Texas suffered a devastating loss to West Virginia on Monday night, losing on the road, 97-59. A new low point for the basketball program under Head Coach Shaka Smart, it was not a pretty scene post-game for the Longhorns, as frustrations started to become apparent.
It was even worse on Twitter, where fans voiced their frustrations with the direction the team was headed. Not projected to make the NCAA tournament right now, the expectations of this team were to at least be competitive in the conference. The Longhorns have failed to meet those expectations, losing by double digits for the fifth time this season.
Here is how frustrated Twitter reacted to the loss to West Virginia:
It’s very disappointing and disheartening to watch the direction Texas Longhorn has now taken. I’ve never witnessed a blowout of this magnitude in BIG12 play like tonight.
— TJ Ford (@tj_ford) January 21, 2020
TJ it was embarrassing !
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) January 21, 2020
West Virginia's 38-point win over Texas tonight was the worst suffocation I've seen since the Corleone family whacked Carlo, the first husband of Connie Corleone.
If you don't understand that reference, re-evaluate your life. https://t.co/TsZCjBptiJ
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 21, 2020
This is becoming similar to the New York Knicks Twitter account https://t.co/v6TLJV8R3O
— Griffin McVeigh (@griffin_mcveigh) January 21, 2020
FIRE SHAKA SMART https://t.co/lALT8nCOR5
— Barstool Hook ‘Em (@UTBarstool) January 18, 2020
Texas is down 40 to West Virginia. It’s one of the bigger upsets in college basketball hiring history that Shaka Smart just hasn’t worked there.
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) January 21, 2020
I'm not a college basketball guru by any means, but I ask, how does Shaka Smart still have a job at Texas? pic.twitter.com/EtAIPhEhsl
— Harold Mintz (@Nopepper1) January 21, 2020
What is "inexplicable" is what happened to Shaka Smart. I thought he was genius. A guy that was gearing up for a 20+ year streak of NCAA Tournament games. But the minute he left VCU….
— Chris Anderson (@CMAnderson247) January 21, 2020
If you want one sequence that fully describes the Shaka Smart era, this it right here (and yes, that score is real) pic.twitter.com/ZzSu2ppbR5
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) January 21, 2020
We talk a lot about how there's no such thing as a sure thing in CFB coach hiring, and there isn't. But Shaka Smart being this big a bust at Texas in hoops is a whole different level of shocking. It makes no sense
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) January 21, 2020
Fire Shaka Smart already! https://t.co/cpdVOrpvjA
— Trey Shannon (@TreyMclovin) January 21, 2020
Chris Del Conte will likely have to make a move with Shaka Smart after this season. The good folks of Lubbock should brace for an all-out pursuit of Chris Beard. How could he not be No. 1 on Del Conte's list? But Beard is such an amazing fit at Tech. It would take big $$$
— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) January 21, 2020
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