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

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in the

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. They were led by sixth-year head coach

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and played their home games at the

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as members of the

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. 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

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, they defeated

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

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issues at

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. There they defeated

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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

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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

but the tournament was canceled before the quarterfinals due to the

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. The NCAA tournament,

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

Offseason

Departures

2020 recruiting class

2021 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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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 Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns and the Arizona Wildcats. High school ca ...

, 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 Peristeri of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. High school career Coleman played basketball for Ma ...

, 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 , 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 who last played for Zastal Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and the Texas Longhorn ...

, 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

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