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The Longhorns will face one of the hottest teams in the first round…
While Texas was projected to be a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament for the majority of the season, their recent struggles with dropping five of their last eight games bumped them down to a No. 6 seed on Selection Sunday. Continue reading “Social media reacts to Texas’ seeding in the NCAA tournament”
Texas to host first two rounds of the women’s NCAA tourney.
While the Texas Longhorns men’s basketball earned a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament, Vic Schaefer and the women’s team is a No. 2 seed in their bracket.
The Big 12 Tournament Champions will get to play the first two rounds at home in Austin, Texas. The Frank Erwin Center will host at least one more game for the home team.
Texas will tip off the tournament with the No. 15 Fairfield in the first round. Should they win that game, which they will be heavily favored, the Longhorns will face off with the winner of Utah (7) and Arkansas (10) game.
The other half of the Big 12 title game, Baylor, also is a No. 2 seed in the Wichita Region. The Longhorns could see an old nemesis in the Sweet 16 with Kim Mulkey and the LSU Tigers earning the No. 3 Seed.
Time to dance 🤘#TexasFight pic.twitter.com/mAkH8QQUxl
— Texas Women's Basketball (@TexasWBB) March 14, 2022
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Vic Schaefer is calling for more fans to support his team.
Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer has been very adamant about improving fan attendance at games. Saturday’s matchup against Oklahoma State will be the final regular-season game of the year as well as senior night for the Horns.
Schaefer made a deal with the Longhorn community that he will donate $10,000 to the Neighborhood Longhorns Progam if at least 10,000 fans attend Saturday’s game.
The Longhorns are having a fanatic season with a record of 22-6, ranked No. 9 in the nation. Schaefer believes his squad deserves more dedication from the fan base. Texas ranks outside the top 30 in overall attendance.
Saturday’s game will also be the last regular season basketball game at the Frank Erwin Center. Both the men’s and women’s basketball programs will move over to the new Moody Center for the 2022-23 season.
For our Seniors,
10K fans attending the game in Erwin on Saturday means $10K from Coach will go straight to the Neighborhood Longhorns Program. Let’s make it happen 🤘#HookEm pic.twitter.com/ypDZnHLqoA
— Texas Women's Basketball (@TexasWBB) March 1, 2022
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Leaders lead!
A video surfaced roughly a week ago of Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer vocally expressing his disappointment regarding the lack of support from fans at their home games. Continue reading “LOOK: Quinn Ewers, Xavier Worthy and more show support to Texas women’s basketball”
Chris Beard and Vic Schaefer have their squad’s in the Top 25.
Basketball at the University of Texas is headed in the right direction under men’s coach Chris Beard and women’s coach Vic Schaefer.
Texas is one of only 11 schools that are ranked inside the Top 25 in both men’s and women’s basketball.
RT if your school is ranked in both men's and women's basketball! 🙌🔥 pic.twitter.com/C8RAzUrjZn
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) October 19, 2021
Chris Beard has his team 9-2 and ranked No. 17 in the nation in his first season as the Longhorns head coach. Beard was able to give the program a shot in the arm over the offseason with the acquisition of many high profile transfers.
On the women’s side, Vic Schaefer has been nothing short of phenomenal in his second season in Austin. After revamping a roster that reached the Elite Eight a season ago, Schaefer’s squad has the look of a national championship contender yet again. Texas is 9-1 with notable wins over Stanford and Texas A&M.
The excitement around the basketball programs on the 40 acres is extremely high.
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Longhorns fans still have some reasons to be thankful.
The 2021 season has been one many Longhorns fans wish to forget. Continue reading “Five things Texas Longhorns fans can be thankful for”
Vic Schaefer’s squad made a statement on Sunday.
Vic Schaefer’s squad made a statement on Sunday. No. 25 Texas defeated No. 3 Stanford 61-56 behind a dominant fourth-quarter effort. The Horns outscored the Cardinal 26-16 to cap off the comeback.
Stanford is the defending national champion and owned the nation’s second-longest winning streak at 21 games.
The teams entered halftime dead even at 35 apiece. Stanford looked like they were starting to pull away late in the third quarter, Lexie Hull made a clutch three to put the Cardinal up five points going into the fourth.
Texas needed a spark on offense and junior Aliyah Matharu gave it to them. Matharu took over the game scoring 17 points in the fourth, shooting 4-4 from beyond the arc. When Texas needed someone to step up, Matharu was phenomenal.
Freshman guard Rori Harmon also had a great day scoring 21 points on 50 percent shooting. Harmon also hit two pivotal free throws down the stretch to help Texas leave Palo Alto with the upset.
Vic Schaefer is capitalizing off the momentum from their elite-eight run last season. Expect the Horns to take a massive leap in the next AP Top 25 poll.
HORNS WIN!!
Texas takes down the defending champs in Palo Alto! 🤘#TexasFight pic.twitter.com/2eNiY2KoE1
— Texas Women's Basketball (@TexasWBB) November 14, 2021
Tuesday was a great day for Texas basketball.
Both Texas basketball programs got off to a roaring start on Tuesday. Continue reading “Texas Basketball: Chris Beard, Longhorns roll past Houston Baptist”
It’s so beautiful that you’ll be questioning whether it’s real.
This was too beautiful to not share. Continue reading “LOOK: Texas women’s basketball practices in beautiful outdoor bubble court overlooking the city”
It was announced on Monday that former Wisconsin commit Jordana Codio has now committed to the University of Texas.
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Texas head coach Vic Schaefer landed a highly sought-after four-star guard to his 2022 recruiting class on Monday. Continue reading “Vic Schaefer lands four-star guard, former Wisconsin commit Jordana Codio”
