2012 – 13 Texas Longhorns men 's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2012 – 13 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Their head coach was Rick Barnes , who was in his 15th year . The team played its home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin , Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference . They finished the season 16 – 18 , 7 – 11 in Big 12 play to finish in seventh place . They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament to Kansas State . Texas received an invitation to the 2013 College Basketball Invitational and became the first Big 12 team to participate in the postseason tournament 's six-year history . The Longhorns lost in the first round to former Southwest Conference rival Houston
Big 12 Tournament
2013 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
2012–13 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team