Michigan women's basketball using 'honest mistake' as fuel for showdown with Texas
Michigan women’s basketball players are using a Texas social media post for some bulletin-board material heading into Monday's Elite Eight matchup.
Fort Worth, Texas — Michigan women’s basketball players are using a Texas social media post for some bulletin-board material heading into their Elite Eight matchup on Monday. Michigan, a No. 2 seed, will face No.
1 seed Texas in the Regional final with a Final Four berth on the line. After a team wins in the NCAA Tournament, the players celebrate by attaching the team’s nameplate on a life-size bracket. The Longhorns defeated Kentucky on Saturday, and the team’s social media account shared a photo of the players placing the Texas bar on the bracket, but they attached it to the wrong spot.
Instead, Texas attached its name to the Regional champions line, which the Michigan players interpreted as an assumption the Longhorns will win Monday night. postgame party cam 🤩🤘 #HookEm pic. twitter.
com/uGUc11AuWx — Texas Women's Basketball (@TexasWBB) March 28, 2026 “We’re taking it personal,” Michigan leading scorer Olivia Olson told The Detroit News on Sunday in the locker room. "We’re excited to go out there and compete. All I’m going to say is, yeah, we’re going to take it personal.