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How To Watch, Listen and Stream Women’s Basketball Against Kansas State

Texas hosts Kansas State in another pivotal game. Here is how you can watch, listen, and stream the Longhorns at home against the Wildcats.

Texas got a win against West Virginia on Monday to move into sole possession of third place in the Big 12. Now, they host Kansas State in another pivotal game for the Longhorns. The Wildcats are coming off two closely played games, beating Oklahoma in overtime on Feb 16 and losing by two to TCU on Wednesday.

Not only do they need to keep pace in the conference, but Texas needs to stay off the bubble for the 2020 NCAA Tournament. Currently a nine seed in ESPN’s latest bracketology, all games are a must-win for the Longhorns.

In the first matchup between these two, Texas pulled out the victory on the road. Winning 71-63, it was the second win in the middle of a five-game winning streak for the Longhorns. Now at home, Texas is looking to repeat the same success.

Here is how you can watch, listen, and stream Texas play Kansas State:

Date: 2/22/2020

Time: Noon CST

Location: Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas

Watch: Longhorn Network

Listen: TexasSports.com/audio —Austin 104.9FM, 99.3FM, 98.5FM, 1260AM; Dallas 1080AM; El Paso 600AM; Houston 790AM; San Antonio 1200AM — Spanish: Austin 105.3FM; Dallas 990AM, 99.9FM

Stream: Watch ESPN App

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Will Baker and Andrew Jones Lead Longhorns To Victory

Will Baker and Andrew Jones combined for 41 points as they led the Texas Longhorns to victory over TCU for the season sweep.

It was all Will Baker early on in this game against the TCU Horned Frogs, Baker had scored just 16 points all season before Wednesday night. Baker came to play with Jase Febres and Jericho Sims still out for the Longhorns. He finished the game with a season-high 20 points.

The Longhorns fell behind at halftime 38-36 but a strong second half helped lead the Longhorns to a season sweep of TCU. Texas outscored the Frogs by 16 in the second half for the win, down the stretch Andrew Jones took over as the go to option. Jones finished with a game-high 21 points.

The big story in this game was the bench play from Baker and Kai Jones. The duo combined for 30 points, with Jones providing 10 points, six rebounds and two blocks to give the Longhorns a presence in the paint.

As has been the case for Texas all year, live by the three and die by the three. The Longhorns shot 60 percent from behind the arc and they limited the Frogs to just three of 18 from deep. Baker hit four of six and Jones added three of five to lead the team.

Texas has just five games left on the season with Kansas State coming up on Saturday as they look to sweep the Wildcats.

Vegas Odds: Texas Second Favorite to Land John Beilein

According to SportsLine, the Longhorns are the second favorite to land Beilein’s services, if he decides he wants to get back into coaching.

It has been a rough season for Shaka Smart and the Texas Longhorns, with Smart’s time in Austin more than likely coming to an end after the 2019-2020 season ends. With that, comes speculation about who would be the next coach to turn around the basketball program.

A name that has been circulating has been former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach John Beilein. He left the organization before completing his first season, proving he was not ready for the NBA. Instead, he is expected to return to college basketball, a place he has had success.

According to SportsLine, the Longhorns are the second favorite to land Beilein’s services, if he decides he wants to get back into coaching. Surrounding Texas are three ACC schools in Boston College, Georgia Tech, and Wake Forest.

Boston College is currently coached by Jim Christian and is an overall 13-13. Much like Texas, they are not expected to make the NCAA Tournament in March. If they are to fire Christian, the Longhorns would be in competition with the Eagles for the hottest name in the CBB market.

Beilein has been to two Final Fours in his career, both with Michigan. He has also won four regular-season conference titles throughout his years of coaching and has added four conference tournament championships. If Chris Del Conte decides a change is needed, Beilein would be a proven winner to turn around this Texas program.

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How To Watch, Listen and Stream Texas Basketball Against TCU

Texas takes a four-game losing streak into Wednesday night as they face TCU. Here is how you can watch listen and stream the game.

Texas takes a four-game losing streak into Wednesday night as they face TCU. The injuries have been piling on for the Longhorns, as it is not known if Matt Coleman will be playing against the Horned Frogs. Already meeting once this season, Texas snatched a road win, beating TCU by one in Fort Worth.

This game will be crucial for the Longhorns, as they have the opportunity to gain a bye in the Big 12 tournament. As things stand, they will be playing in the first round on Wednesday against Kansas State. If they were able to win on Wednesday, it would put them directly into the second round, gaining an extra day of rest.

Before beating Kansas State this weekend, TCU had lost six straight games, four of them on the road. With both teams struggling, starting the final third of conference play on a positive stretch will be crucial for both teams.

Here is how you can watch, listen, and stream Texas face TCU in basketball:

Date: 2/19/2020

Time: 7:00 p.m. CST

Location: Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas

Watch: Longhorn Network

Listen: TexasSports.com/audio —Austin 104.9FM, 99.3FM, 98.5FM, 1260AM; Dallas 1080AM; El Paso 600AM; Houston 790AM; San Antonio 1200AM — Spanish: Austin 105.3FM; Dallas 990AM, 99.9FM

Stream: Watch ESPN App

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Texas Basketball: Chris Beard isn’t a realistic option

The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team could be looking for a new head coach in 2020-2021 but Texas Tech’s Chris Beard is a pipe dream.

