It's definitely going to be nerve-wracking for me,”  UT guard Jordan Pope said after Friday’s 83-72 loss to Tennessee in the SEC quarterfinals. “This is my first time in this process. I understand we're a team I guess that's on the bubble.

It’s been a remarkable season for the Longhorns, but it’s still nowhere close to the best in program history. That distinction belongs to the 1985–86 Longhorns, who became the first women’s team to finish the season as undefeated national champions.