UT men’s basketball gathering steam ahead of March Madness

The College of Texas men’s basketball workforce seems finally to be clicking.

Driving the information: A month forward of the Significant 12 Basketball Match and the year-conclusion NCAA match, the Longhorns are putting jointly amazing victories. A big check will come Saturday, as the 20th-rated UT squad takes on No. 10 Baylor up in Waco.

Why it issues: A victory towards Baylor, very last year’s countrywide champion, would bookend an extraordinary 7 days that started with UT’s thrilling Monday night time upset against No. 8 Kansas.

• The 79-76 victory noticed UT supporters rush the Erwin Middle courtroom and very likely punched the Longhorns’ ticket to the NCAA tourney.
• For a temporary second, you could have imagined UT was a basketball college.

Of observe: The Large 12 on Wednesday fined Texas $25,000 and issued a public reprimand as a penalty for fans storming the court docket.

• We are guessing Chris Beard, UT’s new head basketball coach, who has designed admirer support a major topic of his brief tenure, thinks it’s a discount.

Meanwhile: The women’s squad, rated 16th, experienced missing three straight video games to rated opponents ahead of defeating Texas Tech Wednesday evening.

What is following: The women’s team can absolutely bust out of its doldrums with a earn this Saturday versus 12th-ranked Oklahoma — 7pm at the Erwin Middle.