Overview
- Tip is scheduled for 8 p.m. EST at the Moody Center in Austin, with TV coverage on SEC Network and Texas favored by 21.5 points.
- Texas returns from an 88-69 home loss to Virginia, with coach Sean Miller saying the program is "at a crossroads" due to recurring defensive lapses.
- Southern arrives 4-4 after a 101-48 win over Louisiana Christian in which Michael Jacobs scored 22 and five Jaguars reached double figures.
- The Jaguars begin a five-game road swing and are 1-4 away from home, though they lead the SWAC at 92.3 points per game on 49.8% shooting.
- Texas averages 88.4 points behind Dailyn Swain and Matas Vokietaitis, but five of the Longhorns’ wins have come against mid-major or non-Division I opponents.