2021–22 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

2021–22 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	*Ineligible for both the 2022 Big 12 Tournament and the 2022 NCAA Tournament due to postseason ban imposed by the NCAA.
	† 2022 Big 12 Tournament winner ; As of December 23, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

2021–22 Texas Longhorns men's basketball
2021–22 Texas Longhorns men's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 17
2021–22 record	10–2 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Chris Beard (1st season);
Associate head coach	Rodney Terry (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Ulric Maligi (1st season); Jerrance Howard (1st season);
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center
	Seasons ← 2020–21 →

The 2021–22 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by first-year head coach Chris Beard and play their home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference.

This will be the Longhorns' final season at the Frank Erwin Center, with the new Moody Center set to open for the 2022–23 season.

Previous season[]

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Longhorns finished the 2020–21 season 19–8, and 11–6 in Big 12 play. to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they defeated Texas Tech in the first round and advanced to the tournament championship game due to COVID-19 issues at Kansas. There they defeated Oklahoma State to win the Big 12 Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. They were upset in the First Round by Abilene Christian.

On March 26, 2021, head coach Shaka Smart left the school to take the head coaching job at Marquette.^[1] Shortly thereafter, the school named Texas Tech coach Chris Beard the team's new head coach.^[2]

Offseason[]

Texas Head Coach Chris Beard

Departures[]

Texas Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departures
Gerald Liddell	0	F	6’8”	200	Junior	Cibolo, TX	Transferred to Alabama State
Matt Coleman III	2	G	6’2”	180	Senior	Norfolk, VA	Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Sacramento Kings
Greg Brown	4	F	6’9”	205	Freshman	Austin, TX	Drafted in the 2021 NBA Draft as the 43rd pick in the 2nd round by the New Orleans Pelicans
Royce Hamm Jr.	5	F	6’9”	225	Senior	Houston, TX	Transferred to UNLV
Donovan Williams	10	G	6’6”	190	Sophomore	Houston, TX	Transferred to UNLV
Drayton Whiteside	14	G	6’0”	160	Senior	Austin, TX	Graduated
Jericho Sims	20	F	6’10”	245	Senior	Minneapolis, MN	Drafted in the 2021 NBA Draft as the 58th pick in the 2nd round by the New York Knicks
Kai Jones	22	F	6’11”	218	Sophomore	Nassau, Bahamas	Drafted in the 2021 NBA Draft as the 19th pick in the 1st round by the New York Knicks
Kamaka Hepa	33	F	6’9”	220	Junior	Utqiagvik, AK	Transferred to Hawaii
Blake Nevins	34	F	6’5”	205	Senior	Cypress, TX	Graduated

Incoming transfers[]

Texas Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Years Remaining	Date Eligible
Timmy Allen	0	F	6'6"	210	Senior	Mesa, AZ	Utah	2	October 1, 2021
Marcus Carr	2	G	6'2"	190	Senior	Toronto, ON	Minnesota	2	October 1, 2021
Dylan Disu	4	F	6'9"	225	Junior	Pflugerville, TX	Vanderbilt	3	October 1, 2021
Devin Askew	5	G	6'3"	195	Sophomore	Sacramento, CA	Kentucky	4	October 1, 2021
Tristen Licon	12	G	6'0"	185	Senior	El Paso, TX	Sul Ross State	2	October 1, 2021
Avery Benson	21	G	6'4"	195	Senior	Springdale, AR	Texas Tech	2	October 1, 2021
Christian Bishop	32	F	6'7"	220	Senior	Lee’s Summit, MO	Creighton	2	October 1, 2021
Tre Mitchell	33	C	6'9"	220	Junior	Pittsburgh, PA	UMass	3	October 1, 2021

Coaching staff departures[]

Name	Position	New Team	New Position
Shaka Smart	Head Coach	Marquette	Head Coach
K. T. Turner	Assistant Coach	Oklahoma	Assistant Coach
Neill Berry	Assistant Coach	Marquette	Assistant Coach
Cody Hatt	Assistant Coach	Marquette	Assistant Coach

Recruiting classes[]

2021 recruiting class[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jaylon Tyson SF	Plano, TX	John Paul II High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Apr 8, 2021
Jaylon Tyson SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 89
Gavin Perryman SG	Dallas, TX	Dallas Jesuit	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	May 27, 2021
Gavin Perryman SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 20 247Sports: 13 ESPN: —
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Texas 2021 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 2, 2021. "2021 Texas Longhorns Recruiting Class". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2021. "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

