Texas Basketball: Five things we learned from the Maui Invitational

UT’s season began in spectacular fashion, winning the Camping World Maui Invitational. Here are three things we learned from the tournament.

Texas’ season began in spectacular fashion, winning the Camping World Maui Invitational. Wins over Davidson, Indiana and North Carolina have already put Shaka Smart in an excellent position to make the NCAA Tournament.

Tight games against Davidson and North Carolina were outside a historic blowout of Indiana. The Longhorns showed how dangerous they can be on the offensive end while playing energetic, lockdown defense.

Now, Texas will move onto the rest of the nonconference schedule and conference play. A game against Villanova plus Big 12 opponents are going to be quite the mountain to climb. The journey has just begun for the Longhorns.

Here are three things we learned in Texas’ championship run: