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Texas has a productive bench as a safety valve (ranked 12th in the nation with 27 bench points per game) and is Top 20 in turnovers forced per game (20.81).
From USA TODAY
Texas has advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 2003 and the fourth time overall after beating TCU 58-47 in the Elite Eight.
From The New York Times
Texas won a regional final for the first time in four tries under coach Vic Schaefer, who previously made two Final Four trips with Mississippi State.
From U.S. News & World Report
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LOS ANGELES — Paige Bueckers of UConn is one of five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award that goes to the nation’s outstanding women’s college basketball player. The other finalists are Lauren Betts of UCLA, Madison Booker of Texas, Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame and JuJu Watkins of Southern California.
Booker, a sophomore, has been a powerful defender and versatile offensive leader to take the Longhorns into the Final Four.
Booker was the No. 12 overall player in the 2023 recruiting class and the second-rated wing, according to ESPN HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings. She attended Germantown High School in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Her father, Carlos Booker, played collegiate basketball at Southern Mississippi.
Texas women's basketball point guard Rori Harmon shed some tears when looking back at her journey from an ACL injury to the NCAA Final Four.
In a period of incredible growth in women's basketball, Texas guard Madison Booker is an underappreciated superstar.
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Madison Booker scored 20 points and No. 1-seed Texas used a smothering defense to earn a 65-48 victory over No. 8 Illinois in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Madison Booker scored 17 points and No. 1-seed Texas outlasted fifth-seeded Tennessee 67-59 in a tight battle Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
Texas has a 3-4 overall record against South Carolina, winning once and losing thrice since the start of the 2010s. The two teams are No. 1 seeds in the tournament, with the Gamecocks emerging from their region after defeating No. 2-seed Duke 54-50.
The Texas Longhorns women's basketball team will get to continue their quest for a national championship, following a 67-59 win over Tennessee in the Sweet 16 in Birmingham on Saturday. The No. 5 seed Volunteers brought the fight to the Longhorns,