Punch drunk, reeling, and bleeding, the Texas Longhorns have lost three straight games and three of the last four with yet another ranked opponent looming in the heavyweight SEC as the Kentucky Wildcats trip to Austin on Saturday.
The slide has pushed the Horns to the NCAA Tournament bubble — in the latest edition of Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology, Texas is the last bye with BartTorvik.com putting the team’s NCAA Tournament odds at 69.1 percent following Wednesday’s blowout loss to No. 2 Alabama at the Moody Center.
At the root of that disappointing performance were the team’s injury issues as senior forward Arthur Kaluma only played 11 minute before departing due to the left knee injury that has lingered for weeks, sophomore wing Devon Pryor was ruled out prior to tipoff due to a right calf strain, and junior guard Chendall Weaver remains out indefinitely due to a hip injury.