According to Jon Rothstein of CBSSports.com, Texas will open the 2020-2021 season against Louisiana. Scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 10, the game will be held at the Frank Erwin Center. It will be the fifth consecutive season the Longhorns will begin in Austin.
This will be the fifth time the programs have played each other but the first since the 1999-2000 season. Despite a 2-2 record in the series, Texas has won the past two games, 1987 and 1999. The Ragin Cajuns snagged victories in 1972 and 1980.
Source: Texas will open the 20-21 college basketball season against Louisiana on November 10th in Austin.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 24, 2020
Under Shaka Smart, the Longhorns are 4-1 in season openers. All but one have been against non-power conference schools, including Incarnate Word, Northwestern State, Eastern Illinois and Northern Colorado. The one loss came in his first season, playing against Washington in China.
Texas’ non-conference schedule is slowly rolling out. The Longhorns are scheduled to face Gonzaga and Villanova at home and take part in the Maui Invitational.
With Greg Brown committing on Friday, the Longhorns’ expectations for the 2020-2021 season have gone up. Even with another tough nonconference schedule, Texas will be expected to perform next season.
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