The slumping Texas Longhorns, losers of six of their last 10 games, received some more bad news on Monday.

Starting point guard Dogus Balbay will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. 

Balbay, the Longhorns' assists leader, left late in the first half of Saturday's contest against Texas Tech, and MRI tests on Sunday confirmed that he indeed suffered a severe tear.

Believed to be perhaps the best defender on the team, Balbay started 22 of Texas' 27 games, averaging a team-high 3.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 21.5 minutes a game. In addition, he ranks third on the team in steals, with 35.

So what does the loss of Balbay ultimately mean for this struggling Texas squad?

It's never...

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