2026-27 Women’s Basketball Thread

[TexTheHorn24]

Extremely excited for the season. I really think this season has a chance to be Vics best coaching job to date at Texas. These freshmen are elite. 

[LonghornFan4Ever]

[HonkEm]

On 9/24/2026 at 8:15 PM, TexTheHorn24 said:

Extremely excited for the season. I really think this season has a chance to be Vics best coaching job to date at Texas. These freshmen are elite. 

The freshmen may be elite. The coach? I'm not sold. If this team exceeds expectations, I suspect the primary reason will be the influx of elite young talent rather than some sudden evolution in Vic's coaching.

Every year I hear about Vic's coaching genius. Every year I end up more impressed by the roster than the coaching.

[Califashorn75]

Coach Vic is a top five coach in women's college basketball. He has been knocking on that championship door for the past ten years.  He has gotten really close, but no cigar yet. We have been relevant since he showed up at Texas. His teams are powerful defenders, play the best, and win their share. Two Final Fours the last two years. He has a bunch of elite eights! The guy is a great coach. Hopefully,  before he retires he can get to the mountain top. 

[HookemTexas]

16 hours ago, HonkEm said:

The freshmen may be elite. The coach? I'm not sold. If this team exceeds expectations, I suspect the primary reason will be the influx of elite young talent rather than some sudden evolution in Vic's coaching.

Every year I hear about Vic's coaching genius. Every year I end up more impressed by the roster than the coaching.

Disagree with you on this one.  Does Coach Vic frustrate me at times?  You bet.  But facts are that since Coach Conradt, Texas hasn’t been relevant in women’s bball until Coach Vic came.  

And Texas had some elite recruits before his time as well - but part of recruiting is on the coach.  Coach Vic has recruited more elite players than Texas has seen in prior years.  Karen Aston would pull maybe 1 or 2 in (Ariel Atkins) and got lucky that Brooke McCarty was good, but she wasn’t elite.

Part of the reason UConn and the other schools win is because they have way more talent than the rest of the league. I argue it’s a lot easier to win when your starting team is composed of the top 50 players in the country. During their Dynasty UConn had the top ranked recruit almost every year.  Now Texas is in the conversation to get those types of players where in previous years they wouldn’t even have a chance.