Texas Longhorns Basketball: Big 12 updates schedule after postponements

On Tuesday, the Big 12 announced UT’s three makeup dates for games that were postponed. All will come within a week and will be on the road.

Heading into this week, Texas had two games remaining on their schedule against Kansas and Texas Tech. The Longhorns are currently 7-5 in Big 12 play and would have only played 14 out of their 18 originally scheduled conference matchups.

On Tuesday, the Big 12 announced three makeup dates for games that were postponed due to COVID-19 or the winter storm. All will come within a week and be on the road. Here is the updated schedule:

  • Tuesday, March 2 – at Iowa State (2-16)
  • Thursday, March 4 – at Oklahoma (14-5)
  • Sunday, March 7 – at TCU (11-9)

With the Feb. 28 game against Texas Tech also being on the road, Texas’ final four games will be away from Austin. With all the cancelations, the Longhorns have only competed in four away games, having a 3-1 record.

Oklahoma will fare as the biggest game of the three rescheduled. Iowa State and TCU are in the bottom three in the Big 12 standings and the Sooners are a quality NCAA Tournament team. The reverse matchup in Austin went in favor of the Sooners and will be looking to sweep Texas for the first time since 2014-2015.

Baylor is the one postponed game Texas will not be able to make up. The Big 12 tournament is set to begin on March 10 and it would have been a schedule overload to fit it in.

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