I always felt like Shaka was close to turning the corner at Texas, but he just never could do it. Every year it seemed like we had 4-6 VERY close losses that could have changed the whole season with a win.
2016 should have been a good year. Isaiah Taylor, Jevan Felix, Roach, Ridley, Ibeh, etc. Lost a few close ones that could have moved us up to a 4-5 seed. Instead we are a 6 seed and lost to Northern Iowa. Fail.
2017 was a shit show. Finished the regular season losing 7 in a row and 14 of the last 17. Fail.
2019 had wins over #7 UNC, #9 Purdue, #15 ISU, #17 KU. And then put it together to win the NIT. (Big whoop). They also had TEN losses by 6 points or less. Just win half of those and we would have been a medium NCAA seed. Fail.
The 2021 team was really good. We were 19-8, but again 6 of those losses were by a combined 11 points. That team was full of NBA talent in Sims, Kai Jones, Greg Brown. We had a great senior PG in Matt Coleman. And Jones / Ramey were solid. That team should have been a S16 or E8 team. Nope. Stepped on our dick vs. shitty ACU. Fail.