2022 recruiting class[]

US college sports recruiting information for 2022 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Arterio Morris PG	Lewisville, TX	Ischool Entrepreneurial Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 17, 2021
Arterio Morris PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 89
Dillon Mitchell SF	Montverde, FL	Montverde Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 25, 2021
Dillon Mitchell SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: — 247Sports: 20 ESPN: —
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Texas 2022 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2021 NBA Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NBA Team
# 1	19	Kai Jones	F	New York Knicks
# 2	43	Greg Brown	F	New Orleans Pelicans
# 2	58	Jericho Sims	F	New York Knicks

Preseason[]

Award watch lists[]

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Bob Cousy Award	Marcus Carr	G	R-Sr.
Jerry West Award	Andrew Jones	G	R-Sr.
Julius Erving Award	Timmy Allen	F	Sr.
Karl Malone Award	Tre Mitchell	C	Jr.
NABC Player of the Year	Marcus Carr	G	R-Sr.

Big 12 media poll[]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Big 12 media poll^[3]
1	Kansas	80 (8)
2	Texas	70 (2)
3	Baylor	67
4	Texas Tech	51
T-5	Oklahoma State	49
T-5	West Virginia	49
7	Oklahoma	29
8	TCU	24
9	Kansas State	22
10	Iowa State	9

Preseason All-Big 12 teams[]

1st team

Marcus Carr – G (Coaches, Media)

Honorable Mention

Andrew Jones – G (Coaches, Media)

Tre Mitchell – C (Coaches, Media)

Preseason Big 12 Awards[]

Award	Player	Position	Year
Preseason Newcomer of the Year	Marcus Carr	G	R-Sr.

Roster[]

2021–22 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Timmy Allen	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Red Mountain Utah	Mesa, AZ
G	1	Andrew Jones	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	MacArthur	Irving, TX
G	2	Marcus Carr	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	Montverde Academy Minnesota	Toronto, ON
G	3	Courtney Ramey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Webster Groves	St. Louis, MO
F	4	Dylan Disu	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Hendrickson Vanderbilt	Pflugerville, TX
G	5	Devin Askew	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Mater Dei Kentucky	Sacramento, CA
F	10	Cole Bott (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Northfield Mount Hermon School	Highlands Ranch, CO
G	12	Tristen Licon	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	GS	Americas High School	El Paso, TX
G	13	Jase Febres	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Westfield	Houston, TX
G/F	20	Jaylon Tyson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	John Paul II	Plano, TX
G	21	Avery Benson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Sr	Southwest Christian Academy Texas Tech	Springdale, AR
F	30	Brock Cunningham	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Jr	Westlake	Austin, TX
G	31	Gavin Perryman (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Dallas Jesuit	Dallas, TX
F	32	Christian Bishop	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	West Creighton	Lee's Summit, MO
C	33	Tre Mitchell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Woodstock UMass	Pittsburgh, PA

Head coach

Chris Beard (Texas)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: July 21, 2021

