, 1947, 1960, 1963, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1989-92, 1994-97, 1999-2012, 2014-16, 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME #9/9 Texas (19-7, 11-6 Big 12) vs. Date Day Opponent - tv Result/Time Abilene Christian (23-4, 13-2 Southland) 11/25 Wed. UTRGV LHN W, 91-55 NCAA Tournament First Round Camping World Maui Invitational (Asheville, N.C.) 27 Saturday, March 20, 2021 - 8:50 p.m. Central/9:50 p.m. Eastern 11/30 Mon. vs. Davidson ESPN2 W, 78-76 Lucas Oil Stadium - Unity Court (8,000) - Indianapolis, Indiana 12/1 Tues. vs. Indiana ESPN W, 66-44 12/2 Wed. vs. #14/16 North Carolina ESPN W, 69-67 GAMEDAY QUICK FACTS • TELEVISION: Th e game will be televised nationally by truTV. Lisa Byington (pxp), Big 12-BIG EAST Battle (Austin, Texas) Steve Smith (analyst) and Lauren Shehadi (reporter) will call the action. 12/6 Sun. vs. #12/3 Villanova ESPN L, 64-68 12/9 Wed. Texas State LHN W, 74-53 • RADIO: Th e Longhorn IMG Radio Network broadcasts every UT game on the 12/13 Sun. at #2/2 Baylor* (Waco, Texas) ESPN postponed statewide network. Craig Way (pxp) and Eddie Oran (analyst) will call the action. Check 12/16 Wed. Sam Houston State LHN W, 79-63 www.TexasSports.com for a listing of affi liates. Westwood One Radio will air the game 12/20 Sun. Oklahoma State* LHN W, 77-74 nationally, with Jason Benetti (pxp) and Robbie Hummel (analyst) on the call. 12/29 Tues. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi LHN canceled 1/2 Sat. at #3/4 Kansas* (Lawrence, Kan.) ESPN2 W, 84-59 • SERIES: First meeting 1/5 Tues. Iowa State* LHN W, 78-72 1/9 Sat. at #14/16 West Virginia* (Morgantown, W. Va.) ESPN W, 72-70 1/13 Wed. #15/15 Texas Tech* espn2 L, 77-79 NOTABLES 1/16 Sat. Kansas State* LHN W, 82-67 • SPECIAL SEASON: Texas is a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, marking just 1/20 Wed. at Iowa State* (Ames, Iowa) big 12 now/espn+ postponed the fi ft h time since 1985 (64-team fi eld) that the Horns claimed a top-three seed. Aft er 1/23 Sat. at TCU* (Fort Worth, Texas) espn2 postponed winning the Big 12 tourney title for the fi rst time in school history, UT is No. x in the fi nal 1/26 Tues. #24/nr Oklahoma* espn2 L, 79-80 AP poll, its fi rst top-10 ranking in the fi nal AP poll since 2011. SEC/Big 12 Challenge (Lexington, Ky.) 1/30 Sat. at Kentucky ESPN canceled • MVP COLEMAN: Senior G Matt Coleman III earned Most Valuable Player honors at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, averaging 24.5 ppg while hitting 17-of-30 (.567) fi eld 2/2 Tues. #2/2 Baylor* espn L, 69-83 goals, including 6-of-11 (.545) threes. He posted a career-high 30 points (10-14 FG, 4-5 2/6 Sat. at nr/#24 Oklahoma State* (Stillwater, Okla.) abc L, 67-75 (2OT) threes, 6-6 FT) in the title game win over No. 12/14 Oklahoma State. 2/9 Tues. at Kansas State* (Manhattan, Kan.) big 12 now/espn+ W, 80-77 2/13 Sat. TCU* LHN W, 70-55 2/18 Thurs. at #9/10 Oklahoma* (Norman, Okla.) TBA postponed • SIMS IN BEAST MODE: Senior F Jericho Sims earned a spot on the Phillips 66 Big 2/20 Sat. #13/15 West Virginia* abc L, 82-84 12 Championship All-Tournament team, averaging 15.5 ppg, 12.5 rpg and 3.0 bpg while 2/23 Tues. #17/19 Kansas* espn W, 75-72 (OT) hitting 13-of-17 (.765) fi eld goals. Sims had a career-high 21 points (8-11 FG) and 14 2/27 Sat. at #18/17 Texas Tech* (Lubbock, Texas) cbs L, 59-68 boards in the championship game victory against No. 12/14 Oklahoma State. 3/2 Tues. at Iowa State* (Ames, Iowa) big 12 now/espn+ W, 81-67 3/4 Thurs. at #16/15 Oklahoma* (Norman, Okla.) espn W, 69-65 3/7 Sun. at TCU* (Fort Worth, Texas) big 12 now/espn+ W, 76-64 PROJECTED GAME STARTERS (2020-21 stats) No Pos Name Ht Yr GP-GS Pts Reb Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) 2 _____G ___ Matt Coleman III _________6-2 ___ Sr. _____26-16 ____ 13.3 ____ 4.1# 3/11 Thurs. vs. #20/22 Texas Tech espn2 W, 67-66 3 _____ G ___ Courtney Ramey _________6-3 ___ Jr. _____25-25 ____ 12.6 ____ 4.0# 3/12 Fri. vs. #11/12 Kansas espn2 canceled 1 _____ G ___ Andrew Jones ____________6-4 _ R-Jr. _____25-25 ____ 14.6 _____ 4.6 3/13 Sat. vs. #12/14 Oklahoma State espn W, 91-86 22 ____ F ___ Kai Jones _______________6-11 ___So. ______25-3 _____ 8.8 _____ 4.9 NCAA Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) 20 ____ F ___ Jericho Sims ____________6-10 ___ Sr. _____25-25 _____ 9.2 _____ 7.1 OFF THE BENCH 3/20 Sat. vs. Abilene Christian truTV 8:50 pm 4 _____ F ___ Greg Brown _____________6-9 ___ Fr. _____25-24 _____ 9.6 _____ 6.4 5 _____F ___ Royce Hamm Jr. __________6-9 ___ Sr. ______21-1 _____ 2.0 _____ 2.4 *Big 12 opponents | All Times Central | All home contests in Bold 10 ____ G ___ Donovan Williams ________6-6 ___So. ______14-0 _____ 3.5 _____ 1.1 lhn = Longhorn Network | Big12Now/ESPN+ = Big 12/ESPN’s digital platform (ESPN+) 13 ____ G ___ Jase Febres ______________6-5 ___ Sr. ______12-0 _____ 5.4 _____ 1.5 14 ____ G ___ Drayton Whiteside ________6-0 ___ Sr. _______2-0 _____ 0.0 _____ 0.5 Texas Basketball Media Relations 30 ____ F ___ Brock Cunningham _______6-5 _R-So. ______24-0 _____ 1.7 _____ 3.2 Basketball SID: Scott McConnell 33 ____ F ___ Kamaka Hepa ____________6-9 ___ Jr. _______9-1 _____ 2.9 _____ 1.0 Cell: (512) 748-9313| E-mail: [email protected] 34 ____ F ___ Blake Nevins _____________6-5 ___ Sr. _______2-0 _____ 1.0 _____ 0.0 Web site: www.TexasSports.com 43 ____ G ___ Andrew Deutser __________6-1 ___So. _______2-0 _____ 0.0 _____ 0.0 # denotes assists per game @TexasMBB Head Coach: Shaka Smart, 109-85 at Texas (6th year); 272-141 overall (12th year) TRULY A SPECIAL SEASON TEXAS IN THE POLLS (2020-21 SEASON) • Texas enters the NCAA Tournament with a 19-7 record (11-6 Big 12, tied for third). Date AP Coaches • UT is riding a fi ve-game win streak, with ALL fi ve victories Preseason 19 22 coming in either true road games or neutral-site contests. Nov. 30 T-17 no poll Th ree of the fi ve wins have come against AP ranked opponents. Dec. 6 T-13 12 • Th e Longhorns have registered SEVEN wins against AP Top 25 Dec. 13 11 11 opponents: vs. No. 14 North Carolina (69-67), at No. 3 Kansas Dec. 20 10 10 (84-59), at No. 14 West Virginia (72-70), No. 17 Kansas (75- Dec. 27 8 9 72 OT), at No. 16 Oklahoma (69-65), vs. No. 20 Texas Tech Jan. 4 4 4 (67-66) and vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State (91-86). Th e school Jan. 11 4 4 single-season record for most ranked wins is eight in 2003-04. Jan. 18 5 5 • ALL seven of UT’s losses were against teams that were ranked Jan. 25 5 5 at game time in either Th e AP or the Coaches’ Top 25. Feb. 1 6 6 • Fourteen (14) of Texas’ fi rst 26 games have come against Feb. 8 13 13 teams that were ranked at the time of the contest in either Th e Feb. 15 12 13 AP or Coaches’ Top 25. Feb. 22 14 16 • Th e Longhorns are 11-2 in contests away from Austin this Mar. 1 15 16 season. Texas is 6-2 in true road games (three wins against Mar. 8 13 16 ranked teams) and 5-0 in neutral-site contests (an additional Mar. 15 9 9 three wins against ranked teams). • Texas has played in two neutral-site tourneys and earned championships in both appearances. UT captured tournament SMART IN THE BIG DANCE titles at the Camping World Maui Invitational (Asheville, N.C.) • Th is marks Shaka Smart’s eighth NCAA Tournament and the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.). appearance as a collegiate head coach. He owns a 7-7 mark in • Th e Longhorns are 7-3 in games decided by three points or his previous seven NCAA tourney appearances. less and 10-4 in contests decided by six points or less. • In his fi rst NCAA appearance as a head coach, Smart guided his 2011 VCU team from the First Four to the Final Four, TEXAS IN THE BIG DANCE winning fi ve straight games against “Power 5” schools (USC, • Th is marks the 35th overall appearance by the Longhorns in Georgetown, Purdue, Florida State and top-seed Kansas) before the NCAA Tournament (35-37 record). falling to Butler in the NCAA semifi nals. • Texas has now advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 19 of the last 22 seasons (not including the 2020 postseason which PUTTING IT IN PERSPECTIVE was canceled due to COVID-19).