After wins by UConn and Texas on Monday, the Final Four is set — and we were there for all the action.
The 2025 women’s Final Four is set. One day after No. 1 seeds UCLA and South Carolina punched their tickets, fellow No. 1 seed Texas beat TCU, sealing its first Final Four appearance since 2003. In the night’s final — and most marquee — matchup, No. 2 UConn upset the USC Trojans, playing without star JuJu Watkins after her season-ending ACL injury.
We tracked every minute Monday’s games, with live updates and analysis from courtside. And for more on this year’s Final Four matchups, we’ve got it all here.
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Final: UConn 78, USC 64
How UConn beat USC: With a complete performance against a USC team missing leading scorer JuJu Watkins. Up as many as 19 points early in the third quarter, the Huskies looked like they might cruise to their 16th Final Four in the last 17 tournaments. Give the Trojans credit for cutting the deficit to just five heading to the final period, but UConn reestablished control down the stretch, starting with an Azzi Fudd triple on the opening play of the fourth that took the lid off the basket for her. USC got no closer than nine points in the final seven minutes of play.
After scoring a combined 74 points over the last two games, including a career-high 40 in Saturday’s Sweet 16 win over Kansas State, Paige Bueckers took a back seat early to freshman Sarah Strong. Bueckers still finished with a game-high 31 points on 9-of-18 shooting, including four 3-pointers, while Strong had a double-double of 22 points and 17 rebounds.
