An unpredictable season in women’s college basketball concludes with a loaded lineup of teams competing in the 2025 Final Four. Familiar programs like Connecticut and South Carolina stay atop the national championship odds board as both programs attempt to add another national title.

Madness continues Monday night with two women’s Elite Eight games that will determine who is joining South Carolina and UCLA in the Final Four. In the first game, Madison Booker and top-seeded Texas held off TCU for a 58-47 win in the Birmingham Region final.

Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, rescuing UConn from its first-half doldrums and single-handedly turning a tight game against Oklahoma into an 82-59 rout that sent the Huskies to the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

The Huskies advanced with a 78-64 win over USC in the Elite Eight on Monday night at Spokane Arena in Spokane, Wash.

UConn women's basketball freshman Sarah Strong has played well in her first NCAA Tournament and led the Huskies to an Elite Eight wn over USC.

The 2025 WNBA Draft will be headlined by UConn’s Paige Bueckers, who has been penciled in as the top pick ever since she decided to exercise her fifth year of eligibility. But beyond Bueckers, there is a deep pool of lead guards, scorers, and wings who are eager to make their impact at the next level.

Local North Carolina reporter, Joey Ellis, said Tuesday that UConn staffer, Bobby Mullen, and him spoke after a March Madness confrontation Sunday.