Texas’ run to a Big 12 title began with star PG Rori Harmon’s return
Texas guard Rori Harmon talks to head coach Vic Schaefer after an NCAA college basketball game against Baylor in Austin, Texas, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. To be fair, it wasn’t for a lack of trying. The competition was pretty stiff, too, with a set of early games against No. 5 UConn, Marquette and No. 6 Louisville pushing undermanned Texas to its limits.
But life’s been pretty grand for No. 12 Texas since Harmon made her season debut Nov. 27 in a 24-point win over Princeton. The Longhorns have won 20 of 25 since their star point guard returned, and they enter this weekend tied for first place in the Big 12 with No. 16 Oklahoma. “There’s one other player in the country doing what she’s doing — points, assists, steals — and that’s Caitlin Clark,” Texas coach Vic Schaefer said of Harmon’s impact. “Well, we know everybody’s singing her praises. Nobody else does what Rori Harmon does in the country, including Caitlin Clark. Nobody picks up full-court place, plays pressure defense man-to-man. Rori’s a great help defender, too. How many times has she been trucked, run over in a ball game. I mean, the kid’s tougher than nails.
Without Harmon, Texas would have been a good, plucky outfit that would’ve settled in somewhere around the middle of the Big 12. The 5-foot-6 dynamo out of Houston Cypress Creek transforms Texas into a title-caliber group both with her play and her mentality.
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