Texas Longhorns Womens Basketball Tickets

Texas Longhorns Women's Basketball Schedule

Austin, Texas has long been the place to be when the college basketball season heats up, as the University of Texas is a place where both the men's and women's Longhorns are well prepared to put on a show. Both teams consistently leave their mark on both the national scene and in the Big 12, but the women's team specifically has been a major national power for years. The Longhorns have won 22 conference championships and rank 11th in the NCAA in terms of total Tournament wins while ranking 5th in the NCAA for total victories in women's college hoops. Their schedule is jam packed with big games and many of the top programs in all of college basketball will be making their way to Frank Erwin Events Center hoping to come out with a win against Texas. However, as history has repeatedly shown, this is easier said than done and the Longhorns are always prepared to give their home crowd something to cheer for.

On January 3rd the Kansas Jayhawks will come to Austin to take on the Longhorns and if the past is any indication this is a game not to be missed. On February 8th in state rivals the Baylor Bears will come to Austin. In recent years the Bears have become a national power themselves and it has only heated up their competition with the Longhorns. This is one game no UT fan will want to miss.

Texas Longhorns Women's Basketball Conference

While the Big 12 has long been known for its college football, basketball has always been a big deal in the conference as well and in recent years several schools have stepped up their game making it extremely difficult for a team to navigate the tough conference schedule. Perennial powerhouses Kansas and Oklahoma State always are staunch competition and with the recent development of programs like Baylor and Kansas State, the conference is only getting tougher. Playing such a tough regular season schedule annually leaves the teams from the Big 12 who are selected for the Tournament ready to take on any college in the country and allows for even some of the lower seeds to pull off big time upsets. Each year teams from the Big 12 go on to become major factors in the NCAA Tournament and make deep runs, often to the Final Four and to a national championship. When it comes to college sports there is arguably no conference that is historically better or more dominant than the Big 12.

Texas Longhorns Women's Basketball Rivalries

The main rivalry in all college sports for Texas is with the Oklahoma Sooners. The basketball rivalry began in 1996 when the Big 12 was formed, but the two schools already had a long standing football rivalry that just spilled over to other sports when they began competing against one another in conference play. As Texas has long been a national power first under head coach Jody Conradt and currently under Gail Goestenkors all of the schools are gunning for the Longhorns. In recent years Baylor has emerged as a program with whom the Longhorns have found themselves neck and neck for conference titles as well as higher national rankings and seeding in the NCAA Tournament. Both of these rivalries have been fun to watch over the years and should provide for excellent basketball games in the 2013-2014 season.

The Experience

College basketball is an experience like no other. Featuring some of the best student athletes in the world along with some of the most passionate fans in all of sports, the games have an atmosphere that is unrivaled. When you set foot into Frank Erwin Events Center for a University of Texas Longhorns home basketball game this will all be clear. As the teams set up for opening tip off the fans stand up and vociferously cheer for their alma mater and hometown favorites. The game continues full of back and forth action, big time shots, and clutch defensive stops. Before you know it the clock is winding down in the second half and the two sides are wrapped up in yet another tight contest. Your palms get sweaty with each trip down the floor and each time a player from your favorite team lets loose a shot you hold your breath until the ball tickles the twine. This continues until the final buzzer when the Longhorns' side erupts after another big win and their fans flow out of the arena in jubilation.

Trivia

Longtime Texas Longhorns coach Jody Conradt was the second coach in women's college basketball history to reach the landmark of 900 career wins, the only person to do so before her was legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. Texas has made 28 trips to the NCAA Tournament resulting in four trips to the FInal FOur (the most recent in 2003), and a national championship which the school won in 1986.