The 2025 NCAA Women’s March Madness Elite Eight features the best college basketball teams in the country, including USC Trojans, Texas Longhorns, UConn Huskies, TCU Horned Frogs and others.
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Madness continues Monday with the conclusion of the women’s Elite Eight, as Texas faces TCU and USC battles Connecticut. Follow our live coverage.
The No. 2 seed Huskies are back in the Final Four for the 24th time as Paige Bueckers scores 31 and and Sarah Strong puts up 22 points and 17 rebounds to lead the way. USC put up an impressive showing despite missing star JuJu Watkins to a season-ending injury, but the Trojans didn't have the firepower to keep up.
Lauren Betts had 17 points and seven rebounds despite spending the entire second quarter on the bench, and top overall seed UCLA reached its first Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a 72-65 victory over LSU.
However, Johnson told ESPN on Sunday she is still talking to her family and Kim Mulkey about the draft decision. After the UCLA loss, Johnson talked about what this season meant to her. She said she went through a lot and had to lean on God, while also opening up to her teammates and Mulkey.
The outspoken LSU women’s basketball coach snapped at a student reporter on Sunday after the Tigers were eliminated in the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA tournament. No. 1 UCLA held on to beat LSU 72-65 at Spokane Arena in Washington, which secured the Bruins' first ever trip to the Final Four.
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JuJu Watkins is away from the USC women's basketball team after suffering a season-ending torn ACL, but her teammates found a way to get her on the bench for the Sweet 16.