Texas head coach Vic Schaefer will get his third chance at taking the Horns to the Final Four
Texas forward Aaliyah Moore celebrates with teammates after the team's win over Gonzaga in a Sweet 16 college basketball game in the women's NCAA Tournament, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Portland, Ore. PORTLAND, Ore. — When Vic Schaefer decided he was coming to Austin to take over the women’s basketball program at Texas, he embraced what it means to sit in the chair Jody Conradt occupied for 31 years.
Schaefer will get his third chance at taking the Longhorns to the Final Four when No. 1 seed Texas faces No. 3 seed North Carolina State in the Portland 4 Regional final on Sunday. Texas toped Gonzaga in the Sweet 16, while N.C. State ran away from Stanford.The Longhorns have been here twice before since Schaefer arrived and this appears the best chance for Texas to end that Final Four drought and match a little of what Conradt accomplished.
Conradt led Texas to three Final Fours during her tenure, including the 34-0, 1986 season that Schaefer referenced and finished with the school’s lone NCAA title. The last Final Four appearance for Texas came in 2003 when the Longhorns lost 71-69 to UConn in the national semifinals.The Longhorns were at this point twice in the past three years, both times coming up short. In Schaefer’s first year, the Longhorns reached the Elite Eight unexpectedly as a No.
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