“Two weeks ago this team that we just played was No. 5 in the country, and it’s a bear. 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. Of 16 games — there’s 16 games this year — I have to play South Carolina on the road this year, as well as LSU, I get ’em back-to-back in the same week. Make that make sense. The league is hard enough as it is, but then to bless me and my group with that, it really has a stench to it. The common denominator is LSU and South Carolina both played Georgia before they played me, and South Carolina was at home today.
“I’m disappointed. I said that yesterday, I said it to TV. I’m really disappointed in the league for putting our kids in that position. But we play whoever’s in front of us. And the answer to your question is you’re right, it’s a bear. It’s one monster after another. It’s what AAA baseball is to the Major Leagues. That’s how I look at it. You have hall of fame coaches, you have future WNBA players, so it’s hard. But that’s what we all sign up for. That’s what I signed up for. I obviously came from Mississippi State, so I was pretty used to the league and understood what it was. When you go to Texas you’re not only signing up for the SEC, but you got Texas on your chest and everybody wants a piece of you.
“It is what it is, but there’s some things that bother me in regards to the schedule. But they don’t call me and ask me about it. I just get it. 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. It’s been on my radar since [SEC] Spring Meetings, when the schedule came out. I saw it, and I waited for people that I thought should have stood up and said something. Nothing was said. I mean, we got people in the conference office that are just in charge of women’s basketball.
“You want to tell me that anybody else in our league gets both these teams back-to-back on the road? Cause they were both preseason No. 1, No. 2, No. 3. Both of them. They’re preseason No. 3 — 1, 2 or 3. But nobody did. I saw it, but I was hoping that somebody would, but it didn’t get done, so this is what we’ve got. Like I told our kids all the time. — Lady Longhorns coach Vic Schaefer