Reports recently surfaced about the Cleveland Cavaliers possibility of mutually parting ways with John Beilein, a realistic option for the Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team after a decision is made on Shaka Smart. Another name that is circulating as a potential replacement is Texas Tech’s Chris Beard, but that isn’t a realistic or  viable option for Texas.

There isn’t a hotter name in college basketball than Chris Beard over the last couple of years. The 2019 AP Coach of the Year would be a huge get for his Alma Mater, the University of Texas. He spent time in Austin as a graduate assistant under Tom Penders for four seasons. Eventually landing at Tech in 2001 where he spent 10 years as the associate head coach under legendary coach Bob Knight and his son Pat Knight.

His resume in his latest stop is quite impressive. Beard took over in 2016 after Tubby Smith left the Red Raiders, since then he led Tech to 92-39 record and 8-2 in the NCAA Tournament. Texas Tech went to the Elite Eight the following year and the NCAA Runner Up in 2018-2019 season. He has done more in two years than Shaka Smart has ever done, but could Texas actually coax him out of Lubbock?

He has built an annual contender in the Big 12. After a National Championship run that saw a big chunk of the roster leave to the NBA and G League, Beard reloaded the roster with freshman standout Jahmi’us Ramsey leading the charge. Not to mention the incoming class is the best that Tech has had in Lubbock.

The university has also started building their new basketball facility that will open in 2021. It was a huge part of aiming to keep Chris Beard in Lubbock for the foreseeable future. The new facility will also be a huge key in getting recruits to choose Texas Tech over other universities in the future.

However, the biggest hurdle at this point is relieving Smart of his duties as the head coach but that will prove costly. Shaka signed a seven-year deal that is paying him around $3 million/per year to take over after the Rick Barnes dismissal.

After one-year in Austin, Smart received a contract extension to keep him in Austin through the 2022-2023 season, which in hindsight doesn’t look like the best of moves. Prior to the season his buyout was about $12.9 million to get out of his contract. That would be quite the payday to go a new route. Couple that with Beard’s buyout, makes the move even more of a pipe dream.

Texas Tech made the move to make Chris Beard the third-highest paid coach in college basketball behind Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) and Mike Calipari (Kentucky). The buyout for Beard would be massive, Texas would have to dish out over $30 million just to bring him to Austin. That check might be too large to justify for a program that only brought in a small portion of their revenue.

For that reason alone, Texas fans should move on from their dream of Beard rescuing his alma mater’s basketball program.

Charli Collier helps lead Texas to victory over WVU

The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team got back to their winning ways with a 50-44 victory over West Virginia on Monday.

The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team took the court in Austin in hopes of ending their two-game losing streak as they welcomed West Virginia to the Frank Erwin Center. In their last matchup, Texas dropped that game in Morgantown 68-63.

The Longhorns came out firing with a 13-2 run over the first seven minutes of the game. Charli Collier got it started with five points early on. The Longhorns came out on fire after being embarrassed over the weekend in Lawrence, Kansas. Collier scored seven and Audrey Warren followed up with six as they closed the first with a 11-point lead.

Things were rough for the Longhorns in the second as they hit just two of their 18 shots when they were poised to put the Mountaineers away early on in this game after a big first quarter. Texas went into the half with a 25-18 lead despite scoring just four points. All four came from senior guard Sug Sutton. The relentless effort on defense allowed just eight points to keep their lead intact.

First Half Stats

  • 9-31 Shooting (29%)
  • 1-5 from three (20%)
  • 6-8 from free throw line
  • 22 rebounds
  • four assists
  • four steals
  • two blocks
  • never trailed

Jada Underwood came out in the third quarter to get Texas back into a scoring groove hitting a three following a Joyner Homes block on the defensive end. Texas hit their first two shots to pass their total output in the second. A 9-1 run in the first five minutes built the lead up to 15. West Virginia make a late push at the tail end of the quarter outscoring Texas 10-6 to get it back within 11 as the they headed to the fourth.

The Mountaineers came out in the final quarter and closed the gap to just five points midway through the fourth, 44-39 thanks to a 8-2 run. Despite just 12 combined points in the second and fourth quarters, the Longhorns held onto a 50-44 victory over West Virginia. Collier posted her 13th double-double on the year to lead the Longhorns to victory. She didn’t have a single one during her freshman season.

Despite WVU’s Kari Niblack and her 16-point performance, Texas was able to withstand a late run by the Mountaineers. Collier finished with a team-high 11 points and 15 rebounds, including four on the offensive boards. Texas finished shooting 36.4 percent from the floor. The Longhorns improved to 16-9 overall and 8-5 in conference play.

Injury update ahead of Texas’ game against TCU

UT has been struggling on the court, losing four games in a row. Off the court, UT has also been in trouble, losing key players to injuries.

Texas has been struggling on the court, losing four games in a row. Off the court, the Longhorns have also been in trouble, with the injury bug hitting the team during the stretch of Big 12 play.

