Regular season Coming into the season, Texas had a lot of momentum going into the 2021–22 season after their Elite 8 appearance in the NCAA tournament the previous season. However, Texas lost star player
Charli Collier to the
WNBA draft, as she was the first overall pick by the
Dallas Wings. With the addition of 2 5-star athletes in
Rori Harmon and Aaliyah Moore and 2 4-star athletes in
Latasha Lattimore and Kyndall Hunter, the momentum was still high. Texas finished the 2021-22 regular season 23–6, 13–5 in
Big 12 play. The Longhorns finished 3rd in the Big 12 behind Iowa State and Baylor. 5-star recruit Rori Harmon emerged as a top freshman as she earned many accolades such as 4-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week, All-Big 12 Second Team, Big 12 All-Defensive Team, Big 12 All-Freshman Team, Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and Big 12 tournament Most Outstanding Player. In the second round, the Longhorns faced off against Iowa State. Coming into the game, Texas had swept the Cyclones during the regular season. Texas would go on to win 82–73 in overtime behind Rori Harmon’s 30-point career high performance, advancing them to the championship game against Baylor. Coming into the game, Texas was riding a 13-game losing streak to Baylor, having not defeated the Bears since the 2016–17 season. The Longhorns would go on to snap the losing streak defeating Baylor 67–58 in the championship game. •
denotes overtime NCAA tournament Texas entered the
NCAA tournament as a 2-seed where they faced off against 15-seed
Fairfield. The Longhorns would go on to defeat the Stags 70–52, advancing Texas to the round of 32. In the round of 32, Texas played against 7-seed
Utah. Texas defeated the Utes 78–56 sending them to the sweet 16 to match up with
Ohio State. Against the Buckeyes, Texas won 66–63 advance Texas to their second consecutive elite 8. In the elite 8, the Longhorns faced
Stanford, who they beat earlier in the regular season. However, Stanford prevailed against Texas, winning the game 59–50.
Spokane Regional final ==Offseason==