Texas coach Vic Schaefer is not happy the Longhorns are playing at South Carolina women’s basketball right after a game at LSU.
Coach Dawn Staley and No. 2 South Carolina (17-1, 4-0 SEC) host No. 4 Texas (18-1, 3-1) on Jan. 15 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
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Texas handed South Carolina its only loss 66-64 in Las Vegas on Thanksgiving. Texas suffered its first loss of the season at LSU 70-65 on Jan. 11. LSU jumped from No. 12 to No. 6 in the rankings after the win.
Schaefer had some harsh words for the SEC after the loss at LSU.
«They obviously have a vendetta against Texas because not only have we started in the league, and I get to play South Carolina twice last year, this year, I get LSU twice,» Schaefer said. «I have to play South Carolina on the road this year, as well as LSU. I get them back-to-back in the same week. Now, make that make sense.
«The league is hard enough as it is, but then to bless me, me and my group, with that, it really has a stench to it. … I’m really disappointed in the league for putting our kids in that position, but we play whoever’s in front of us.»
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The Longhorns opened the SEC season with back-to-back home wins against No. 17 Ole Miss and unranked Auburn before traveling to Baton Rouge to play LSU.
Longhorns forward Madison Booker had 24 points, while center Kyla Oldacre finished with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Senior guard Rori Harmon, who is usually nearly unstoppable when on the floor with Booker, tallied just two points in the contest and was benched during the fourth quarter.
«They were tougher than us today. This was our worst performance of the year,» Schaefer said.
Schaefer said playing in the SEC can be hard and asserted it’s «one monster after another.» He says it’s what he signed up for, and he understands how tough it is after spending eight seasons as Mississippi State’s coach. Still, he’s upset about the SEC schedule and revealed he’s waiting for someone from Texas to speak up about it.
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«Unless somebody from my university stands up and says, ‘Hey, what in the hell is going on here?’ nobody does anything, and that’s my frustration,» Schaefer said.
«It’s us against the world a lot of times, and we have to embrace that.»
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Texas coach slams SEC for LSU, South Carolina games back-to-back
