Overview
- The Week 5 USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll moved Texas up two spots to No. 2 following victories over UCLA and South Carolina at the Players Era Championship.
- Rori Harmon sealed the South Carolina win with an 11-foot jumper with 0.8 seconds left for a 66-64 result in Las Vegas.
- Texas improved to 8-0, while UConn stayed undefeated at 7-0 and remained No. 1 in both the AP and coaches polls.
- First-place votes tightened: the AP split 22 for UConn and 10 for Texas, and the coaches poll tallied 28 for UConn and 3 for Texas.
- Texas next hosts No. 11/10 North Carolina at Moody Center on Thursday in the ACC/SEC Challenge.