Women’s March Madness: Texas stars Rori Harmon and Madison Booker pay for students to make Final Four trip
Tamba, Florida – although the Texas campus is more than 1000 miles away from Tampa, Ruri Harmon and Madison Booker, make sure that Longorn has the support of students in the fourth final. With some assistance from coach Fik Shayfer and their school, two Texas students help 25 students in Austin on the bus to watch them playing South Carolina on Friday evening.
Harmon said: “Madison and I decided to collect our money to pay the price of these students to participate in our support,” Harmon said. “I think the offers are just that we will do anything to help our students get here and get them to chant. I am very happy because we have some students coming … I think this is great.”
This was something Harmon and Ouer wanted to do a right to the team students, known as the “accusation”. Fortunately, they had not had to discover everything themselves because Shavar and the Texas Sports Department helped to schedule a 1150 -mile bus journey. It was expected that students would leave Texas at 5 pm local time on Thursday and start a 17 -hour trip to Tampa.
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It is a long journey, but definitely a journey worthy of attention.
“Rorrei, a book and me, helped us put a bus together and we got these children. So our students come from Austin. I think it is the 17 -hour bus journey.” “Booker and Rorrei really prepared this deal. They bought tickets. Get some hotel rooms. So we are excited because we will be able to make some University of Texas students able to come to the fourth final and enjoy chanting in their team.”
Giorgit Ruiz, head of the charge, told CBS SPORTS that she works with the Assistant Marketing Director of Texas Reagan Nilly throughout the season to generate students’ attention. Nelly continued to Ruiz on Wednesday night with the idea of the bus. Once Ruiz is connected to other students who were interested in going to the game and following it with Neely, the trip was approved.
“When I received the e -mail that was confirmed, I jumped from my seat in such excitement,” Ruiz told CBS SPORTS.
Schaefer took over the program in 2020 and led Texas to four of the last five of the elite. But this is the first last four -final appearance since 2003 for The Longhorns, who last time in the national championship in 1986. To take the next step, Longhorns will have to overcome the national champion in South Carolina, a team that he already played three times this season.
The Longhorns and Gamecocks team divided their regular matches for the season and ended with the participation of the SEC normal season, but South Carolina beat UT in the Conference Championship – which played in Greenville, South Carolina, just two hours away from the GameCock campus in Colombia.
Gamecocks got the advantage of clear crowds at the two meetings who played in South Carolina, while Texas won on February 9 at her home.
“Our student department has moved from less than 30 people to a very high mobilization,” Ruiz said. “We overcame South Carolina at home and I really think it was because of the energy of the fans and our players.”
This may not be exactly the same environment in Amalie Arena in Tampa, but at least Longhorns knows that there will be some students who personally shoot them-thanks to Harmon, Boker and Schaefer.
“Now while we face South Carolina again, I am ready to be my noisy and proud organization and offer our best energy,” said Ruiz.
