The betting line for the first game of the 2018-19 Texas basketball season is here with it being favored by a whopping 25-point margin over the Eastern Illinois Panthers at home. The Frank Erwin Center will be up and ready for the first game of this promising Texas basketball season on Nov. 6.
Head Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart enters his fourth season with a bevy of returning experience that highlights a deep rotation. Smart also needs to exceed what he did last season, at least make a second consecutive run to the NCAA Tournament. Getting past the Round of 64 is going to be a key marker for the success for Smart on the Forty Acres this season.