The 2020–21 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

in the

2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020, and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5. Season ...

. They were led by sixth-year head coach

Shaka Smart Shaka Dingani Smart (born April 8, 1977) is an American men's college basketball coach and former college basketball player. He is the current head men's basketball coach at Marquette University. Smart rose to prominence in 2011 after leading Vi ...

and played their home games at the

Frank Erwin Center The Frank C. Erwin Jr. Center (originally Special Events Center) was a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. It was also sometimes referred to as "The Drum" or "The Superdrum", owing to ...

Austin, Texas Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and W ...

as members of the

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. It consists of 16 full-member universities (3 private universities and 13 public universities) in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida ...

. They finished the season 19–8, 11–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated

Texas Tech Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship institution of the five- ...

in the first round and advanced to the tournament championship game due to

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...

issues at

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

. There they defeated

Oklahoma State Oklahoma State University (informally Oklahoma State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The university was established in 1890 under the legislation of the Morrill Act. Originally known ...

to win the Big 12 Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. They were upset in the First Round by Abilene Christian. On March 26, 2021, head coach Shaka Smart left the school to take the head coaching job at Marquette. Shortly thereafter, the school named

coach

Chris Beard Christopher Michael Beard (born February 18, 1973) is an American basketball coach who is the head men's coach at University of Mississippi ( Ole Miss). He also previously served as head coach at Texas, Texas Tech, Little Rock, Angelo State, a ...

the team's new head coach.

Previous season

The Longhorns finished the 2019–20 season 19–12, and 9–9 in Big 12 play. They were slated to play

in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament but the tournament was canceled before the quarterfinals due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. The NCAA tournament,

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country whi ...

, and all other postseason tournaments were also canceled due to the pandemic.

Offseason

Departures

2020 recruiting class

2021 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Source: , - !colspan=9 style=, Regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, Big 12 Tournament , - !colspan=9 style=, NCAA tournament

Player statistics

* – Recorded statistics when playing for Texas , Andrew Jones , 19, , 19, , 31.7 , , .406, , .302, , .807, , 5.0, , 2.11 , , 1.11 , , 0.11, , 15.4 , - ,

Courtney Ramey Courtney Ramey (born October 2, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns and the Arizona Wildcats. High school career Ramey pl ...

, 19, , 19, , 34.4 , , .417, , .437, , .831, , 2.8, , 3.95 , , 0.95 , , 0.11, , 14.1 , - ,

Matt Coleman III Clifford Matthew Coleman III (born January 22, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. High school career Coleman played ...

, 20, , 20, , 34.4 , , .476, , .353, , .800, , 3.9, , 4.25 , , 1.20 , , 0.10, , 13.0 , - , Greg Brown , 19, , 19, , 22.5 , , .426, , .351, , .672, , 7.4, , 0.26 , , 0.63 , , 1.11, , 10.9 , - ,

Kai Jones Kai Martinez Jones (born January 19, 2001) is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. He played college bas ...

, 19, , 2, , 22.7 , , .582, , .423, , .660, , 4.8, , 0.74 , , 0.95 , , 0.74, , 8.2 , - , Jericho Sims , 19, , 19, , 23.5 , , .640, , .000, , .520, , 6.8, , 0.58 , , 0.58 , , 0.84, , 8.1 , - , Donovan Williams , 12, , 0, , 12.3 , , .327, , .174, , .846, , 1.2, , 0.25 , , 0.42 , , 0.25, , 4.1 , - ,

Kamaka Hepa Kamaka Qapqan Hepa (born January 27, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and the Texas Longhorns. Early life ...

, 7, , 1, , 7.6 , , .471, , .500, , .000, , 1.0, , 0.14 , , 0.14 , , 0.29, , 3.4 , - , Jase Febres , 6, , 0, , 14.1 , , .286, , .263, , .000, , 1.7, , 0.67 , , 0.50 , , .50, , 2.0 , - , Royce Hamm Jr. , 16, , 1, , 10.4 , , .559, , .500, , .300, , 2.9, , 0.19 , , 0.13 , , 0.50, , 2.6 , - , Gerald Liddell , 7, , 0, , 11.5 , , .429, , .286, , .167, , 1.7, , 0.43 , , 0.14 , , 0.14, , 2.1 , - , Brock Cunningham , 18, , 0, , 16.8 , , .237, , .233, , .333, , 3.4, , 0.94 , , 0.89 , , 0.11, , 1.4 , - , Blake Nevins , 2, , 0, , 0.6 , , .500, , .000, , .000, , 0.0, , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0, , 0.0 , - , Andrew Deutser , 1, , 0, , 1.1 , , .000, , .000, , .000, , 0.0, , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0, , 0.0 , - , Drayton Whiteside , 2, , 0, , 0.9 , , .000, , .000, , .000, , 0.0, , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0, , 0.0 ,

Rankings

^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2020-21 Texas Longhorns men's basketball Team

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

Texas Longhorns men's basketball The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I College basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2023–24 sea ...

Texas Longhorns men's basketball seasons