It was a long week for Texas’ men’s basketball program, but the Longhorns were able to come together and pull out two gritty wins over Rice and Stanford.
Texas now improves to 9-1 on the season and climbed one spot in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll to No. 7.
The Longhorns will next face Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas A&M-Commerce before beginning Big 12 conference play against Oklahoma on Dec. 31.
Here’s a full look at the Coaches Poll this week.
- Purdue
- Connecticut
- Houston
- Kansas
- Arizona
- Virginia
- Texas
- Arkansas
- UCLA
- Alabama
- Tennessee
- Gonzaga
- Baylor
- Duke
- Mississippi State
- Kentucky
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- TCU
- Virginia Tech
- Indiana
- Miami
- Maryland
- Auburn
- Marquette
Schools dropped out
No. 21 Ohio State
Others receiving votes
Ohio St. 45; West Virginia 37; Xavier 33; Arizona State 33; Iowa 30; New Mexico 21; Charleston 19; North Carolina 18; Iowa State 18; Memphis 15; Kansas State 13; Utah St. 9; San Diego St. 6; Saint Mary’s 6; Southern California 4; Michigan St. 4; Texas Tech 3; Florida Atlantic 1.
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