Texas Basketball: 3 overreactions to Big 12 Tournament win over OK State

2) Overreactions to Texas basketball’s Big 12 Tourney win

Matt Coleman doesn’t need Courtney Ramey’s production

A lot of the attention throughout this season has fallen onto the Longhorns experienced trio of redshirt junior shooting guard/wing Andrew Jones, junior guard Courtney Ramey, and the versatile standout Coleman. Texas did get solid production from one of that trio of players, one didn’t play that well, and the other was the MVP of the game in all likelihood.

Jones shot just 1-of-8 from the field, but he was a perfect 10-of-10 from the free-throw line. He still scored in the double figures, as he often has this season. Coleman took the most shots from the field in general for the Longhorns, which was a big reason for the win. But Ramey had another down game where he managed just three points while shooting 1-of-9 from the field.

This down game from Ramey is starting to become a common theme for him in the postseason. Ramey posted a goose egg on the score sheet in Texas’ win over Texas Tech back on March 11. That saw him average just 1.5 points per game through two outings in the Big 12 Tournament this year. He now averages just 3.0 points per game in three outings in the Big 12 Tournament in his career to date.

What the showings from both Coleman and Ramey proved for the Longhorns in the postseason thus far is that they don’t really need big time contributions from the latter of those two to find success. Texas can’t always expect Coleman to do what he did for them in the Big 12 Tournament this year, but he’s more crucial to the team’s success than Ramey at this point.