Texas women's basketball reaches 2nd straight Final Four. Here's how it happened | Golden
Texas is back in the Final Four for a second straight year. It was all smiles in Fort Worth. The Horns get UCLA in the national semifinals.
In an Elite Eight matchup that got more buzz for stuff that happened off the court than the beatdown that ensued, the Texas Longhorns took care of business in wire to wire fashion. Texas 77, Michigan 41. Texas Longhorns guard Rori Harmon (3) and forward Madison Booker (35) celebrate a score during a Michigan timeout during the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Elite 8 game at Dickies Arena on Monday, March 30, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas.
(Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman) And it wasn't that close. As a result, Texas (35-3) is bound for the Valley of the Sun where UCLA Bruins will be waiting.
The Bruins have lost only one of their 36 games and that came in Las Vegas to the — you guessed it — Longhorns by a 76-65 score . Texas has won 12 straight games since an 86-70 loss at Vanderbilt where coach Vic Schaefer called out his team for a lack of heart and toughness. None of it was true but results are results, and Texas is playing as well as anybody — including the unbeaten No.
1 overall seed UConn Huskies. The Horns are playing in consecutive Final Fours for the second time in school history. After the legendary Jody Conradt led the program to its only national title in 1986, the Horns returned to the national semifinals they lost to Louisiana Tech in the old Frank Erwin Center on the Forty Acres.