The final four is almost decided! Yukon And UCLA booked my ticket to phoenix on sunday Huskies take down Notre Dame in Fort Worth, Texas, before The Bruins counter-attacked. Against Duke in Sacramento, California.
Two more teams will confirm their places on Monday texas taking on michigan (7 p.m. ET) earlier South Carolina is faced with TCU (9 p.m. ET). ESPN has you covered for all the action, with Kendra Andrews, Charlotte Gibson, Alexa Filippo and Michael Voepel on site in both regionals, providing game highlights for each team in action.
Be sure to check back after tipoff for live updates from both games!
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7pm ET, ESPN
Voppel’s prediction: Texas, 75-70
Charlie Cream’s prediction: Texas, 72-65
Andrews’ prediction: Texas, 80-64
Gibson’s prediction: Michigan, 75-73
Philip’s prophecy: Texas, 74-58
How the Wolverines can advance to the Final Four: The Wolverines are in the last No. 2 seed position after losing to Iowa in the second round and having Vanderbilt and LSU bow out on Friday. To make history and advance to the program’s first Final Four, they’ll need second-year stars olivia olson And stitched swords To be great, but also get contributions from multiple players on offense. Of course, that could be difficult against a Texas team that is known for playing defense at a high level. Their prized sophomore class has never played this deep in the tournament, so the Longhorns will hope that ultimately won’t work against them. –Filippo
How the Longhorns can advance to the Final Four: Saturday’s first half was one of the more impressive stretches we’ve seen from Texas, especially considering the Sweet 16 stage. The Longhorns look like a well-oiled machine that is playing its best basketball at the right times. To keep that up, it always starts on defense for coach Vic Schaefer, so his team will certainly be focused on slowing down the Wolverines’ star duo of Olson and Swords. Continuing to lean on their depth will also help the Longhorns: They finished Saturday’s game with five players scoring at least eight points. size of Brea Cunningham (6-foot-4) and Kayla Oldacre (6-6) Inside is something Michigan can’t match — its tallest players are 6-3 — so the Longhorns may try to take advantage there. –Filippo
9 pm ET, ESPN
Voppel’s prediction: South Carolina, 81-72
Charlie Cream’s prediction: South Carolina, 82-68
Andrews’ prediction: South Carolina, 75-57
Gibson’s prediction: South Carolina, 90-83
Philip’s prophecy: South Carolina, 77-61
How the Horned Frogs can advance to the Final Four: two words: olivia miles. If you look at TCU’s slow start, the main factor has been Miles’ ability to take complete control of the court in the second half. Miles spreads his magic in the second part. And if miles and marta suarez As the offense continues to pace, TCU will force many defenses to surrender their power in and out of the paint. Miles and Suarez scored or assisted all 79 points for TCU. By maintaining that pace, the duo will be able to battle against South Carolina’s defense. It is Miles’ smooth and composed passes that create many opportunities to get the offense going. Coming into Monday’s matchup, TCU was 4-2 this season when trailing at the end of the first. But from here, TCU will need to dominate the offense early and take advantage of Miles’ knack for gaining the lead. If the Horned Frogs don’t start their matchup strong in the Elite Eight, South Carolina’s defensive strength will slow down TCU’s offense. –Gibson
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Olivia Miles closes in on a triple-double as TCU advances to the Elite Eight
Olivia Miles had 28 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists as TCU defeated Virginia 79–69.
How the Gamecocks can advance to the Final Four: It sounds simple, but against the Horned Frogs – a team South Carolina has not played since 2024 (85-52 win), the Gamecocks will have to maintain the same level of intensity and execution they did during the first three games of the tournament.
South Carolina began the tournament with three consecutive 90-point games (including two 100-point games in the first two rounds) for the first time in program history. The team’s plus-135 point differential through the Sweet 16 is the fifth-largest differential in tournament history. On Saturday, the crime was run Tania Latson And raven johnsonWho scored or assisted 63 (67%) of South Carolina’s points. Johnson’s 18 points were a career high in the NCAA Tournament. Latson finished with 28, two points shy of her tournament career high.
If they keep this up, the Gamecocks have a good chance to make the Final Four for the sixth consecutive year. –Andrews
