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The four teams playing in the women’s Final Four in Phoenix, Arizona this coming weekend are the No. 1 Connecticut Huskies, the No. 1 UCLA Bruins, the No. 1 Texas Longhorns and the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks.
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The Connecticut Huskies have qualified for the Final Four for the fifth time in six seasons.
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The Huskies have won all of their NCAA tournament games this season by at least 18 points.
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The Huskies defeated No. 9 Syracuse by 43 points in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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Senior guard Azzi Fudd and sophomore forward Sarah Strong are averaging a combined 35.5 points, 11.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game during the NCAA tournament.
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The Connecticut Huskies won the national championship last season, marking their 12th title, the most in NCAA history.
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Head coach Geno Auriemma is 72 years old.
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UCLA defeated No. 3 Duke 70-58 in the Elite Eight to advance to the Final Four.
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Senior center Lauren Betts scored 23 points and collected 10 rebounds in UCLA’s Elite Eight victory over Duke.
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Lauren Betts is in her third season with UCLA after beginning her collegiate career at Stanford.
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Entering the semifinal round, Betts is averaging 17.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and a career-best 3.2 assists per game.
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Guards Kiki Rice, Gabriela Jaquez and Gianna Kneepkens are each averaging double-figure scoring this season for UCLA.
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UCLA’s women’s basketball team has reached the Final Four for the second consecutive year, the only two Final Four appearances in program history.
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The Texas Longhorns finished the season with a 35-3 record and placed second in the SEC.
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In the NCAA tournament, Texas has an average margin of victory of 35.5 points, including a 36-point win over No. 2 Michigan in the Elite Eight.
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Junior forward Madison Booker has won two consecutive Cheryl Miller Awards as the best small forward in women’s college basketball.
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Madison Booker is averaging 22.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in the NCAA tournament.
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Madison Booker scored 40 points against No. 8 Oregon in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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Sophomore guard Jordan Lee has led Texas in scoring in two of the last four NCAA tournament games, averaging 14.5 points per game since the first round.
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Texas is making its second consecutive Final Four appearance and its fifth overall in program history.
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South Carolina did not reach No. 1 in the AP poll at any point during the regular season.
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South Carolina lost to Texas by 17 points in the SEC tournament championship game on March 8, 2026.
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South Carolina defeated Southern University by 69 points in the NCAA tournament.
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South Carolina defeated the University of Southern California by 40 points in the NCAA tournament.
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South Carolina defeated the University of Oklahoma by 26 points in the NCAA tournament.
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South Carolina defeated TCU 78-52 in the Elite Eight.
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Five players on South Carolina average double-figure scoring, led by forward Joyce Edwards with 19.6 points per game.
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South Carolina averages 87.4 points per game and ranks seventh in the nation in three-point shooting percentage.
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Guard Tessa Johnson shoots 45 percent on three-point attempts.
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Forward Madina Okot averages 10.9 rebounds per game.
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Only once before have the same four teams reached consecutive women’s Final Fours, when UConn, Tennessee, Stanford and Georgia did so in 1995 and 1996.
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UConn has won 12 national championships and appeared in 25 Final Fours, including a streak of 14 consecutive appearances from 2008 to 2022, and has 1,288 wins in 41 seasons under coach Geno Auriemma.
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The Huskies have a 38-0 record this season.
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UConn has won 54 consecutive games over two seasons.
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UConn’s average margin of victory this season is 37.8 points.
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Sarah Strong leads UConn with 18.0 points per game.
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South Carolina has a 35-3 record this season.
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The Gamecocks have reached the Final Four in seven of the past nine seasons, including six consecutive appearances under coach Dawn Staley, and have won three national championships.
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South Carolina holds opponents to an average of 57.6 points per game.
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South Carolina recorded 17 steals in a 101-61 win over the University of Southern California in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Vic Schaefer, Texas Longhorns coach
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I don’t think people understand how hard it is to do it. I think it bodes well for all of us, but there’s four or five more teams right there nipping at your heels.
Dawn Staley, South Carolina Gamecocks coach
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I think you’ve just got to go pound for pound with them, just be unafraid of running against an undefeated team. The pressures of playing undefeated, if you keep it close, you might – might – get them on a bad night and that’s what we’re hoping for on Friday.
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UCLA has appeared in the NCAA tournament nine times in coach Cori Close’s 15 seasons, including the program’s first Final Four appearance last year.
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Angela Dugalic scored 15 points off the bench, with four rebounds and two steals, in UCLA’s Elite Eight victory over Duke.
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