The 2025–26 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team, coached by sixth-year head coach Vic Schaefer, played their home games at the Moody Center as second-year members of the Southeastern Conference.
Previous season The Longhorns finished the 2024–25 season 35–4, 15–1 in SEC play to share the SEC regular season title with South Carolina. As the No. 2 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Ole Miss and LSU in the quarterfinals and semifinals before losing to South Carolina in the championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in Birmingham Regional 3. They defeated No. 16 William & Mary and No. 8 Illinois in the first and second rounds, Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen and TCU in the Elite Eight to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 2003, where they lost to South Carolina.
Offseason Departures Laila Phelia 5 G 6'0" Senior Cincinnati, OH Transferred to Syracuse Shay Holle 10 G 6'0" Senior Austin, TX Graduated Jordana Codio 13 G 6'1" Junior Jupiter, FL Transferred to Seton Hall Aaliyah Moore 23 F 6'1" Senior Moore, OK Graduated Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda 32 F 6'2" Junior Sioux Falls, SD Transferred to Vanderbilt Taylor Jones 44 F 6'4" Senior Forney, TX Graduated Abbie Boutilier 50 C 6'9" Sophomore Flower Mound, TX Transferred to Eastern Illinois
Incoming transfers Lovisa Asbrink Hose 16 C 6'6" Sophomore Stockholm, Sweden Florida Atlantic Ashton Judd 21 G 6'1" Senior West Plains, MO Missouri Breya Cunningham 25 F 6'4" Junior Chula Vista, CA Arizona Teya Sidberry 32 F 6'1" Senior Salt Lake City, UT Boston College
2025 recruiting class
2026 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
*AP did not release a week 8 poll.
See also 2025–26 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team
References