Texas Basketball: 3 reasons Longhorns can upset No. 1 Baylor

An enormous test lies ahead for the Texas basketball program on Feb. 10 as they take on the No. 1 ranked Baylor Bears at home.

At what seems like the wrong time, the Texas basketball program gets to face the No. 1 ranked Baylor Bears trying to notch their 15th win of the regular season. Baylor is one of those two or three teams in the Big 12 that could legitimately contend for a national title this year. Arguably two teams from the Big 12 that could both be one-seeds in the NCAA Tournament are Baylor and the Kansas Jayhawks.

If Texas falls short on Feb. 10 against Baylor, then they will get swept in the season series by both the Bears and Jayhawks. Building a solid NCAA Tournament resume should start with at least a couple good wins against top 10 or top 15 opponents. That’s something Texas lacks on their resume at the moment.

Momentum really isn’t on Texas’ side coming into this big time Monday night showdown.

Texas is coming off a really tough 62-57 loss at home at the Frank Erwin Center at the hands of the defending National Champion runner-up Texas Tech Red Raiders. Head coach Shaka Smart saw his team control this game for about the first 30 minutes, only to let it go later on in the fourth quarter.

Meanwhile, Baylor did get a scare from the bottom team in the Big 12 standings over the weekend with head coach Mike Boynton and the Oklahoma State Cowboys pitting them on upset alert. But Baylor still came out with the win at home over the Pokes on Feb. 8.

Can Texas finally rally and get that one marquee win that could get them over the top with the Selection Committee this year?

Here’s a look into three reasons why the Texas Longhorns basketball program can take down the No. 1 ranked Baylor Bears at home on Feb. 10.