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Texas Basketball: Shaka Smart’s seat is scorching hot after ACU loss

Shaka Smart, Texas Basketball (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

It was not a good weekend for either of the last two head coaches for the Texas basketball program in the Round of 64 in March Madness. Former Texas head coach Rick Barnes and the five-seed Tennessee Volunteers ultimately fell short to the reigning PAC-12 Champion and 12-seed Oregon State Beavers in the Round of 64 on March 19.

The loss for Barnes and the Vols to Oregon State paled in comparison, though, to what current Longhorns head coach Shaka Smart and his team experienced on the night of March 20.