Texas Basketball: 5 thoughts from first two games of the season

4. Texas still needs to put it all together

If the first two games of the 2018-19 season told us anything about Texas basketball, and even some of the preseason scrimmages, it’s that this team is deep and hard to contain over long stretches of game time. But, Texas is also hard to get going with any combination on the floor for more than a few minutes at a time.

Against Arkansas, Texas held a significant amount of momentum at times. But, it was never able to fully capitalize on that momentum and pull away from the Razorbacks on the scoreboard. Texas carried a six-point lead into halftime against Arkansas and couldn’t find nearly enough offense in the second half to hold on for the regulation win.

Moreover, the season opening win over Eastern Illinois featured much of the same plot line since the Horns couldn’t get a large enough lead to say that it could hold on comfortably. Texas held into the opener against the Panthers as more than a 25-point favorite. And, that came without the services of one of its best guards.

It’ll be nice to see what happens for the Horns when this team is able to put it all together for most of an entire game. Texas has not been able to put together more than one complete half of basketball up to this point. It looked good against Arkansas in the first half and had its first opportunity to put a huge quality win by a good margin on its resume. The two-point overtime victory will have to do for now.