The 2019–20 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represent the University of Texas at Austin in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Shaka Smart and play their home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season The Longhorns finished the 2018–19 season 21–16, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They were defeated by Kansas in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. They received an at-large bid to the 2019 National Invitational Tournament as a No. 2 seed. They defeated South Dakota State in the first round, Xavier in the second round and Colorado in the quarterfinals to advance win the Alabama bracket. They advanced to Madison Square Garden where they defeated TCU in the semifinals and Lipscomb in the final to win the program's second-ever NIT Championship (the first was in 1978).
Offseason
Coaching changes
In April 2019, associate head coach Darrin Horn accepted the position of Northern Kentucky head basketball coach. Smart hired Luke Yaklich as Horn's replacement in May 2019.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jaxson Hayes 10 C 6'11" 220 Cincinnati, OH Declared for the NBA draft; selected 8th overall by the Atlanta Hawks. Kerwin Roach 12 F 6'4" 180 Houston, TX Graduated Dylan Osetkowski 21 F/C 6'9" 250 San Diego, CA Graduated Elijah Mitrou-Long 55 G 6'1" 185 Mississauga, ON Graduate transferred to UNLV
2019 recruiting class
2020 Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=|Regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big 12 Tournament |- style="background:#bbbbbb" | style="text-align:center"|Mar 12, 202011:30 am, ESPN2 | style="text-align:center"| (4) | vs. (5) Texas TechQuarterfinals | colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | style="text-align:center"|Sprint CenterKansas City, MO
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
References