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The stage was set for head coach Rick Barnes to meet expectations (perhaps succeed them) entering the 2014-15 college basketball season. Texas was bringing back a bunch of talent from a team that won 24 games the year before. It was also welcoming freshman Myles Turner (ranked No. 2 in 2014 recruiting class).
Unfortunately, Texas simply did not meet expectations this season, which meant bad news for Barnes.
BREAKING: Texas will fire Rick Barnes. Barnes made one Final Four in 17 years at UT. (via @GoodmanESPN & @statesman) pic.twitter.com/P3OJ1YakmJ
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 28, 2015
With as much talent as the Longhorns had this past season, they should have at least competed for a Big 12 title. They finished five games back in the conference standings at 8-10. Texas finished with an overall record of 20-14. By my count, that is worse than last year’s record of 24-11, yet last year’s team wasn’t a year wiser like this year’s team. Once again, it also didn’t have Turner.
Texas did make the 2015 NCAA tournament (it received some serious love from the tournament committee), but it lost its first game.
This was a team that was well on its way early on in the season … until Big 12 play started. Sure, the Big 12 featured many teams in the top 25 rankings on a weekly basis, and was even thought to be the deepest conference in America (sure didn’t look that way in the dance), but Texas simply should have at least held its own.
The Longhorns did see some success under Barnes — there is no doubt about that. Unfortunately, Barnes had some really good teams (like this year’s squad) and nothing to really show for it.
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