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Vic Schaefer Alleges SEC ‘Vendetta’ Against Texas Contradicted By Favorable Football Scheduling

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The Texas women’s basketball team fell to SEC rival LSU on Sunday to drop to 18-1 on the year. Head coach Vic Schaefer was vocal about scheduling after receiving his first loss.

Schaefer spoke of a conference vendetta against the Longhorns amid a tough stretch of league matchups. His accusation pertains only to women’s hoops based on the school’s most recent football slates.

Texas lost in Baton Rouge to the Tigers over the weekend, 70-65. They’ll now look to avoid a two-game skid when travelling to face No. 3 South Carolina on Thursday.

Schaefer says the back-to-back road tests should have never been approved by the league.

The SEC has a ‘vendetta’ against Texas basketball.

“(The SEC) obviously has a vendetta against Texas,” he said. “Not only do I… get South Carolina twice last year. This year, I get LSU twice. There are 16 games this year. I have to play South Carolina on the road this year, as well as LSU, and I get ’em back-to-back in the same week.

“Make that make sense… It really has a stench to it… I’m really disappointed in the league for putting our kids in that position… There are some things right now that bother me in regard to the schedule… It’s us against the world.”

Schaefer will play both powerhouse women’s basketball programs twice this year. He gets both road matchups in the same week.

He doesn’t believe that’s fair, and he might have a point.

This is likely the toughest two-game stretch in the league. Both programs are considered Final Four contenders. Whether or not the scheduling was a purposeful attempt to slight the Longhorns is up for debate.

Schaefer noted that there are officials within the conference that make decisions specifically for women’s basketball. He believes the games should’ve been spaced out.

With that being said, his comments came off as sour grapes given the Longhorns’ outlook in other major sports.

Texas Football has experienced the opposite.

Vic Schaefer received immediate criticism for his postgame comments on social media. Tennessee fans were some of the first to chime in.

“Vic must have missed last season when Tennessee had back-to-back games against Texas and South Carolina, followed by a nonconference game against UConn and a trip to LSU,” said one Vol supporter. “Welcome to playing in a real conference, Texas.”

Basketball fans were not the lone naysayers, though. Many around the league pointed to football, where the Longhorns have received relatively easy paths in their first two seasons.

In 2024, Texas played one SEC team in the regular season that finished the year ranked. They used that advantage to make a run to the conference championship game.

In 2025, that schedule was largely the same, boasting matchups vs. Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Arkansas, and Kentucky.

Across two seasons in the SEC, Texas football has yet to play Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, or Ole Miss. They have boasted two of the easiest slates in the league.

It seemed the SEC did the Longhorns favors upon entering the conference, which can’t be said for rival Oklahoma.

Schaefer’s proposed vendetta applies only to women’s basketball, though in reality, the alleged animosity is likely non-existent. Texas just got the short end of the stick in scheduling, which happens to every program at some point in time.

Despite that fact, he’ll continue to use the “Us against the world” mentality to motivate his team. It will be interesting to see how the Longhorns respond vs. South Carolina.