Basketball
Texas looks more like a Vic Schaefer Team than ever, and that's why they're contenders
Aaliyah Moore, Taylor Jones, DeYona Gaston and Khadija Faye have been invaluable in Texas' rise to national-title contender under Vic Schaefer
(Photo: Photo by Danny Torres)
AUSTIN -- People love to ask Vic Schaefer the difference between this season’s Texas and last year’s. He received that question multiple times over the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
The obvious answer is the addition and emergence of Big 12 Player of the Year and freshman Madison Booker, who stepped up her production in a massive way after Rori Harmon tore her ACL. The second answer is overall health. Aaliyah Moore tore her ACL toward the end of 2022, Taylor Jones missed stretches of last year as did Khadija Faye and Harmon.
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