Longhorns Lose to Baylor

The Texas Longhorns loss to Baylor was hard to take, I'll admit it. Baylor seemed to be on the fast track to self destruction in the first half, and Texas was rolling. I was quite happy about the lead Texas had at the half, more than happy - confident.

In the second half, Baylor stepped up and started taking care of the ball, switched from zone defense to man-to-man, and became far more aggressive on both ends of the court. And then... you know what happened.

With two losses this week, Texas now sits with the rest of the teams on the NCAA tournament bubble, close but so far away from the dance. Texas does get several more opportunities to improve their resume, but one wrong step and its game over for the Longhorns.

List of Big 12 Games on Big Monday

During the college basketball season, ESPN hosts Big Monday.  Big Monday is a showcase for the best games going on each Monday in college basketball.  Here's a look at the Big Monday games that Big 12 teams are playing in.  Get excited for the Longhorn games!

January 16
Texas A&M at Missouri, 4:30 p.m.
Baylor at Kansas, 8:30 p.m.

January 23
Texas A&M at Kansas, 8 p.m.

January 30
Missouri at Texas, 8 p.m.

February 6
Texas at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

February 13
Kansas at Kansas State, 8 p.m.

February 20
Baylor at Texas, 8 p.m.

February 27
Kansas at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

You can see that a certain school is the most consistently featured in this, yeah that's right, it's Kansas, but whose next?  The Horns!  

Texas Longhorns Take Down Baylor Bears

The #3 Texas Longhorns defeated the Baylor Bears 69-60.  The victory made it the 10th in a row for the Longhorns, who could vault to #1 after Ohio State suffered their first loss of the season.  Freshman Tristan Thompson had 17 points and 13 rebounds in the victory.  The Longhorns had a 16 point first half lead but they watched the Bears rally in the 2nd half.  The Bears cut the lead to 63-60 until Texas finished on a 6-0 run.