Texas Basketball: 4 reasons why the Horns can decimate Oklahoma State

2) Why Texas basketball can decimate OK State

New energy on the wing

Something that really gave Smart and the Longhorns a big in their quarterfinals win back on March 11 over Texas Tech was the play of sharpshooting guard/wing Jase Febres. This fourth-year 6-foot-5 and 200 pound shooting guard/small forward has only played in bits and pieces of 11 games so far this season. He does seem to really be finding a good rhythm of late.

Coming off a season-ending injury last year and surgery during the offseason that created newly a full calendar year long rehab process for Febres clearly took a toll on his game once he made his debut roughly a dozen games into this season. It takes time for a rhythm shooter like Febres to find a good spot to be in.

And Febres largely had to find a new role for himself in the rotation. With Jones back at full health as a regular on the wing in the starting five, Febres’ was out of his usual spot among the starters.

The good news for the Longhorns is that with both Febres and Jones rolling on the offensive end of the floor, the sky should be the limit for the way this team can score. In the win over Texas Tech alone, Febres registered a whopping 15 points off the bench on 5-of-9 shooting from the field (all attempts from three-point range). And he didn’t turn the ball over a single time in that game.

Febres and Jones are two of the best pure shooters/scorers that Texas has rolling right now. If Texas can get a spark both from their top wings and their backcourt duo of Coleman and Ramey in this Big 12 Tournament final round meeting with the Pokes, this will be a nearly unstoppable quad this weekend.