Texas Longhorns Basketball: Big 12 releases conference schedule

For some people, the basketball season began as soon as football lost to Arkansas on Saturday. There may even be more hype surrounding first-year head coach Chris Beard than there was on the gridiron.

The Big 12 released the conference schedule on Wednesday afternoon. A few trips are of note, mainly Beard’s first back to Lubbock. Nobody wearing burnt orange will be safe in Lubbock on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The Red Raider faithful has a bone to pick with their former head coach.

February will have a fun four-game stretch of Kansas, at Baylor, at Oklahoma, and Texas Tech. All four of Texas’ opponents internally believe they can compete for a Big 12 regular season championship. No easy nights.

A trip to Lawrence to face Kansas and a home match against Baylor will close out the season. At the very least, Beard’s squad will be battle-tested heading into March.

Here is Texas’ full conference schedule for the 2021-2022 basketball season.

Baylor Bears

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Home: Feb. 28 Away: Feb. 12

Iowa State Cyclones

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Home: Feb. 5 Away: Jan. 15

Kansas Jayhawks

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Home: Feb. 7 Away: March 5

Kansas State Wildcats

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Home: Jan. 18 Away: Jan. 4

Oklahoma Sooners

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Home: Jan. 11 Away: Feb. 15

Oklahoma State Cowboys

Home: Away:

Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports

Home: Jan. 22 Away: Jan. 8

TCU Horned Frogs

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Home: Feb. 23 Away: Jan. 25

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Home: Away:

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports

Home: Feb. 19 Away: Feb. 1

West Virginia Mountaineers

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Home: Jan. 1 Away: Feb. 26

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