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2021* 7:30 p.m., LHN	No. 5	Texas Lutheran	W 96–33	0–0	18 – Mitchell	6 – Cunningham	5 – Carr	Frank Erwin Center (N/A) Austin, TX
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 6:00 p.m., LHN	No. 5	Houston Baptist	W 92–48	1–0	14 – Ramey	6 – Allen	7 – Carr	Frank Erwin Center (14,683) Austin, TX
November 13, 2021* 9:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 5	at No. 1 Gonzaga	L 74–86	1–1	18 – Allen	6 – Allen	4 – Allen	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
November 17, 2021* 7:30 p.m., LHN	No. 8	Northern Colorado Abe Lemons Classic	W 62–49	2–1	16 – Mitchell	8 – Allen	4 – Jones	Frank Erwin Center (11,083) Austin, TX
November 20, 2021* 2:00 p.m., LHN	No. 8	San José State Abe Lemons Classic	W 79–45	3–1	17 – Allen	8 – Mitchell	4 – tied	Frank Erwin Center (11,088) Austin, TX
November 24, 2021* 7:30 p.m., LHN	No. 8	Cal Baptist Abe Lemons Classic	W 68–44	4–1	15 – tied	8 – Allen	5 – Jones	Frank Erwin Center (10,878) Austin, TX
November 29, 2021* 7:30 p.m., LHN	No. 7	Sam Houston State	W 73–57	5–1	19 – Carr	5 – Allen	7 – Allen	Gregory Gymnasium (2,834) Austin, TX
December 3, 2021* 7:30 p.m., LHN	No. 7	UTRGV	W 88–58	6–1	17 – Bishop	5 – Mitchell	5 – Mitchell	Frank Erwin Center (10,865) Austin, TX
December 9, 2021* 5:30 p.m., FS1	No. 7	at No. 23 Seton Hall Big East–Big 12 Battle	L 60–64	6–2	19 – Mitchell	12 – Allen	3 – Tied	Prudential Center (10,481) Newark, NJ
December 14, 2021* 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 17	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	W 63–31	7–2	14 – Mitchell	7 – Tied	2 – Tied	Frank Erwin Center (10,513) Austin, TX
December 19, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ABC	No. 17	vs. Stanford Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge	W 60–53	8–2	13 – Jones	5 – Tied	4 – Tied	T-Mobile Arena (1,600) Paradise, NV
December 22, 2021* 1:00 p.m., LHN	No. 16	Alabama State	W 68–48	9–2	14 – Disu	7 – Tied	4 – Allen	Frank Erwin Center (11,732) Austin, TX
December 29, 2021* 7:30 p.m., LHN	No. 17	Incarnate Word						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 1, 2022 11:00 a.m., ESPNU	No. 17	West Virginia						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 4, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas State						Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
January 8, 2022 1:00 p.m., CBS		at Oklahoma State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 11, 2022 7:30 p.m., LHN		Oklahoma						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 15, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Iowa State						Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 18, 2022 7:30 p.m., LHN		Kansas State						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 22, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		Oklahoma State						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 25, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		at TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
January 29, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN		Tennessee Big 12/SEC Challenge						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 1, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		at Texas Tech						United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
February 5, 2022 1:00 p.m., LHN		Iowa State						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 7, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPN		Kansas						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 12, 2022 11:00 a.m., ESPN/ESPN2		at Baylor						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
February 15, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		at Oklahoma						Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 19, 2022 11:30 a.m., ABC		Texas Tech						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 23, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU		TCU						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 26, 2022 ESPN/ESPN2		at West Virginia						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 28, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPN		Baylor						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
March 5, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN		at Kansas						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
Big 12 Tournament
March 9-12, 2022		vs. TBD First round/Quarterfinal						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source:^[4]

Player statistics[]

Individual player statistics (Final)
			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	PF	TO	Stl	Blk
Timmy Allen	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Jones	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Carr	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Courtney Ramey	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Disu	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Devin Askew	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Bott	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristen Licon	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jase Febres	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylon Tyson	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Avery Benson	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Brock Cunningham	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Perryman	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Bishop	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Tre Mitchell	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Opponents	–	–	–	–	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	5	8	8	7	7	17	16	17
Coaches	5	5^	8	8	11	17	17	18

^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Notes[]

References[]

^ Mar 26, FOX Sports Wisconsin; ET, 2021 at 11:59a (2021-03-26). "Marquette hires Shaka Smart as new men's basketball head coach". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
^ "Longhorns name Red Raiders' Beard as coach". ESPN.com. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
^ "Jayhawks Chosen Big 12 Preseason Favorite". big12sports.com.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

[1] Mar 26, FOX Sports Wisconsin; ET, 2021 at 11:59a (2021-03-26). "Marquette hires Shaka Smart as new men's basketball head coach". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2021-04-07.

[2] "Longhorns name Red Raiders' Beard as coach". ESPN.com. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-07.

[3] "Jayhawks Chosen Big 12 Preseason Favorite". big12sports.com.

[4] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

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v t Texas Longhorns men's basketball
Venues	Clark Field (1905–1917) (1917–1928) Gregory Gymnasium (1930–1977) Frank Erwin Center (1977–2022) Moody Center (2022–future)
Rivalries	Texas A&M
Culture & lore	Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight"
People	NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1938–39 1942–43 1946–47 1976–77 1977–78 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2021–22 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Iowa State	0	–	0	–	12	–	0	1.000
No. 1 Baylor	0	–	0	–	11	–	0	1.000
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
TCU	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
No. 6 Kansas	0	–	0	–	9	–	1	.900
Oklahoma	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
No. 17 Texas	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
No. 25 Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Oklahoma State*	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
*Ineligible for both the 2022 Big 12 Tournament and the 2022 NCAA Tournament due to postseason ban imposed by the NCAA.

† 2022 Big 12 Tournament winner As of December 23, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll