Texas Longhorns Basketball: Fighting for Big 12 title and No. 2 seed
The No. 6 ranked Texas Longhorns enter the week tied atop the Big 12 standings with No. 5 Kansas, and in the fight for a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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Texas (21-6, 10-4) is in another must-win scenario Tuesday when Iowa State comes to Austin. With the Longhorns final three games being at Baylor, at TCU and Kansas in Austin, there is zero margin for error against the Cyclones.
Kansas, which currently hold the tie breaker vs. Texas, is on the court in Fort Worth tonight for a Big Monday Showdown with TCU. A win by Kansas tonight would make them the prohibitive favorite to take another Big 12 crown with home games against West Virginia and Texas Tech to follow before a trip to Austin.
The Longhorns sit on the No. 2 seed line in the majority of NCAA mock brackets currently, and must finish the final four Big 12 games 2-2 to likely remain in the mix for a two seed.
Big 12 race
No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks (22-5, 10-4)
Remaining schedule: at TCU, West Virginia, Texas Tech, at Texas
No. 6 Texas Longhorns (21-6, 10-4)
Remaining schedule: Iowa State, at Baylor, at TCU, Kansas
No. 9 Baylor Bears (20-7, 9-5)
Remaining schedule: at Kansas State, Texas, at Oklahoma State, Iowa State
No. 12 Kansas State Wildcats (20-7, 8-6)
Remaining schedule: Baylor, at Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, at West Virginia
No. 19 Iowa State Cyclones (17-9, 8-6)
Remaining schedule: at Texas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, at Baylor
No. 22 TCU Horned Frogs (18-9, 7-7)
Remaining schedule: Kansas, at Texas Tech, Texas, at Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Cowboys (16-11, 7-7)
Remaining schedule: at West Virginia, Kansas State, Baylor, at Texas Tech
Texas Tech Red Raiders (15-12, 4-10)
Remaining schedule: at Oklahoma, TCU, at Kansas, Oklahoma State
West Virginia Mountaineers (15-12, 4-10)
Remaining schedule: Oklahoma State, at Kansas, at Iowa State, Kansas State
Oklahoma Sooners (13-14, 3-11)
Remaining schedule: Texas Tech, at Iowa State, at Kansas State, TCU
Big 12 2023 Pomeroy Ratings
7. Kansas (plays in Austin)
11. Texas
14. Baylor (plays at Baylor)
15. Iowa State (plays in Austin)
19. TCU (plays at TCU)
24. Kansas State (split)
26. West Virginia (Texas beat twice)
32. Oklahoma State (Texas beat twice)
51. Oklahoma (Texas beat twice)
55. Texas Tech (split)
Texas non-conference in the 2023 Pomeroy Ratings
5. Tennessee (road loss)
10. Creighton (Home win)
13. Gonzaga (Home win)
25. Illinois (Neutral loss)
95. Stanford (Neutral win)
99. Louisiana (Home win)
167. Rice (Home win)
194. UTEP (Home win)
225. Northern Arizona (Neutral win)
251. UT Rio Grande Valley (Home win)
314. Texas A&M-Commerce (Home win)
320. Arkansas Pine-Bluff (Home win)
349. Houston Christian (Home win)
