From El Paso to Orange

The Lone Star state of hoops.

Texas birthed Sheryl Swoopes, Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil, Charli Collier, Kyla Deck, Rori Harmon. Baylor won three NCAA titles in nineteen years. The UIL 6A state title game routinely fills the Alamodome. Texas basketball, like everything in Texas, is its own category.

D1 programs

UIL classifications

Baylor NCAA titles

1,100+

Texas high schools

Division I · 23 programs

The Texas D1 map.

Every four-year D1 women's basketball program in the state of Texas, by conference.

School	City	Conference	Arena / note	Link
Texas	Austin	SEC	Moody Center · moved SEC 2024 · Vic Schaefer head coach	Site →
Texas A&M	College Station	SEC	Reed Arena · 2011 NCAA champions	Site →
Baylor	Waco	Big 12	Foster Pavilion · 3 NCAA titles (05, 12, 19)	Site →
TCU	Fort Worth	Big 12	Schollmaier Arena · Mark Campbell HC	Site →
Houston	Houston	Big 12	Fertitta Center · Ronald Hughey HC	Site →
Texas Tech	Lubbock	Big 12	United Supermarkets Arena · 1993 NCAA champs (Sheryl Swoopes)	Site →
SMU	Dallas	ACC	Moody Coliseum · jumped to ACC 2024	Site →
UTSA	San Antonio	American	Convocation Center · Karen Aston HC	Site →
UTEP	El Paso	Conference USA	Don Haskins Center	Site →
North Texas	Denton	American	Super Pit	Site →
Rice	Houston	American	Tudor Fieldhouse · historic mid-major power	Site →
Sam Houston	Huntsville	Conference USA	Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum	Site →
Texas State	San Marcos	Sun Belt	Strahan Coliseum	Site →
Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches	WAC	William R. Johnson Coliseum · "Ladyjacks"	Site →
Abilene Christian	Abilene	WAC	Moody Coliseum	Site →
Tarleton State	Stephenville	WAC	Wisdom Gym · moved D1 2020	Site →
UT Arlington	Arlington	WAC	College Park Center	Site →
Lamar	Beaumont	Southland	Montagne Center	Site →
TAMU-Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi	Southland	American Bank Center	Site →
TAMU-Commerce	Commerce	Southland	Field House · D1 since 2022	Site →
Houston Christian (HCU)	Houston	Southland	Sharp Gymnasium	Site →
Incarnate Word	San Antonio	Southland	McDermott Center	Site →
Prairie View A&M	Prairie View	SWAC	William Nicks Building · "Lady Panthers"	Site →
Texas Southern	Houston	SWAC	H&PE Arena · "Lady Tigers"	Site →

D2 · D3 · NAIA · JUCO in Texas

Below D1 is still serious basketball.

D2 · Lone Star Conference

Dominant Texas D2

Angelo State, West Texas A&M (perennial Elite Eight), TAMU-Kingsville, TAMU International, UT Tyler, UT Permian Basin, Dallas Baptist, Cameron (OK), Lubbock Christian. Deep, physical, ranked nationally most years.

D3 · ASC & SCAC

American Southwest + Southern

Hardin-Simmons, Howard Payne, McMurry, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Concordia Texas, LeTourneau, East Texas Baptist, Texas Lutheran, Sul Ross State, Southwestern U.

NAIA · Sooner + Gulf Coast

The pipeline to D1 transfers

Wayland Baptist, Texas Wesleyan, Our Lady of the Lake, University of the Southwest (NM), Huston-Tillotson (Austin HBCU), Jarvis Christian, LSU-Alexandria. Wayland Baptist has 30+ national tournament bids.

NJCAA · Texas juco

The Hill College machine

Trinity Valley, Hill, Blinn, Kilgore, South Plains, Midland, Odessa, Weatherford, Lee College. Produce more D1 transfers than any state — Trinity Valley alone has sent 50+ to the top flight.

UIL · TAPPS · TCAL

The Texas high school pipeline.

UIL 6A down to 1A, TAPPS 6A down to 1A parallel for private schools, TCAL for charter/Christian schools. 1,100+ high schools playing competitive girls basketball.

6A · the majors

DeSoto · Duncanville · Manvel · South Grand Prairie

DeSoto & Duncanville alternate 6A titles since 2016. Both send half-dozen D1 signees each year.

5A

Frisco Liberty · Amarillo · Killeen

Every classification has a recruiting story. 5A is where new powers emerge each cycle.

4A & 3A

Fairfield · Brownsboro · Hitchcock

Small-town Texas basketball — 1,000-seat gyms, big reputations.

TAPPS 6A

Bishop Lynch · Antonian Prep · Trinity Christian-Cedar Hill

The Dallas–San Antonio corridor dominates TAPPS.

UIL 2A & 1A

Gruver · Martins Mill · Slidell

Rural Texas championship brackets. Bus rides, sold-out gyms.

State Tournament

Alamodome · San Antonio

All six UIL classifications play the girls state championship at the Alamodome over 3 days each March.

Full UIL / TAPPS guide →