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Big 12 Basketball: Each team’s biggest question entering 2020-21 season

By Jason Burgess

LUBBOCK, TX - JANUARY 02: General view of a basketball and Big 12 logo taken before the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns on January 02, 2016 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech won the game 82-74. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - JANUARY 02: General view of a basketball and Big 12 logo taken before the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns on January 02, 2016 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech won the game 82-74. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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AUSTIN, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 01: Matt Coleman III #2 of the Texas Longhorns (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 01: Matt Coleman III #2 of the Texas Longhorns (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images) /

Texas Longhorns – Are there enough minutes to go around?

Now entering his sixth season at Texas, things haven’t come together yet as most had thought they would when he left VCU. But, this season could finally be the year where the Longhorns live up to their expectations for Shaka Smart, and those expectations are of a team that should start the season in the top-25. After a season where they started 12-4, they finished the year just 7-8 over their last 15 games.

In 2020-21 the Longhorns return literally everyone from last year’s team, meaning seniors Jericho Sims, Matt Coleman III and juniors Courtney Ramey and Andrew Jones should return to the starting lineup. The last starting spot that last season was occupied by senior-to-be Jase Febres, but as if the roster wasn’t deep enough, Smart went out and landed power forward Greg Brown who is a top-10 national recruit, who is likely to start from the jump in Austin.

As it is, all but one player from last season saw double-digit minutes and had eight guys that started at least eight games, now adding Brown to the mix makes Texas one of the deepest teams in the country. When Texas was suffering from injuries later in the year, Jones squared, Andrew and sophomore forward Kai stepped in and helped Texas finish strong.

The biggest question for Texas heading into this season will be how will Smart be able to allocate the minutes to this deep roster and keep everyone happy?

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