AUSTIN, Texas — For the second time this season, the Texas Longhorns have toppled a college basketball blue blood, as Shaka Smart’s bunch smothered the Kansas Jayhawks to capture a monumental 73-63 win home win over the Big 12 power.
The double-digit victory came largely behind nothing short of a dominant defensive showing, quite unlike the Texas defense that traveled to Athens over the weekend. Just days after allowing a porous Georgia offense to amass 98 points, Texas defense overwhelmed Kansas coming out of the gates maintained that momentum for all but a few brief spurts.