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Texas Basketball: Longhorns continue shining among the nation’s elite

Shaka Smart, Texas Basketball Mandatory Credit: Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman via USA TODAY NETWORK

No. 4 ranked Texas basketball and head coach Shaka Smart got another nice win at home on Jan. 5 over Iowa State to stay undefeated in Big 12 play.

A nice win at home at the Frank Erwin Center on the night of Jan. 5 against a slipping, but still stingy foe, in the Iowa State Cyclones was a nice win for No. 4 ranked Texas basketball. Head coach Shaka Smart and this talented and deep Texas team are making real headway both in the national college hoops landscape and to the top of the Big 12 standings after the turn of the calendar year.