In Saturday’s blowout loss to Iowa State, Texas was without Jericho Sims and Jase Febres. Now with a game on the road against TCU on the horizon, it may have gotten worse for Shaka Smart’s squad.

The Longhorns may be without leading scorer Matt Coleman on Wednesday with Smart saying he is “hopeful” that he will play against TCU. Coleman has a bruised heel and has not and will not practice, just rest.

Even worse news for Texas is that leading rebounder Jericho Sims is more than likely done for the season. Dealing with a back injury, Sims suffered the injury during the Feb. 10 loss against Baylor.

Wednesday’s game against TCU will be a struggle, especially without Sims and Coleman. The Longhorns will travel to Fort Worth on Wednesday and play the Horned Frogs at 7 p.m. CST on Longhorn Network.

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John Beilein Could Be An Option For Texas

The Texas Longhorns basketball team has been underwhelming to say the least, could John Beilein be an option to fix it?

There is an increasingly restless feeling surrounding Texas men’s basketball. The seat for head coach Shaka Smart gets hotter with every loss as the Longhorns are the longest of long shots to make the NCAA Tournament. They would need a conference tournament win at this point to get in with an at large bid. The growing question is who will replace Smart?

ESPN Insider Jeff Borzello writes that John Beilein could be an option for the Texas Longhorns (story requires subscription).

This will likely be the primary job that comes up in speculation about Breilein’s future. Texas coach Shaka Smart’s job status is the biggest question entering the coaching carousel, as the Longhorns are likely to his fifth year in charge with just two NCAA tournament appearances and zero NCAA Tournament wins. A 29-point loss over the weekend to an 11-14 Iowa State team without its best player was Texas’ fourth defeat in a row and dropped the Longhorns to 14-11 overall and 4-8 in the Big 12.

Smart is still owed a lot of money and does have talent on the roster, but should he get fired or leave for a different job, Beilein would be a logical candidate in Austin. Texas has not had an issue getting players, but it hasn’t translated into success on the court. If the Longhorns can bring Beilein talent, he will likely figure out the second part of the equation. It’s worth noting that Texas assistant coach Luke Yaklich was an assistant under Beilein for two seasons before Beilein left for the NBA.

During his latest stop at Michigan from 2007-2019, Beilein took Michigan to the Final Four twice (2013,2018). He took Michigan to the tournament nine times in his 12 seasons with the Wolverines. Not too mention, twice winning the conference and the conference tournament. From 2012-2018, Breilein led Michigan to the Sweet 16 twice, Elite Eight once and NCAA Tournament runner up twice. He would help bring Texas back out of the doldrums of the Big 12 conference.

How To Watch, Listen and Stream Texas Women’s Basketball Against West Virginia

Coming off a bad loss on the road to KU, UT needs a bounce-back game against WVU. Here is how you can watch, listen, and stream the game.

Coming off a bad loss on the road to Kansas, the Longhorns need a bounce-back game at home against West Virginia. Meeting for the second time this season, the Mountaineers beat Texas in Morgantown, 68-63.

Still sitting third in the Big 12, the Longhorns have lost two games in a row. They have lost three out of their last four, with the only win coming on the road to Texas Tech. Now two games behind TCU in the standings, the Longhorns must get back to winning ways to keep pace atop the conference.

As for West Virginia, they broke a three game losing streak Saturday with a home win against Texas Tech. They have struggled on the road in the Big 12, going 2-4. It will be a big opportunity for Texas to get a solid home win.

Here is how you can watch, listen, and stream the Longhorns face the Mountaineers:

Date: 2/17/2020

Time: 7:30 p.m. CST

Location: Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas

Watch: FS1

Listen: TexasSports.com/audio —Austin 104.9FM, 99.3FM, 98.5FM, 1260AM; Dallas 1080AM; El Paso 600AM; Houston 790AM; San Antonio 1200AM — Spanish: Austin 105.3FM; Dallas 990AM, 99.9FM

Stream: Fox Sports App

Texas Women’s Basketball Drops Second-Straight Game

The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team dropped their second-straight game against the Kansas Jayhawks.

The Texas Longhorns traveled to Lawrence, Kansas to take on The Jayhawks. KU came into the game with a 1-11 conference record with their lone victory coming against Texas Tech. The Jayhawks added the Longhorns to their short list of victories with the score of 82-67.

The game stayed close throughout until the final quarter. After falling behind The Jayhawks 41-31 at the half, the Longhorns came out with a big third quarter, outscoring them 21-12 to get within one point of tying the game. Celeste Taylor who provided 15 points off the bench gave them the lead early in the fourth quarter.

Kansas quickly answered with a 10 run that stretched the next four minutes to build their lead back up to eight. Taylor scored 11 of her 15 points in the fourth but just wasn’t able to get Texas back in the game. Joyner Holmes added two of her team-high 17 and Charli Collier added two more. The stretches of scoring droughts ruined the Longhorns chances of getting back in the game as Kansas outscored them 29-15 to take the 15-point victory.

The Longhorns will head back home to host West Virginia on Monday.