Women's Final Four: Will UConn win its first title since 2016?
UConn, the most successful program in women's college basketball, will look to claim its first national title since 2016 this weekend.
South Carolina will attempt to become college basketball’s first repeat national champion since 2016 when the NCAA women’s Final Four begins Friday in Tampa, Fla.
Top-seeded South Carolina will face fellow SEC opponent and top seed Texas during the night’s first semifinal. UCLA, the tournament’s top overall seed, and No. 2 Connecticut will follow in another. The championship will be played Sunday.
NBC News breaks down the storylines to know and players to watch ahead of the Final Four.
Greif: This is a question that has been asked of the women’s game more than the men because of the concentrated dominance of a small handful of programs since the 1980s. To me, the long-standing, even predictable, success of programs including Tennessee, Connecticut and South Carolina makes a breakthrough tournament run from an outsider program such as a Notre Dame, Mississippi State, Arizona or Iowa even more memorable.
Dynasties aren’t a bad thing; they create strong storylines, especially when they are toppled. This year, that fresh contender is UCLA, which despite being a No. 1 seed isn’t a traditional blue-blood — it’s making its first Final Four.
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