For some people, the basketball season began as soon as football lost to Arkansas on Saturday. There may even be more hype surrounding first-year head coach Chris Beard than there was on the gridiron.
The Big 12 released the conference schedule on Wednesday afternoon. A few trips are of note, mainly Beard’s first back to Lubbock. Nobody wearing burnt orange will be safe in Lubbock on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The Red Raider faithful has a bone to pick with their former head coach.
February will have a fun four-game stretch of Kansas, at Baylor, at Oklahoma, and Texas Tech. All four of Texas’ opponents internally believe they can compete for a Big 12 regular season championship. No easy nights.
A trip to Lawrence to face Kansas and a home match against Baylor will close out the season. At the very least, Beard’s squad will be battle-tested heading into March.
Here is Texas’ full conference schedule for the 2021-2022 basketball season.