After playing 13 games in 42 days to start SEC play, the Texas Longhorns received some respite from the conference’s brutal physicality with no midweek game prior to Saturday’s contest against the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia.
Not only did the break come after an important home victory over then-No. 15 Kentucky, 82-78, the chance for players to heal banged-up bodies sets Texas up for a more healthy finish to the final five SEC games prior to the conference tournament.
To that end, the Longhorns received two full days off after beating the Wildcats before participating in a short practice on Tuesday.