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.

Longhorns In Position to Dance

After spending most of this Big 12 season playing catch-up, the Longhorns are finally in position to make the NCAA tournament. Now the Longhorns are being charged with protecting that position.

With the tournament's expansion to 68 teams, the Longhorns' current credentials are deceivingly sold. Their record clearly isn't spectacular as they sit at 16-9, 6-6 in the Big 12, but their come-from-behind victory over Kansas State set the Longhorns in at No. 45 in the Ratings Percentage Index.

Assuming that a 9-9 Big 12 record will allow the Longhorns into the tournament, the Longhorns simply need to win three of their final six games. Four of those six games come against the teams in the bottom four of the conference. The Longhorns' final stretch begins this week with games at Oklahoma on Tuesday and Oklahoma State on Saturday.

The Texas Longhorns will try to achieve their first Big 12 Conference road win of the season tonight when they visit Reed Arena in College Station to play the Texas A&M Aggies.

Sitting at 4-6 in the Big 12, the Longhorns have failed to convert a conference road game into a win. Not only that, but the Longhorns have won just a single true road game (UCLA, 69-59). At least Texas is coming off a strong win over Texas Tech, allowing for their momentum to potentially carry them over the Aggies.

The Longhorns aren't alone in tough times as the Aggies have struggled in the conference as well. They head into the new week with only three wins in 10 opportunities versus Big 12 foes. Their most recent Big 12 opponent, Kansas State, unloaded with a 64-52 decision. This means A&M has fallen in two straight and three of the last four games overall.

All things considered, the Longhorns and Aggies could provide for a second-rate, but exciting match up.

I have Texas coming out on top 73-65 in a shootout.

Texas vs Texas Tech Final Score

The Texas Longhorns broke out of their slump where they have lost two games in a row and five of their last six by picking up a win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders 74-57.

Texas improved their poor first half shooting by 10% to 43 percent, which was enough to counter Texas Tech, who also drastically improved their shooting in the second half.

Texas was led by Clint Chapman, who scored 20 points, had nine rebounds and five blocks on Saturday night. J'Covan Brown and Sheldon McClellan also contributed in the scoring as each scored 17 points.

With the win, Texas is now sitting at a solid (but not great) 14-9 and (a definitely not great) 4-6 in Big 12 play.

Daje Johnson Switches Commitment to Texas

Daje Johnson has changed his mind and has switched his commitment from TCU to Texas. He has been one of the crown jewels of the TCU Horned Frogs 2012 class, but just a few days before signing, he switched.

Johnson is listed as a four-star prospect and ranked as No. 14 athlete and No. 141 player overall.

Johnson appeared to be firmly committed to TCU early in the recruiting process, while there seemed to be little interest from Texas. Then, Johnson contacted co-offensive coordinator Major Applewhite and head coach Mack Brown.

After their meeting, Johnson became committed to Texas.

Longhorns Need Win Over Tigers

After a 1-4 stretch against the top teams of the Big 12, the Longhorns are scrambling for a home win and looking for that win against the Tigers. The win could possibly put them back onto the NCAA Tournament bubble.

In the past two weeks, Texas has lost by 4 at No. 24 Kansas State, by 3 at No. 7 Kansas and by 5 at No. 5 Baylor. Now the Longhorns are sitting at 13-8 and have only one more chance to get the type of signature conference victory that would put them back into the national spotlight and onto the NCAA tournament bubble.

The Longhorns play No. 4 Missouri tonight in Austin, two weeks after they lost 84-73 to the Tigers in Columbia.

Texas Longhorns Kids Club information

Did you know that the Texas Longhorns have a Kids Club? There are two membership options: All-Conference membership includes free admission to many events, a T-shirt or baby blanket, membership card & certificate, birthday card, newsletters and opportunities to meet coaches and Texas Longhorns athletes. The second membership option is All-American which includes everything from the All-Conference membership, in addition to a Longhorns football jersey, Texas Longhorns Athletics poster, a Fantasy Day experience, gifts from Hook 'Em and a chance to win Longhorns football tickets!

The membership packages are $20 and $50, respectively. All members receive free admission to all Longhorns soccer, women's basketball, swimming and diving, track and field and tennis games. There are a select amount of tickets available for volleyball, softball and men's basketball and baseball games as well. Membership dues cover a year of Longhorns Kids Club benefits.