After the completion of Monday’s women’s NCAA Tournament games, the field for the women’s Final Four is set.
With the games came good and bad performances, so here are three winners and losers from Monday night’s action.
Winners
No. 1 seeds
Three of the teams in the women’s Final Four are No. 1 seeds (South Carolina, Texas, UCLA). USC is the only No. 1 seed that failed to make it.
USC may have very well been there if not for the injury to star point guard JuJu Watkins. An all-one-seed Final Four would’ve been the first time it had happened since the 2017-18 season.
Paige Bueckers and Sarah Strong
The UConn duo of Bueckers and Sarah Strong combined for 53 of the team’s 78 points and 10 of the team’s 16 assists.
The individual lines for each were 31 points and six assists for Bueckers and for Strong, it was 22 points, 17 rebounds and four assists. Both played a key role in helping the Huskies reach their 16th Final Four in the last 17 seasons.
Texas Longhorns
With a dominant 58-47 win over TCU, Texas advanced to its first appearance in the Final Four since 2003.
Not only did the Longhorns advance, but they will get another chance against South Carolina. The two teams have already met three times this season, with the Gamecocks winning two of three. The ultimate revenge would see Texas ending South Carolina’s chances of back-to-back national championships.
