Entering the huge week that was for Texas basketball in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, which started on Thanksgiving Day, the team had a good amount of votes in both major polls. The AP Poll places Texas basketball higher than the Coaches Poll in terms of votes. Regardless of where either poll put Texas basketball this week, it should get more love in the next release.
The Texas Longhorns pulled off one of the more stunning and exciting upsets of the early part of the regular season. Head Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart continued the program’s unexpected dominance over the North Carolina Tar Heels with a 92-89 victory in the first round of the Las Vegas Invitational.