2019-20_Texas_Longhorns_men's_basketball_team

2019–20 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

2019–20 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

American college basketball season


The 2019–20 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represent the University of Texas at Austin in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Shaka Smart and play their home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference.

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Previous season

The Longhorns finished the 2018–19 season 21–16, 8–10 in Big 12 play play to finish in sixth place. They were defeated by Kansas in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. They received an at-large bid to the 2019 National Invitational Tournament as a No. 2 seed. They defeated South Dakota State in the first round, Xavier in the second round and Colorado in the quarterfinals to advance win the Alabama bracket. They advanced to Madison Square Garden where they defeated TCU in the semifinals and Lipscomb in the final to win the program's second-ever NIT Championship (the first was in 1978).

Offseason

Coaching changes

In April 2019, associate head coach Darrin Horn accepted the position of Northern Kentucky head basketball coach.[1] Smart hired Luke Yaklich as Horn's replacement in May 2019.[2]

Departures

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2020 Recruiting class

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Roster

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Schedule and results

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Rankings

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*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.


References

  1. "Darrin Horn hired as head coach at Northern Kentucky". coachesdatabase.com. Coaches Database. April 24, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  2. "Luke Yaklich named Men's Basketball Associate Head Coach". texassports.com. Texas Athletics. May 31, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

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