Can UConn Defend Their Throne or Will a New Titan Emerge in the Women’s Final Four?
What to Know – Texas leads the all-time series 8-6, including a 76-65 win on Nov. 26 in Las Vegas to hand UCLA its only loss of the season. Harmon (972 assists in 156 career games) led the Longhorns with 26 points and five assists, while UCLA committed 20 turnovers. … Booker ranks third in WAR, with Lee (11) and Harmon (12) not far behind, but UCLA has five players in the top 18, led by Rice at No. 7. … Lee is the only Longhorn with more than 23 3-pointers as the team averages only 4.3 made per game (a mere 324 ranking out of 363 D-I teams). … Texas, the SEC Tournament champ, starts 6-4 Breya Cunningham and brings 6-6 Kyle Oldacre off the bench, but UCLA generally has a size advantage, led by the 6-7 Betts. In the NCAAs, the Big Ten champion Bruins have scored 50+ points in the paint in each win, and 52.5 on average. … UCLA has gained 89.4% of its points from seniors for the highest percentage in D-I. … Rice has made an NCAA Tournament-high 25 free throws with just one miss, and is shooting 90.3% for the season. … Texas captured the 1986 D-I national title; in 1978, UCLA won the AIAW Tournament that was a precursor to the women’s NCAAs.



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