2022–23_Texas_Longhorns_women's_basketball_team

2022–23 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

2022–23 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

The 2022–23 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team is coached by Vic Schaefer entering his third season at Texas. The Longhorns are members of the Big 12 Conference and play their home games at the new Moody Center.

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This will be the Longhorns' first season at the newly constructed Moody Center.[1] Previously, Texas played at the Frank Erwin Center. This will be the first time the Longhorns have a new arena since 1977 when Texas moved from the Gregory Gymnasium to the Frank Erwin Center.[2]

Previous season

Regular season

Coming into the season, Texas had a lot of momentum going into the 2021–22 season after their Elite 8 appearance in the NCAA tournament the previous season.[3] However, Texas lost star player Charli Collier to the WNBA draft, as she was the first overall pick by the Dallas Wings.[4] With the addition of 2 5-star athletes in Rori Harmon and Aaliyah Moore and 2 4-star athletes in Latasha Lattimore and Kyndall Hunter, the momentum was still high.[5] Texas finished the 2021-22 regular season 23–6, 13–5 in Big 12 play.[6] The Longhorns finished 3rd in the Big 12 behind Iowa State and Baylor.[7] 5-star recruit Rori Harmon emerged as a top freshman as she earned many accolades such as 4-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week, All-Big 12 Second Team, Big 12 All-Defensive Team, Big 12 All-Freshman Team, Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and Big 12 tournament Most Outstanding Player.[8][9] Harmon also was the first freshman in Texas women’s basketball history to earn All-American Honors. The combination of younger talent with freshmen Rori Harmon and Aaliyah Moore, plus sophomore DeYona Gaston, with the older talent of seniors Joanne Allen-Taylor, Lauren Ebo, Audrey Warren, and junior three point leader Aliyah Matharu, Texas had their most success since the 2017-18 season where the Longhorns went 24–5 during the regular season.[10][11]

Big 12 tournament

Texas earned a 3-seed in the 2022 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament where they would square off against 6-seed Kansas State. Texas would go on to defeat Kansas State 72–65 to advance to the second round.[12] In the second round, the Longhorns faced off against Iowa State. Coming into the game, Texas had swept the Cyclones during the regular season.[13][14] Texas would go on to win 82–73 in overtime behind Rori Harmon’s 30-point career high performance, advancing them to the championship game against Baylor.[15] Coming into the game, Texas was riding a 13 game losing streak to Baylor, having not defeated the Bears since the 2016-17 season.[16] The Longhorns would go on to snap the losing streak defeating Baylor 67–58 in the championship game.[17]

First round
Thursday, March 10 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 12 		Championship Game
Sunday, March 13
            
1 Baylor 76
9 Oklahoma State 36
8 Texas Tech 58
9 Oklahoma State 73
1 Baylor 91
4 Oklahoma 76
4 Oklahoma 80
5 Kansas 68
1 Baylor 58
3 Texas 67
2 Iowa State 66
7 West Virginia 60
7 West Virginia 68
10 TCU 48
2 Iowa State 73
3 Texas 82*
3 Texas 72
6 Kansas State 65

*denotes overtime

NCAA tournament

Texas entered the NCAA tournament as a 2-seed where they faced off against 15-seed Fairfield. The Longhorns would go on to defeat the Stags 70–52, advancing Texas to the round of 32.[18] In the round of 32, Texas played against 7-seed Utah. Texas defeated the Utes 78–56 sending them to the sweet 16 to match up with Ohio State.[19] Against the Buckeyes, Texas won 66–63 advance Texas to their second consecutive elite 8.[20] In the elite 8, the Longhorns faced Stanford, who they beat earlier in the regular season. However, Stanford prevailed against Texas, winning the game 59–50.[21]

First round
Round of 64
March 18–19 		Second Round
Round of 32
March 20–21 		Regional semifinals
Sweet 16
March 25 		Regional final
Elite 8
March 27
            
1 Stanford 78
16 Montana State 37
1 Stanford 91
Stanford, California – Fri/Sun
8 Kansas 65
8 Kansas 77
9 Georgia Tech 58
1 Stanford 72
4 Maryland 66
5 Virginia Tech 81
12 Florida Gulf Coast 84
12 Florida Gulf Coast 65
College Park, Maryland – Fri/Sun
4 Maryland 89
4 Maryland 102
13 Delaware 71
1 Stanford 59
2 Texas 50
6 Ohio State 63
11 Missouri State 56
6 Ohio State 79
Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Sat/Mon
3 LSU 64
3 LSU 83
14 Jackson State 77
6 Ohio State 63
2 Texas 66
7 Utah 92
10 Arkansas 69
7 Utah 56
Austin, Texas – Fri/Sun
2 Texas 78
2 Texas 70
15 Fairfield 52

Spokane Regional final

ESPN
March 27
9:00 p.m.
#2 Texas Longhorns 50, #1 Stanford Cardinal 59
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 13–16, 13–15, 10–14
Pts: Joanne Allen-Taylor (15)
Rebs: Rori Harmon (7)
Asts: Rori Harmon (6)		 Pts: Lexie Hull (20)
Rebs: Haley Jones (12)
Asts: Lacie Hull
Haley Jones (4)
Spokane Arena
Attendance: 7,739
Referees: Dee Kantner, Michol Murray, Kenneth Nash

Offseason

Returning players

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Departures

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Outgoing transfers

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Coaching Staff Departures

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Acquisitions

Incoming Transfers

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2022 Recruiting Class

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2023 Recruiting Class

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Coaching Staff Additions

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  1. Lovato was an assistant at Texas during the 2020-21 season. However, she was on a coaching hiatus for the 2021–22 season.

Preseason

Big 12 Media Poll

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Source:[39]

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

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Preseason All-Big 12 teams

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  1. Unanimous pick

Source:[46]

Roster

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Support Staff

2022-23 Texas Longhorns support staff
  • Sydney Carter – Director of player development
  • Zack Zillner – Sports Performance Coach
  • Kristin Grant – Director of Video and Recruiting Digital Services
  • Christy Smith – Director of operations
  • Dennis Colwell – Administrative Associate
  • Ryan Yablonsky – Graduate assistant

Roster Outlook

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Schedule and results

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Postseason

Big 12 tournament

First round
Thursday, March 9
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
ESPNU/ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
ESPN+ 		Championship game
Sunday, March 12
ESPN2
1 Texas 60
8 Texas Tech 69 9 Kansas State 42
9 Kansas State 79 1 Texas 64
4 Oklahoma State 57
4 Oklahoma State 62
5 West Virginia 61
1 Texas 51
3 Iowa State 61
2 Oklahoma 77
7 Kansas 52 10 TCU 76
10 TCU 57 2 Oklahoma 72
3 Iowa State 82
3 Iowa State 74
6 Baylor 63

*denotes overtime

Team and individual statistics

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Awards and honors

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Source:[51]

Rankings

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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See also

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