After three consecutive losses in the SEC stretch, Texas Longhorns men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry had no choice but to respond to concerns about the team’s chances of making this year’s NCAA Tournament. And as it stands, admittedly, things still aren’t bleak.
“I always say that from the start of the season, and as we work our way through the season, every game we play is an NCAA Tournament game in terms of building your resume,” Rodney Terry said, according to Inside Texas. “In this league, every night, you’re playing a quality opponent. That’s the No. 2 team in the country right now, and we’re going to get a team on Saturday that’s always been in the top 10 at some point during this season as well.”
“So, in this league, there’s no nights off in terms of the quality of teams that you’re playing,” Terry later added. “You’re playing an NCAA Tournament team every night that we play. So, you just keep your head down, you keep staying the course, you keep working, and you’ve got to make it happen.”
Texas is currently 15-10 overall, but a worrisome 4-8 in the team’s inaugural season of SEC play.
Next up, Kentucky.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS
Austin American-Statesman: All-American Madison Booker joins UT’s 1,000-point club as a sophomore
Austin American-Statesman: Texas men’s basketball roster shallow after Arthur Kaluma injury
247Sports: Hot Board: Who Texas could target for running backs coach job
247Sports: The Insider: An extended interview with Arch Manning’s younger brother, Heid, a freshman at Texas
247Sports: Projecting Texas baseball’s starting lineup for the season-opener against Louisville
Inside Texas: Texas RB Coach Search: Names that make sense to replace Tashard Choice, plus some that don’t
Inside Texas: A current FBS head coach explains what Texas needs in a running backs coach
Inside Texas: Tashard Choice’s top moments at Texas
Inside Texas: Diagnosing the Disch: Max Belyeu, the catalyst of the Longhorn offense
Inside Texas: Can Texas build another elite 3rd down defense?
ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION
Program-record 14 former Texas players invited to the 2025 NFL Combine
Reports: Texas RBs coach Tashard Choice will join the Detroit Lions staff, reuniting with Jahmyr Gibbs
Texas reportedly hires Rutgers CB coach Mark Orphey to replace Blake Gideon
Texas football season opener Ohio State hires former Lions HC Matt Patricia to lead defense
RECRUITING ROUNDUP
247Sports: Texas commit Dia Bell looking to stack another top class in Austin
247Sports: Despite being banged up, Texas QB commit Dia Bell still shines at Nike’s Next Ones in New Orleans
247Sports: Texas is home for committed WR Chris Stewart
247Sports: Loganville (Ga.) Grayson 4-star LB Anthony Davis Jr. hearing from several voices in the Texas program
Inside Texas: The recruiting impact of Tashard Choice leaving Texas
SEC SHOWDOWN
Austin American-Statesman: SEC pushes College Football Playoff change, but not so fast, Greg Sankey
Good Bull Hunting: Three Aggies invited to NFL Combine
Rock M Nation: Mitchell has career night as Mizzou rolls over Oklahoma
And The Valley Shook: Brysten Martinez commits to LSU
Red Cup Rebellion: Rebels overcome scrappy Gamecocks to extend win streak
Rocky Top Talk: Tennessee baseball opening weekend schedule against Hofstra
Roll ‘Bama Roll: Alabama Sends Nine to the 2025 NFL Combine
A Sea Of Blue: Mark Pope gives not-so-good update on Lamont Butler and Jaxson Robinson
WHAT WE’RE READING
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NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND
Texas women’s basketball beat Kentucky on Thursday.