The time of year has arrived for the Texas basketball program to start looking to the NCAA Transfer Portal to fill various depth needs on their roster. Since the college basketball offseason began a bit earlier than originally anticipated thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic, head coach Shaka Smart and his Texas team can start figuring things out pretty early.
The NCAA Tournament didn’t get to happen this year, neither did Selection Sunday. Most significant conference tournaments were also cut short before they got good. That included the Big 12 Tournament. The four-seed Texas was supposed to play head coach Chris Beard and the five-seed Texas Tech Red Raiders in their first game of the Big 12 Tournament on March 12.