Assistant coach Jai Lucas had a moment with Texas Longhorns head coach Shaka Smart during halftime of the 2016 game against the Kansas Jayhawks.
The Longhorns had a five-point advantage, but Lucas wasn’t convinced that the Texas team had a mental advantage against Kansas.
“Coach, you’ve got to convince these guys that we can win,” Lucas told Smart.
When Smart walked into the locker room, he saw what Lucas was talking about. Texas lost.
But Tuesday was a different day for a different Longhorns team that stepped back from the brink of disaster with a big-time performance in the second half.