March of ranking of madness power: Reviewing women’s final four teams

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April 2, 2025

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Women’s last four tips on Friday night in Tampa in Amalie Arena, and the top basketball seeds of college have come strongly in this carrier, just like male. The three remaining teams are the seed 1 and the lonely exception is runner -up Connecticuta barely long blow.

These teams know each other well from head-to-head meetings- South Carolina and Texas It will meet for the fourth time this season.

Here’s how four teams compete for the right to raise the championship trophy moving to Final Four.

No. 1 Ucla Bruins
AP: 1
NET: 4
Record: 34-2
Record vs. Final Four Teams: 1-0 (defeated South Carolina)

How did they come here: Bruins had the lightest way to Final Four, he had to beat fifth place Ole Miss and third seeds Lsu. They won their four games with a combined 76 points, which is the lowest victory of four remaining teams.

Star Power: Junior center Lauren Betts is 6 feet-7 and can dominate from the inside-Gotovo average had a double double up to 20.0 points and 9.6 points per game and was Big Ten Defense player of the year with three blocks of A game. She is a big part why Bruins took second place in the country this season.

History Final Four: This is the first last four in the history of UCLA basketball. Bruins made an Elite eight in 1999 and 2018, but that was the farthest they made in the tournament. Now they have made a Sweet 16 for three years in a row, so the team has experience in postseason, just not so far away.

Ucla star Lauren Betts was named first -team all -American after she almost an average of double double achieved this season. (Photo by Tyler McFarland/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

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No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks
AP: 2
NET: 2
Record: 34-3
Record vs. Final Four Teams: 2-3 (2-1 against Texas, 0-1 against Ucla, 0-1 against UCONNA)

How did they come here: Two closest games for Final Four teams this year belong to Gamecocks, who beat the fourth carrier Maryland and runner -up Duke only four points each. After winning the opening of 60 points, they scored the last three combined 19 points, they are easily closest to four teams.

Star Power: Gamecocks do not have a dominant star – a freshman forward Joyce Edwards was their only contribution to 10 playersSec The first team, an average of 12.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. South Carolina can hit you with its depth, as Gamecocks led the nation in the bench for a full 9.3 points per game, an average of 40.6 in the season.

History Final Four: Gamecocks seeks to be the first repeated national champions of UCONN in 2015-16, and he would give them three in four years. Now they made the finals for four five years in a row under Dawn Staley, after doing so only twice in their history before that.

Dawn Staley has southern Caroline in Final Four, which became the seventh trip there and the fourth direct look. (Photo Sarah Stier/Getty Images) –>

No. 3 Texas Longhorns
AP: 5
NET: 3
Record: 35-3
Record vs. Final Four Teams: 1-2 (lost 2 of 3 in South Carolina).

How did they come here: Texas pulled out wins with low ratings in fifth place Tennessee and runner -up TcuWinning with an average margin of 20 points per match in their four tournament games

Star Power: Sophomore forward Madison Booker On average, there are 16.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game and the finalist is Wooden Award, awarded by the top player of College Basketball. She was proclaimed a player of the year of the SEC of the year as a second-team player and was an AP-AP is the AP.

History Final Four: This is only the fourth last four in Texas history and the first since 2003. Longhorns won the national title in 1986, but they had already passed their biggest obstacle after reaching the elite eight and lost there in three of the four previous seasons.

The SEC player of the year and the first -team all -American Madison Booker on average 18.8 points and eight rebounds per game at the NCAA tournament. (Photo Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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AP: 3
NET: 1
Record: 35-3
Record vs. Final Four Teams: 1-0 (defeated South Carolina)

How did they come here: The only remaining team that is not seed no. USC (Missing star Juju Watkins) up to 14 points, they are easily closest to four tournament victories. Their combined margin of victory is 140 points, which is a full 60 points better than the next closest team that remains on the field.

Star Power: Older guard Paige Buueckers scored at least 30 points in each of the last three wins of UCONNA, including alignment with a high career of 40 points in victory Oklahoma. She is second in the country in the ratio of help and calculation, and she will lead Huski as they seek her first state title in nine years. Bueckers is expected to be number 1 in this year’s WNBA.

History Final Four: Huski have been at 16 of the last 17 final four, and they accept their 12th state title under the coach Geno Auriemm. Uconn has not won the 2016 championship.

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