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The men’s and women’s teams each have their own drama heading into Selection Sunday.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS - MARCH 04: Head Coach Sean Miller of the Texas Longhorns points to the bench during a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena on March 03, 2026 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Razorbacks defeated the Longhorns 105-85. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Texas Longhorns’ men’s and women’s basketball seasons are on divergent paths heading into 2026 Selection Sunday.
The Texas men were riding high in February, winning five straight games and seemingly locking themselves into the postseason tournament. Even after a pair of blowouts to ranked Georgia and Florida, a road win over rival Texas A&M seemingly put them into the tournament field. However, that win was the lone bright spot of the final weeks of the season.
Beating Texas A&M was the only win in the final five games of the regular season, including an embarrassing overtime loss to Oklahoma in the final regular-season game. Texas followed that with an equally embarrassing loss to open the SEC Tournament, taking a double-digit loss to Chris Beard’s Ole Miss squad. Now, the Texas men await their fate as the last few conference tournaments conclude Sunday with Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology at ESPN slotting the Horns as the last team in the field, putting them in danger of missing the tournament entirely.
Head coach Sean Miller’s group is in 97 of the 125 brackets tracked by BracketMatrix. com with Bart Torvik putting the team’s NCAA Tournament odds at 62 percent. Of the 10 teams with comparable resumes, only three went dancing.