Texas vs. Tennessee: How to watch Madison Booker and the Longhorns face Lady Vols in Sweet 16

We get an awesome Sweet 16 draw in shades of orange on Saturday, with top-seeded Texas taking on the venerable women’s hoops institution of Tennessee. This is a standout rivalry with its first-ever postseason stakes. Madison Booker and her Longhorns tip off as favorites to reach the Elite Eight.

How to watch No. 1 Texas vs. No. 5 Tennessee

• What: Birmingham 3 Regional, Sweet 16
• Venue: Legacy Arena at The BJCC — Birmingham, Ala.
• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET, Saturday
• TV: ABC
• Streaming: Fubo (try for free)
• Watching in-person? Get tickets on StubHub.

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These two programs scheduled annual non-conference meetings dating back to 1982, when the Vols were led by Pat Summitt and Jody Conradt was new to Austin. Saturday will be their first-ever meeting in March, giving an already-hyped matchup extra juice.

Texas is formidable — 33-3 after dominating the first weekend of the Madness, with first-team All-American Madison Booker getting buckets off supreme gracefulness. She’s quick on her feet, soft on her release and automatic from midrange, coming into Birmingham with consecutive 20-point tourney games.

Vic Schaefer’s squad loves to get down low, with Booker and shot-swatting senior Taylor Jones among the nation’s best in the frontcourt. Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda broke out off the bench in the Illini win, dropping 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting. The team won without making a single 3. What year is this?!

Tennessee is the clear underdog, but it’s already shown that it can hang here. Both sides rebooted the rivalry in January with Texas’ transfer to the SEC, and the Lady Vols lost by just four points inside a hostile Moody Center. They made more than half of their treys in that loss, and kept pace with massive Booker and Jones performances. Ruby Whitehorn was feeling it with 21 points; Zee Spearman added 14 in 18 minutes. Tennessee tactician Kim Caldwell missed that Jan. 23 game after giving birth to her first child.

The Vols started slow against Ohio State in the Round of 32, but closed out on the strength of fiery Talaysia Cooper.

This matchup can also be streamed on ESPN+ and Disney+.

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