Texas Longhorns at BYU Cougars

· NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - 1st Round

Texas Longhorns

19-14, 5-6 Away

BYU Cougars

23-11, 14-3 Home

BYU and Texas meet in opening round of NCAA Tournament

Game Preview

Texas Longhorns (19-14, 9-10 SEC) vs. BYU Cougars (23-11, 11-10 Big 12)

Portland, Oregon; Thursday, 7:25 p.m. EDT

Cougars -2.5; over/under is 157.5

BOTTOM LINE: BYU and Texas play in the NCAA Tournament opening round.

The Cougars are 11-10 against Big 12 opponents and 12-1 in non-conference play. BYU is 1-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Longhorns are 9-10 in SEC play. Texas ranks fifth in the SEC with 24.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Dailyn Swain averaging 6.0.

BYU averages 83.9 points, 7.4 more per game than the 76.5 Texas gives up. Texas scores 8.0 more points per game (83.3) than BYU allows to opponents (75.3).

TOP PERFORMERS: Keba Keita is averaging 6.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks for the Cougars. Aleksej Kostic is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Swain is averaging 17.7 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.7 steals for the Longhorns. Matas Vokietaitis is averaging 17.1 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cougars: 5-5, averaging 78.1 points, 32.5 rebounds, 10.7 assists, 5.7 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.4 points per game.

Longhorns: 5-5, averaging 78.3 points, 31.7 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 4.6 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.1 points.

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BYU: 63%

Texas: 37%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

TEX		BYU
W1	Streak	L1
76.5	Points Against	75.3
83.3	Points Per Game	83.9
48	Field Goal %	48
35	Three Point %	35
37.9	Rebounds Per Game	38.3
12.2	Assists Per Game	13.5
3.0	Blocks Per Game	4.4
5.8	Steals Per Game	7.2
0.3	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.3
11.4	Total Turnovers Per Game	11.2

Game Information

Venue: Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Capacity:

2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Florida	16-2	-	26-7
Arkansas	13-5	3	26-8
Alabama	13-5	3	23-9
Vanderbilt	11-7	5	26-8
Tennessee	11-7	5	22-11
Texas A&M	11-7	5	21-11
Georgia	10-8	6	22-10
Missouri	10-8	6	20-12
Kentucky	10-8	6	21-13
Texas	9-9	7	19-14
Oklahoma	7-11	9	19-15
Auburn	7-11	9	18-16
Mississippi State	5-13	11	13-19
Ole Miss	4-14	12	15-20
South Carolina	4-14	12	13-19
LSU	3-15	13	15-17

2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Arizona	16-2	-	32-2
Houston	14-4	2	28-6
Iowa State	12-6	4	27-7
Kansas	12-6	4	23-10
Texas Tech	12-6	4	22-10
TCU	11-7	5	22-11
BYU	9-9	7	23-11
UCF	9-9	7	21-11
West Virginia	9-9	7	18-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-15
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-14
Baylor	6-12	10	16-16
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22