德克薩斯長角牛隊贏得了SEC常規賽冠軍的一部分，與南卡羅來納州建立了重賽

格雷格·桑基（Greg Sankey）手上的硬幣說，南卡羅來納州在SEC女子籃球比賽中獲得了第一號种子，但他的脖子上的籃網 - 在又一次長角牛隊的勝利後砍下 - 削減了一個故事 - 講述了一個不同的故事。

The coin on the back of Greg Sankey’s hand said South Carolina received the No. 1 seed in the SEC women’s basketball tournament, but the net around Vic Schaefer’s neck – cut down after another Longhorns victory – told a different story.

格雷格·桑基（Greg Sankey）手上的硬幣說，南卡羅來納州在SEC女子籃球比賽中獲得了第一號种子，但是維克·謝弗（Vic Sc​​haefer）的脖子周圍的籃網 - 在另一場長角牛（Longhorns）勝利後削減了 - 講述了一個不同的故事。

Schaefer’s Texas Longhorns are SEC champions, too.

Schaefer的德克薩斯長角牛也是SEC冠軍。

And no coin flip would erase the smile from Taylor Jones’ face as she slid through burnt orange and white confetti on the court at Moody Center after No. 1 Texas smashed Florida, 72-46, on Sunday to secure a share of the SEC’s regular-season title in the Longhorns’ first season in the conference.

而且，在穆迪中心（Moody Center）的球場上滑過燒焦的橙色和白五彩紙屑，在周日德克薩斯州以72-46擊敗佛羅里達州以72-46擊敗了泰勒·瓊斯（Taylor Jones）的臉上，沒有硬幣翻轉會抹去泰勒·瓊斯（Taylor Jones）的臉上的微笑，以確保SEC常規賽在Longhorns在這次會議上的常規賽冠軍。

“We worked hard to get to where we’re at now,” Jones said afterward, “and I don’t think that will stop, either way the coin landed.”

瓊斯隨後說：“我們努力到達現在的位置，我認為硬幣降落的任何一種方式都不會停止。”

Texas and South Carolina tied atop the SEC standings with just a single conference loss. The teams played each other twice and split those games. So, a commissioner’s coin toss determined the No. 1 seed for this week’s SEC tournament.

德克薩斯州和南卡羅來納州僅以一次會議失利而將SEC排名第一。團隊互相打兩次，並分開了這些比賽。因此，專員的硬幣折騰確定了本週SEC錦標賽的第一種子。

The toss went South Carolina’s way. Just about everything else is coming up Longhorns.

折騰去了南卡羅來納州的路。幾乎所有其他一切都會出現。

Texas rides a 13-game win streak with a team built to contend for a national title. No clearcut frontrunner exists for the national championship. Southern California, UCLA, South Carolina, Notre Dame and UConn join Texas among the favorites.

德克薩斯州以13連勝的比賽方式贏得了一支為爭奪全國冠軍的球隊。全國冠軍沒有明確的領先者。南加州大學加州大學洛杉磯分校，南卡羅來納州，巴黎圣母院和UConn加入得克薩斯州的最愛。

“I’m not trading my team for anybody,” Schaefer told me last week. “I love my team, I love my kids, and I’ve seen my kids do some really special things this year.”

上週，舍費爾告訴我：“我沒有把團隊換成任何人。” “我愛我的團隊，我愛我的孩子，我已經看到我的孩子們今年做了一些非常特別的事情。”

This is the sort of team and season Schaefer envisioned when he accepted the Texas job in 2020.

當他在2020年接受德克薩斯州的工作時，這是那種球隊和賽季席弗（Schaefer）設想的。

Texas has long ranked as a strong program – it’s an NCAA Tournament regular – but it last won a national championship in 1986, when Jody Conradt's Longhorns went 34-0.

得克薩斯州長期以來一直是一個強大的計劃 - 這是NCAA錦標賽的常規賽 - 但最後一次贏得了1986年喬迪·康拉德（Jody Conradt）的長角牛（Longhorns）34-0贏得全國冠軍。

Schaefer previously coached Mississippi State to two national runner-up finishes, and when he left that job for Texas, he declared that he was coming to make Texas great, not good.

Schaefer此前曾指導密西西比州立大學（Mississippi State）取得了兩個全國亞軍，當他將這份工作留給德克薩斯州時，他宣布他即將使得克薩斯州變得偉大，不好。

Now, he works just a couple of blocks away from the address of a since-demolished hospital where he was born in Austin.

