It was on life support before this afternoon, its pretty much dead now. This team will struggle to win 8 games in conference and major butt kickings from UNC and MSU await. They might not even be NIT quality.
You are correct.
The only positive is that they look capable of playing good defense, so they may be able to stay in games as they mature through the season.
And just as we write eulogies for the Texas season they run out a performance like tonight and absolutely dominate a top 25 UNC team to get a quality win going into conference play. The streak is officially back on life support at least and still a possibility if they can play the rest of the way like they did tonight.
Sadly, that UNC game looks like it will be the high point of the season, I dont think this team finishes at .500 so no post season of any kind NIT, CBI or whatever is the most likely outcome at this point.