{"id":631876,"date":"2026-03-01T07:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/631876\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:28:31","slug":"texas-womens-basketball-plays-for-seeding-in-sec-ncaa-tournaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/631876\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas women&#8217;s basketball plays for seeding in SEC, NCAA Tournaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t expect things to be as lively this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Texas plays Sunday at No. 24 Alabama for its regular-season finale. The Longhorns and Crimson Tide will tip off at 11 a.m. CT, the earliest start time for a UT game this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Less than a year ago, Texas beat Florida on the final day of the regular season. That 72-46 win March 2, 2025 at Moody Center secured Texas a share of the SEC championship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/womens-basketball\/2025\/03\/02\/texas-vs-florida-wbb-basketball-longhorns-gators-photos-seniors\/81074848007\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">and the Longhorns celebrated afterward<\/a> with a trophy presentation and cupcakes for head coach Vic Schaefer&#8217;s 64th birthday. The vibes, however, were somewhat spoiled later that day when the Longhorns had to watch in agony a televised coin toss that gave SEC co-champion South Carolina the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Since South Carolina (28-2, 14-1) will be the SEC&#8217;s outright champion this year, not as much will be on this line Sunday. But that doesn&#8217;t mean there won&#8217;t be some stakes. Texas has already locked down a double bye for the upcoming SEC Tournament, but its seed has not yet been finalized:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If Texas (27-3, 12-3) beats Alabama (21-8, 7-8) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/womens-basketball\/article\/texas-longhorns-score-today-vanderbilt-21341713.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Vanderbilt (26-3, 12-3)<\/a> beats Tennessee (16-11, 8-7), the Longhorns will be the No. 3 seed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0If Texas wins and Vanderbilt loses, the Longhorns will be No. 2. If Texas loses and LSU (25-4, 11-4) beats Mississippi State (18-11, 5-10), the Longhorns being the No. 3 or No. 4 seed would be dependent on some other results from Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Texas is also attempting to avoid a late-season letdown as it tries to earn a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. As of Saturday, ESPN, CBS Sports and NCAA.com each project Texas to be one of the four No. 1 seeds, but teams like Iowa, LSU, Michigan and Vanderbilt are lurking on the No. 2 line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to let anybody make a decision in the big tournament if we stub our toe,&#8221; Schaefer said. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t want to give anybody a reason to reconsider where we are, what we&#8217;ve done, our body of work in the big picture. So we&#8217;re going to keep doing what we&#8217;re doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Momentum is everything, right? You want to keep winning. You want to have momentum. We&#8217;re going to have a chance to win a championship next week, so you want to go into that opportunity playing well. And we&#8217;re going to have to play really well on Sunday, because coach (Kristy) Curry and her staff, they&#8217;re some of the best in the business. That team will be ready for us, so we&#8217;ve got to be ready for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t expect things to be as lively this weekend. 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