The Texas basketball program had a quiet off-season thus far after winning the NIT Championship Game over the Lipscomb Bison back in April. Most of the news for Texas basketball since the end of the NIT run came by way of missing out of targeted high school prospects for the 2019 recruiting cycle and losing players to the NCAA Transfer Portal.
Head Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart could really use good news by way of either the recruiting trail or the transfer portal. The fans, locker room, and coaching staff all need a boost from what mostly had to be a quiet and below mediocre off-season for the program thus far.