現在，他距離他出生於奧斯丁的一家自行車的醫院地址僅幾個街區。

“I’m a Texas boy,” said Schaefer, who grew up in Houston and graduated from Texas A&M, “and, in my industry, I felt like the University of Texas was the best job in the country. I felt like coming here, this was a place where you could win multiple (conference) championships and have a chance to win a national championship.”

“我是得克薩斯州的男孩，”舍弗（Schaefer）在休斯頓長大，畢業於德克薩斯A＆M，“而且，在我的行業中，我覺得德克薩斯大學是該國最好的工作。我覺得自己來這裡，這是您可以贏得多個（會議）冠軍並有機會贏得全國冠軍的地方。”

Texas shows versatility during climb to No. 1 in country

德克薩斯州在鄉村攀升至第一的攀登期間的多功能性

These Longhorns win in a variety of ways.

這些長角牛以多種方式獲勝。

Last week, they gutted out a 57-26 win against Georgia by limiting the Bulldogs to 30.6% shooting. Six days later, they received 32 points from their bench while dominating the Gators in the paint.

上週，他們通過將鬥牛犬的投籃命中率限制為30.6％，以57-26擊敗佐治亞州。六天后，他們從替補席上獲得了32分，同時在油漆中占主導地位。

Texas and UConn are the nation’s only teams that rank in the top 20 nationally for both scoring offense and scoring defense.

得克薩斯州和UConn是全國唯一的球隊，在進攻和得分防守方面都在全國排名前20名。

They force bundles of turnovers that jumpstart their transition attack.

他們迫使一系列失誤，這些失誤開始了他們的過渡攻擊。

Madison Booker, one of the nation’s best players as a sophomore, teams up with Jones, a sixth-year senior, to provide Texas with a formidable frontcourt. Senior point guard Rori Harmon stirs the drink on offense and provides dogged defense.

麥迪遜·布克（Madison Booker）是美國最佳大二球員之一，與六年級大四的瓊斯（Jones）合作，為德克薩斯州提供了強大的前場。高級控球後衛羅里·哈蒙（Rori Harmon）在進攻上激起了飲料，並提供了頑強的防守。

Schaefer considers this the best shooting team of his career, but the Longhorns also defend the way their coach likes, helping them survive the occasional off shooting night.

Schaefer認為這是他職業生涯中最好的射擊團隊，但Longhorns也捍衛了教練喜歡的方式，從而幫助他們在偶爾的射門之夜中生存。

“I believe in my team,” Schaefer said. “I’ve seen them fight for some gritty, gritty victories. They’ve shown me a level of toughness that I’m convinced on any given night, they can compete with anybody in the country.”

“我相信我的團隊，” Schaefer說。 “我已經看到他們為一些堅韌，堅韌的勝利而戰。他們向我展示了我在任何給定的夜晚都相信的韌性，他們可以與該國的任何人競爭。”

'Job's not done,' as Longhorns enter SEC Tournament

“工作沒有完成”，朗哈恩斯參加SEC錦標賽

Schaefer won a national championship as an associate coach at his alma mater under Gary Blair, before he elevated Mississippi State to its best run of success in program history. His Bulldogs snapped UConn’s 111-game winning streak in the 2017 Final Four. Schaefer looks back fondly on his years coaching the Bulldogs and says no other job could have pulled him out of Starkville except for Texas.

Schaefer在加里·布萊爾（Gary Blair）領導下的母校助理教練贏得了全國冠軍，然後他將密西西比州立大學（Mississippi State）提高到了計劃歷史上的最佳成功。他的鬥牛犬在2017年決賽中搶下了UConn的111連勝。 Schaefer親切地回顧了他在牛頭犬的指導時代，並說除了德克薩斯州以外，沒有其他工作可以將他從斯塔克維爾撤出。

Schaefer remembers a meeting with Texas’ other head coaches in 2022 after his team had reached the Elite Eight in his second season. As Schaefer scanned the room, he realized the coaches of 10 Texas teams either won the national championship or finished as the national runner-up during that athletic season.

Schaefer記得他的球隊在第二個賽季達到了精英八分之後與得克薩斯州其他主教練的會面。當Schaefer掃描房間時，他意識到了10個得克薩斯州隊的教練要么贏得了全國冠軍，要么在那個運動賽季成為全國亞軍。

“My team went to the Elite Eight, and we weren't even good enough to finish in the top half of the room,” Schaefer said. “That

Schaefer說：“我的團隊進入了八強，我們甚至還不夠好，無法在房間的上半部完成。” “那