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

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 6: Jericho Sims #20 of the Texas Longhorns drives around Cam Burrell #10 of the Eastern Illinois Panthers at the Frank Erwin Center on November 6, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 6: Jericho Sims #20 of the Texas Longhorns drives around Cam Burrell #10 of the Eastern Illinois Panthers at the Frank Erwin Center on November 6, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images) /
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CHARLOTTE, NC – MARCH 18: The North Carolina Tar Heels Ram walks the floor during a timeout against the Texas A&M Aggies during the second round of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 18, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC – MARCH 18: The North Carolina Tar Heels Ram walks the floor during a timeout against the Texas A&M Aggies during the second round of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 18, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

1. Non-conference slate gets easier, for a bit

The roller coaster ride that Texas basketball has through the early portion of the schedule outside of the Big 12 lasts throughout the month of November. The next two games for the Horns falls against Louisiana-Monroe and The Citadel. Texas should at least be double-digit point favorites in each of those two games.

After facing ULM and The Citadel on Nov. 12 and Nov. 16, the Horns have to travel to Las Vegas, NV, for a very challenging invitational tournament. The Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational even starts out with a top tier team in the country in head coach Roy Williams and the North Carolina Tar Heels in game one.

Then, Texas likely gets to face another top 25 team in either the Michigan State Spartans or the UCLA Bruins. If Texas does get to face UCLA in the second game of the invitational, it would be nice to see this win both on the recruiting trail and on the court this season. UCLA was the other school that the highly touted Baker was choosing between on Nov. 8 when he gave his pledge to the Horns.

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Yet, the point here is that the Horns need to be ready for what lies ahead and probably need to carry an undefeated record all the way up to Nov. 22. It’s toughest test before facing the Tar Heels is now out of the way by claiming the overtime victory over the Razorbacks. Even beyond these two difficult games coming up in Las Vegas this month, the Horns still have to face the No. 24 Purdue Boilermakers, Providence Friars, and VCU Rams out-of-conference this year.

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