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No. 5/5 Women’s Basketball preview: vs. Tennessee (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16)
03.27.2025 | Women's Basketball
#1 seed Texas (33-3, 15-1 SEC) vs #5 seed Tennessee (24-9, 8-8 SEC)
Game 37
Saturday, March 29 | 2:30 p.m. CT | ABC
Legacy Arena | Birmingham, Ala.
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on ABC. Beth Mowins (pxp), Debbie Antonelli (analyst) and Angel Gray (reporter) will call the game.
RADIO: This game will air on 1300-AM The Zone, along with the web streams on TexasLonghorns.com. Craig Way (pxp) and Cameron Parker (analyst) will call the action.
Complete game notes:
https://texaslonghorns.com/documents/2025/3/26/GameNotesTexasSweet16.pdf
Notables
• OPENING WEEKEND IN AUSTIN: Texas beat William & Mary and Illinois in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament to secure their spot in the Sweet 16. The Longhorns completed an undefeated season at 17-0 in Moody Center. Madison Booker is averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 58.6 percent from the field over the first two games of the tournament. Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda recorded a career-high 19 points against Illinois. The Longhorns held Illinois to 48 points, marking the 13th time this season they have held an opponent under 50 points. The Longhorns advanced to their 19th Sweet 16 in program history.
• CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: In their first year in the SEC the Longhorns captured the regular season championship. Texas beat every team in the conference on the way to a 15-1 regular season record. It marks the fourth straight season Texas has won a regular season or conference tournament championship.
• BOOKER FINALIST FOR WADE TROPHY: Madison Booker was named one of four finalists for the Wade Trophy. The award, presented by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association honors the best player in women's college basketball each season.
• 3 ALL-AMERICANS: Madison Booker earned Associated Press All-America honors, while Rori Harmon and Taylor Jones each earned All-America honorable mention honors.
• 30 WINS: For the 13th time in program history Texas women's basketball has reached 30 wins for a season. It's the first time since 1986-87 and 1987-88 that Texas has recorded 30+ wins in back-to-back seasons.
• BOOKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR, SCHAEFER COACH OF THE YEAR: In the awards voted on by the SEC head coaches Madison Booker was selected the SEC Player of the Year and Vic Schaefer was selected the SEC Coach of the Year. For Booker it is her second straight conference player of the year honor, as she was named the 2024 Big 12 Player of the Year. For Schaefer it was his sixth conference coach of the year award in his career. Schaefer, the 2018 Naismith National Coach of the Year is a semifinalist for the 2025 Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year.
• RANKED WINS: The Longhorns won their 10th game of the season against an AP-top 25 team and sixth win over an AP-top 10 team with their win over No. 9 LSU. Texas became the first program in 20 years to win three straight games over top-10 teams.
