Austin, Texas ? Lately, only one thing is for sure when Kansas University’s men’s basketball team plays on the road.

The Jayhawks will lose — and lose in a blowout.

Tenth-ranked Texas pasted No. 20-rated KU, 82-67, Monday night at Erwin Center for the Jayhawks’ fourth straight Big 12 Conference road loss and third straight double-digit road blowout.

KU had lost by 20 at Oklahoma State and by 19 at Nebraska.

“It doesn’t feel good, I can tell you that,” KU junior guard Michael Lee said, walking dejectedly out of the arena after an 18-4 Texas run turned a narrow 52-48 second-half lead into a 70-52 advantage.

Kansas (17-7 overall, 9-4 Big 12), which has lost four straight road games overall for the first time since 2000, has lost three straight double-digit conference road games for the first time in school history.

KU lost to Colorado, Oklahoma State and Missouri by double-digits in consecutive games in 1955, but those weren’t official league outings. The Missouri game came in the Olympic qualifying tournament.

Overall, KU has lost three double-digit road games five times in school history.

“Any loss is tough, especially double-digits,” Wayne Simien said after collectin 15 points and eight rebounds. “Texas and Nebraska and Oklahoma State were on fire on the days we played them, but we’ve got to be tougher and find a way.

Kansas University's Michael Lee can't bear to watch the finals moments of the Jayhawks' 82-67 loss to Texas. KU's loss Monday in Austin, Texas, was its third straight double-digit setback on the road -- an ignominious school record.

“We fought and clawed our way the whole game, but had some mental lapses that cost us big.”

One big lapse of which the Longhorns (20-4, 11-2) took advantage was a technical foul on Jeff Graves that came during the 18-4 surge.

Graves, who was hacked by Brian Boddicker with 14 minutes left and KU down, 58-50, bounced the ball right at Boddicker.

Graves received a technical for his ball-bouncing act, and Kenny Taylor hit two free throws. Graves then was allowed to shoot two free throws and hit one, the Jayhawks lagging 60-51 when Graves left for good with 12:48 left.

With Graves off the court, powerful James Thomas, who had nine points in the 18-4 run, scored back-to-back baskets.

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“They make two free throws and we make one. We go minus-one there,” KU coach Bill Self said. “That did not impact the final outcome, but it didn’t help our chances any.”

Self said it wasn’t punishment to keep Graves out the rest of the game, but Self couldn’t have been happy with the senior forward for being penalized at a critical juncture.

“Well, it was his fourth foul,” Self said. “It was a coach’s decision to not put him back in. It didn’t have anything to do with it (outcome).”

Graves shook his head when asked if he thought he deserved a ‘T.’

“I just threw the ball down,” he said. “If I meant to do it, I would have hit him in the face. I’m trying to stay in the game. I’m not trying to hurt my team.”

But he did hurt his team by earning the ‘T’, evidenced by the fact Texas scored the next 10 points.

“I don’t know how big a deal it was, if it was worth a technical,” Simien said. “Regardless, either way, it was called. Your actions off the court carry on the court. An irresponsible move like that … when you cut the lead to four, we can’t have mental breakdowns like that.”

Graves, who has been in hot water all season because of tardiness and some effort problems at practice, said he didn’t talk with the coach the rest of the game to see if he would be permitted to go back in.

“I was pretty disappointed all around,” Graves said. “I felt if I would have played a little more, we’d have had a better chance. I’m just fighting. I just want to help my team, to play hard and help the team.”

As far as the Jayhawks’ overall performance, KU hit 38.5 percent of its shots, a low mark caused by two 0-for-8 stretches in each half.

The 0-for-8 in the first half was costly, allowing Texas to embark on a 10-0 run to up a 26-24 lead to 12 points with 3:11 left in the half.

Kansas coach Bill Self, left, is held back by assistant coach Norm Roberts as Self has words with an official.

“If we make layups and free throws in the guts of the game, we’d have been in the game,” Self said. “We missed some bunnies in transition early. We played to the end and tried. They were better than us tonight.”

As far as the road woes …

“I expected it to be tough, and this would have been a great atmosphere no matter what,” Self said. “Usually, when Kansas comes to town it adds spice to the game. When we don’t play well on the road, our chances aren’t good because usually teams are pumped to play us.”

“I don’t know what team plays better on the road than home,” said Keith Langford, who scored 17 points to lead the Jayhawks. “In my opinion in any league it’s tough to accomplish wins on the road. We’ve got to go back to the drawing board. We’ve got another road game (at Missouri) and we’ll try to win it.”

KU will next meet Oklahoma in a 1 p.m. tipoff Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.