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the final spot in the national semifinals will be filled Sunday with the last Elite Eight game between Auburn and Michigan State.
From CBS Sports
South Carolina is back in the Final Four for a fifth straight season, but it didn’t come easy.
From The New York Times
The outcome eliminated the last Big Ten team from the bracket, ensuring the conference will go without a national champion for a 24th consecutive season.
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For just the second time in history, four No. 1s will meet in the Final Four. Fans of college basketball chaos are wondering what happened to the NCAA Tournament they knew and loved.
Oddly enough, the Alamodome was also the venue the only other time all four No. 1 seeds made the Final Four. In 2008, Kansas toppled Memphis in overtime to win Bill Self’s first national title, tying the game in the final seconds of regulation with a Mario Chalmers 3-pointer after Derrick Rose missed a potential clinching free throw.
Houston jumped to a big lead by limiting Tennessee, and the Cougars cruised past the Volunteers to advance to their Final Four since 2021.
Top seeds Duke, Florida, Houston and Auburn saw minimal movement atop the title odds during dominant postseason runs. Despite this year’s Elite Eight teams tying with the 2007 tourney for the lowest combined seed total (13) in tournament history, the four No. 1 seeds demolished four quality opponents by an average of 12.5 points.
Lauren Betts scored 17 points despite sitting out the entire second quarter, but it was Gabriela Jaquez's 18 points that made a statement.
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Chloe Kitts scored 14 points and defending national champion South Carolina reached the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament for a fifth straight year, beating Duke 54-50 on Sunday. Coach Dawn Staley’s top-seeded Gamecocks are two wins away from becoming the first team to repeat as champions since UConn won four straight from 2013-16.
Today's LSU-UCLA contest tips off at 3 p.m. ET. That's 12 p.m. PT. Greetings basketball fans! Welcome to The Athletic 's live coverage of today's second Elite Eight matchup in the women's NCAA Tournament. No. 1 UCLA takes on No. 3 LSU with a spot in the women's Final Four on the line.
Houston’s relentless defense confused and harassed the Volunteers and carried the Cougars into their first Final Four since 2021.
The four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament escaped the second weekend of the Big Dance and are heading to the Final Four to cap one of the chalkiest NCAA Tournaments ever. It's the first time since 2008 and just the second time since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985 that all four No.