The reigning champion South Carolina Gamecocks will try to get to their fifth straight Final Four in the opening matchup in Birmingham against the Duke Blue Devils. The UCLA Bruins, the other top seed in action on Sunday, are after their first-ever Women's Final Four appearance.

South Carolina women's basketball and Dawn Staley beat Duke in the Elite Eight. Here's an update for the Gamecocks' March Madness bracket.

The Gamecocks opened the fourth quarter with an 8-0 run, regaining control and forcing Duke into a timeout. While Duke battled back to tie the game twice, South Carolina’s clutch free throws and defensive stops in the closing minutes proved decisive. Despite Duke’s relentless effort, they were unable to capitalize on their final possessions.

A handful of perfect brackets remain in the women's NCAA Tournament. ESPN's bracket tracker lists seven perfect brackets left out of 3.2 million through the first half of the Sweet 16 games on Friday.

The Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament begins today as we continue to whittle down the field. (2) Duke vs. (3) North Carolina - 2:30 p.m. ET (1) South Carolina vs. (4) Maryland - 5 p.m. ET (1) UCLA vs.

NCAA Women's Tournament continued with the final round of the Sweet 16 on Saturday. On Friday, UCLA, South Carolina, LSU and Duke all advanced to the Elite Eight. On Saturday, TCU, Texas, UConn and USC joined them.

The Sweet 16 of the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament concludes Saturday with four highly anticipated matchups. Half the Elite Eight field was set Friday with South Carolina, UCLA, LSU

Hailey Van Lith was determined to lead the No. 2 seeded Horned Frogs past the No. 3 Irish to victory, scoring her team's last six points of the third quarter and added 12 in the closing 10 minutes. Van Lith finished 26 points,