With the slow month of December now over, conference play begins for the Texas Longhorns on Saturday with a trip up I-35 to Waco to face off against the 10-1 Baylor Bears, the best team the 10-2 Longhorns have faced this season.
Currently ranked No. 10 in KenPom’s adjusted efficiency metric and No. 6 in the AP Top 25, Baylor enters the game undefeated in six games at the Ferrell Center this year, including impressive victories there over Butler, Arizona, and Villanova.
After failing to stand up to the physicality of Providence on the road before Christmas, Texas will have to perform better in that regard against Baylor, which Longhorns head coach Shaka Smart called one of the most physical offensive teams in the country.