Overview
- Texas and South Carolina clinched spots with lopsided Elite Eight wins Monday, 77-41 over Michigan and 78-52 over TCU, to complete an all–No. 1 bracket.
- The semifinals in Phoenix at Mortgage Matchup Center feature UConn vs. South Carolina at 7 p.m. ET Friday and Texas vs. UCLA at 9:30 p.m., with Sunday's title game at 3:30 p.m.
- UConn enters 38-0 on a 54-game win streak over two seasons led by Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong as Geno Auriemma pursues a record 13th championship.
- Both matchups carry history as UCLA–Texas revisits the Longhorns' Nov. 26 win and UConn–South Carolina reprises last year's national title game.
- This is the first all–No. 1 women’s Final Four since 2018 and only the second time the same quartet returned in back-to-back years since 1995–96.