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Longhorns Insider: Optimism can only go so far for Barnes

A few days earlier, his Texas men's basketball team had looked unimpressive and disorganized in an ugly loss, but Barnes appeared surprisingly upbeat. After a school-record 14 consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament, UT won't receive an at-large bid this year. The Longhorns haven't won four games in a row all season and finished the regular season with their first back-to-back victories since December. [...] while Kabongo has looked every bit the part of a potential NBA first-round draft pick while playing at home (shooting 57 percent while averaging 18.8 points and 7.0 assists), his performances away from the Erwin Center have been abysmal (shooting 29 percent while averaging 12.8 points and 3.5 assists). If the Longhorns survive against the Horned Frogs tonight, they'd be pitted in the second round against Kansas State, which rolled UT twice in the regular season.