It was just after midnight on Monday when the bus carrying the Texas Longhorns national-champion volleyball team pulled back onto campus. By then, the UT Tower in Austin was bathed in a celebratory burnt orange spotlight, and the party was going strong as the champs deboarded with the trophy they’d buckled into its own seat for the return flight from Tampa.“It’s what you work for, right?” Texas coach Jerritt Elliott told me later that day. “I mean, it’s what you talk about with all the recruits and with your players. Everybody knows what that [lighted Tower] means, and that’s super special.”Asjia O’Neal, one of the best players in the world, had passed up an opportunity to turn pro because she wanted to try and win…
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