Texas vs UCLA live updates: Score, highlights from 2026 Final Four showdown
On Friday evening at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Texas and UCLA will battle in the Final Four round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner advances to Sunday's NCAA championship game.
PHOENIX — On Friday evening at the Mortgage Matchup Center, Texas women's basketball and UCLA will battle in the Final Four round of the NCAA Tournament. UCLA and Texas are respectively the No. 2 and No.
3 overall seeds in the NCAA Tournament. UCLA (35-1) has beaten California Baptist, Oklahoma State, Minnesota and Duke over the past two weeks by an average of 27 points. The margin of victory for Texas (35-3) in its tournament triumphs against Missouri State, Oregon, Kentucky and Michigan has been 142 points.
More: Subscribe to the Statesman's Texas sports newsletter This Final Four game is being played nearly four months after Texas handed UCLA its only loss of the season at the Players Era event in Las Vegas . In a 76-65 win on Nov. 26, senior guard Rori Harmon had 26 points and five assists for the Longhorns.
The winner of this game will play either UConn or South Carolina in Sunday's NCAA championship game. Texas last reached the national championship game in 1986. UCLA has never played for a title.