Vic Schaefer's best shot yet at a title ends with Texas Longhorns coming up flat | Golden
Texas women's basketball picked a bad time to suffer through a cold shooting night and lost in the Final Four for the second year in a row, this time to UCLA.
PHOENIX — Texas women's basketball was arguably the best team in Phoenix. Until it wasn't. This will be one long summer for the Texas Longhorns , who pulled a collective no-show in Friday night's national semifinals.
UCLA wasn't a world-beater by any means, but the Bruins were plenty good enough to beat this unrecognizable version of the Longhorns. The 51-44 loss will go down as the most bitter of Vic Schaefer's long coaching career, much worse than the two NCAA championship game losses at Mississippi State because his team had no juice against a vulnerable opponent. This was his best chance to win that elusive natty and his final chance to do it with point guard Rori Harmon , his first prized recruit.
Texas Longhorns guard Rori Harmon (3) and forward Madison Booker (35) pause during a timeout in the NCAA Final Four game against UCLA at the Mortgage Matchup Center on Friday, April 3, 2026 in Phoenix. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman) What happened?
It starts with All-America forward Madison Booker , who struggled through a 3-for-23 shooting nightmare after a dream season. Booker made her first shot, then missed 17 straight attempts. She doesn't miss that many shots in a week, let alone one game.
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