Texas Men's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Texas Longhorns

Big 12 (19-7, 11-6)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/20 Oklahoma State (77-74), 1/2 at Kansas (84-59), 1/9 at West Virginia (72-70)
Bad Losses: 1/13 Texas Tech (77-79), 1/26 Oklahoma (79-80), 2/20 West Virginia (82-84)
Coach:  Shaka Smart
 
Probable Starters:
Andrew Jones, Junior, Guard, 14.6 pgp, 2.2 apg, 4.6 rpg
Matt Coleman III, Senior, Guard, 13.3 ppg, 4.1 apg
Courtney Ramey, Junior, Guard, 12.6 ppg, 4.0 apg
Kai Jones, Sophomore, Forward, 8.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg
Jericho Sims, Senior, Forward, 9.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.0 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Brock Cunningham, Sophomore, Forward, 1.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Jase Febres, Senior, Guard, 5.4 ppg
Greg Brown, Freshman, Forward, 9.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.0 bpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.2 (80th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 68.3 (118, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.1 (117, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.1 (56, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.7 (57, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.9 (117, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.0 (200, 7)
Rebound Margin: 4.1 (54, 2)
Assists Per Game: 13.4 (156, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.0 (222, 6)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NITFirst Round win over South Dakota State
2019NITSecond Round win over Xavier
2019NITQuarterfinal win over Colorado
2019NITSemifinal win over TCU
2019NITFinal win over Lipscomb
2018NCAARound of 64 loss to Nevada
2016NCAARound of 64 loss to Northern Iowa
2015NCAARound of 64 loss to Butler
2014NCAARound of 64 win over Arizona State
2014NCAARound of 32 loss to Michigan
2013CBIFirst Round loss to Houston
2012NCAARound of 64 loss to Cincinnati
2011NCAARound of 64 win over Oakland
2011NCAARound of 32 loss to Arizona
2010NCAARound of 64 loss to Wake Forest
2009NCAARound of 64 win over Minnesota
2009NCAARound of 32 loss to Duke
2008NCAARound of 64 win over Austin Peay
2008NCAARound of 32 win over Miami
2008NCAARegional Semifinal win over Stanford
2008NCAARegional Final loss to Memphis
2007NCAARound of 64 win over New Mexico
2007NCAARound of 32 loss to USC
2019NCAARound of 64 win over Georgia State
2019NCAARound of 32 win over Ohio State
2019NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Kentucky
2018NCAARound o f 64 win over San Diego State
2018NCAARound of 32 loss to Michigan
2017NITFirst Round loss to Akron
2016NITFirst Round loss to Georgia Tech
2013CBIFirst Round win over Texas
2013CBIQuarterfinal loss to George Mason
2010NCAARound of 64 loss to Maryland
2009CBIFirst Round loss to Oregon State
2008CBIFirst Round win over Nevada
2008CBISecond Round win over Valparaiso
2008CBISemifinal loss to Tulsa
2006NITFirst Round win over BYU
2006NITSecond Round loss to Missouri State
2005NITOpening Round loss to Wichita State
 
*all team stats through 3/7