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Texas Hoops: Huge week ahead, the Big 12 race

Gerry Hamiltonby:Gerry Hamilton•01/15/23•

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The No. 10 ranked Texas Longhorns face a huge week on the road in Big 12 play. This is the only week this season in which the Longhorns play two road games.

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Texas (15-2, 4-1) travels to Ames for a Tuesday top 25 showdown against No. 14 Iowa State, and then makes a trip to Morgantown to take on West Virginia.

Having swept home games against No. 17 TCU and Texas Tech last week, it’s imperative Texas finds a way to split the road games this week to stay on pace for an 11-7 type Big 12 record this season.

The Longhorns have won both road games in Big 12 play thus far. Texas won at Oklahoma to begin conference play, and also won at Oklahoma State.

The Longhorns are 8-1 under interim head coach Rodney Terry.

Big 12 conference race

No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks (16-1, 5-0)
Jayhawks games this week: at Kansas State, TCU

No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats (15-5, 4-1)
Wildcats games this week: Kansas, Texas Tech 

No. 10 Texas Longhorns (15-2, 4-1)
Longhorns games this week: at Iowa State, at West Virginia

No. 14 Iowa State Cyclones (13-3, 4-1)
Cyclones games this week: Texas, at Oklahoma State

No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs (14-3, 3-2)
Horned Frogs games this week: at West Virginia, at Kansas 

Baylor Bears (12-5, 2-3)
Bears games this week: at Texas Tech, at Oklahoma 

Oklahoma Sooners (11-6, 2-3)
Sooners games this week: at Oklahoma State, Baylor

Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-8, 1-4)
Cowboys games this week: Oklahoma, Iowa State

Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-7, 0-5)
Red Raiders games this week: Baylor, at Kansas State

West Virginia Mountaineers (10-7, 0-5)
Mountaineers games this week: TCU, Texas

Texas Longhorns Big 12 schedule

January
Jan 17 at Iowa State
Jan 21 at West Virginia
Jan 24 vs. Oklahoma State
*Jan 28 at Tennessee (SEC/Big 12 Challenge)
Jan 30 vs Baylor

February
Feb 4 at Kansas State
Feb 6 at Kansas
Feb 11 vs. West Virginia
Feb 13 at Texas Tech
Feb 18 vs. Oklahoma
Feb 21 vs. Iowa State
Feb 25 at Baylor

March
March 1 at TCU
March 4 vs. Kansas

Big 12 2023 Pomeroy Ratings + Tennessee

2. Tennessee
7. Kansas (plays twice)
9. Texas
13. Iowa State (plays twice)
17. Baylor (plays twice)
24. West Virginia (plays twice)
25. Kansas State (plays at K-State)
26. TCU (plays at TCU)
32. Oklahoma (plays in Austin)
40. Oklahoma State (plays in Austin)
59. Texas Tech (plays at TT)

Texas non-conference in the 2023 Pomeroy Ratings

10. Gonzaga (Home win)
18. Creighton (Home win)
23. Illinois (Neutral loss)
112. Stanford (Neutral win)
119. Louisiana (Home win)
183. Rice (Home win)
199. UTEP (Home win)
276. Northern Arizona (Neutral win)
285. UT Rio Grande Valley (Home win)
309. Texas A&M-Commerce (Home win)
342. Arkansas Pine-Bluff (Home win)
350. Houston Christian (Home win)

Texas starters

PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-1, sophomore (10.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists)

CG Marcus Carr, 6-2, super senior (17.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.6 steals)

F Timmy Allen, 6-6, super senior (10.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists)

F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, freshman (7.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 0.9 steals)

PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, senior (6.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.6 blocks)

The reserves 

SG Sir’Jabari Rice, 6-4, super senior (10.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists)

PF Christian Bishop, 6-7, super senior (6.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.9 steals)

CG Arterio Morris, 6-3, freshman (6.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.8 assists)

F Brock Cunningham, 6-6, senior (4.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.9 steals) 

PF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, freshman (2.0 points, 0.8 rebounds)

SG Gavin Perryman, 6-1, redshirt freshman (Logged 36 minutes through seventeen games)

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