On Saturday evening at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, the No. 1 Texas Longhorns face off against the No. 4 Louisville Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament national championship match trying to reverse the only unsettling trend in head coach Jerritt Elliott’s superlative tenure — a 1-4 record in the final.
Over the last 14 seasons, Elliott’s program has been on an unequaled run of dominance, appearing in 10 Finals Fours since 2008 and and playing in six championship matches since 2009. No other schools can match either of those accomplishments. But the win in 2012 was the only title secured by the Longhorns over that stretch — and just the second in school history — with losses in 2009, 2015, 2016, and 2020.