With only eight games remaining in the 2018-19 regular season slate, Shaka Smart’s Texas Longhorns appear to be in a prime position to go dancing. According to ESPN’s latest Braceketology, the Longhorns are currently projected as a 9-seed in the NCAA Tournament, and Texas can take yet another step to that end on Saturday evening in Morgantown.
The good news? The opposite end of the floor will be occupied by a West Virginia Mountaineers squad that’s been tremendously sub-par this season as head coach Bob Huggins has worked to overcome the offseason departures of key contributors, and then again working to find bodies to replace injured key contributors this season.