TAMPA, Fla. — Although Texas’ campus is well over 1,000 miles away from Tampa, Rori Harmon and Madison Booker made sure the Longhorns have student support at the Final Four. With some assistance from coach Vic Schaefer and their school, the two Texas standouts are helping 25 students make the trip from Austin by bus to watch them play South Carolina on Friday night.
“Me and Madison decided to put our money together to pay for these students’ way to come support us,” Harmon said. “I think that just shows we’ll do anything to help our students get here and for them to cheer us on. I’m just super glad we have some students coming… I think that’s cool.”
This was something Harmon and Booker really wanted to do for the team’s student section, known as “The Charge.” Fortunately, they didn’t have to figure it all out by themselves as Schaefer and the Texas athletic department helped with the logistics of scheduling the bus trip. The students were expected to leave Texas at 5 p.m. local time Thursday and embark on the 17-hour journey to Tampa.
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