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Texas coach Vic Schaefer is chasing an elusive national title in his fourth women’s Final Four

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Texas coach Vic Schaefer has come agonizingly close to winning a national championship. The 65-year-old is close again. Only he’s over being close in March Madness.

He wants to win one. And the Longhorns just may have the team to do it this year.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Vic Schaefer has come agonizingly close to winning a national championship. Close as in three previous trips to the Final Four. And two title game appearances, including one lost on a last-second 3-pointer.

The 65-year-old Schaefer is close again. Only he’s over being close in March Madness. He wants to win one.

And the Longhorns just may have the team to do it this year. Texas returns to the Final Four for the second consecutive year behind dominant three-time All-American forward Madison Booker and dynamic fifth-year point guard Rori Harmon. The Longhorns are chasing the program’s first national championship since 1986, when Texas and Hall of Fame coach Jody Conradt barnstormed through a 34-0 season to become the first undefeated title winners.

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