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Texas Basketball: 5 reasons Longhorns win Big 12 Tournament

By Andrew Miller

LUBBOCK, TX - MARCH 04: Jericho Sims #20 of the Texas Longhorns dunks the basketball during the second half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on March 4, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Texas 70-51. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - MARCH 04: Jericho Sims #20 of the Texas Longhorns dunks the basketball during the second half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on March 4, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Texas 70-51. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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LUBBOCK, TX – MARCH 04: Jericho Sims #20 of the Texas Basketball Longhorns dunks the basketball during the second half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on March 4, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Texas 70-51. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX – MARCH 04: Jericho Sims #20 of the Texas Basketball Longhorns dunks the basketball during the second half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on March 4, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Texas 70-51. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /

A long road lies ahead for Texas basketball in the effort to surprise some teams in the Big 12 Tournament, which starts against the Kansas Jayhawks.

March Madness time is here for the Texas basketball program and beyond in college hoops. This will be both an exciting time and a very nervous wait for Texas basketball fans.

What the Texas basketball program needs to pull off at this point of the season is make enough headway in the Big 12 Tournament to ensure the name is called on Selection Sunday. Winning a few games would also help relieve some of the disappointment from the let down of a regular season.

The worry for Texas basketball is that the regular season resume was not enough for them to make it into the field for the Big Dance. The NCAA Tournament is a little more than one week away at this point, and we’re less than seven days away from Selection Sunday.

The Texas Longhorns basketball program had one of the biggest roller coaster rides of a regular season of any major conference team in the nation. Although, the good news is that this season can still be salvaged at least if Texas knocks off head coach Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks in its first meeting in this year’s Big 12 Tournament.

A win over Kansas would give the Horns a 17-15 (9-10 Big 12) record heading into Selection Sunday. Putting two wins over Kansas alongside a win over the North Carolina Tar Heels would be more than enough to get this team in. So much hangs in the balance for Texas basketball in the first game for its 2019 Big 12 Tournament.

Here’s a definitive look into the five reasons why the Texas Longhorns basketball program has the capability of winning the 2019 Big 12 Tournament.

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