Apr 4, 2025, 05:00 PM ET
It’s almost time to crown the 2025 women’s basketball champion. And we start with a doubleheader in the Final Four on Friday night in Tampa, Florida.
First up, the No. 1 seed Texas Longhorns take on the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks in the teams’ fourth matchup of the season. The Gamecocks took two of the first three, winning the teams’ first game Jan. 12 and the SEC championship game March 9. In between, Texas broke South Carolina’s 57-game undefeated streak in regular-season SEC games with a 66-62 win in Austin.
Later, the 1-seed UCLA Bruins and 2-seed UConn Huskies face off in a battle of superstars between Lauren Betts and Paige Bueckers. UConn is on a 14-game winning streak since an 80-76 loss to Tennessee on Feb. 6. UCLA had its own 23-win streak to start the season, and its only losses this year came in two regular-season games against USC — defeats it avenged in the Big Ten final.
We’ll have all the action from writers courtside and analysis from afar, right here.
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(2) UConn vs. (1) UCLA, 9 p.m., ESPN
