The Women's Final Four tips off on Friday night at 7 p.m. ET, with South Carolina favored over Texas. UConn is laying 7.5 points vs. UCLA in the late game.

The Auburn Tigers and Florida Gators meet in an all-SEC clash to kick off the Final Four on Saturday. Then, the Duke Blue Devils square off with the Houston Cougars in the nightcap in San Antonio. Each battle between No. 1 seeds could produce games that are talked about for decades.

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The UConn Huskies and Texas Longhorns join the South Carolina Gamecocks and UCLA Bruins in the Final Four of the 2025 women’s NCAA basketball tournament.

After two exciting weekends of NCAA Tournament action, the 2025 Final Four field is set. The bracket started with 68 teams earlier this month, and the field has since shrunk to a mere quartet ahead of what should be a historic Final Four next weekend.

Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, is the site of this year’s Final Four. This is Tampa’s record fourth time serving as host of the women’s Final Four, last doing so in 2019. The two Final Four winners will meet in the national championship game on Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. ET.

One of the four head coaches left working in the men’s NCAA Tournament will win his first national championship Monday night.

The Final Four features four March Madness favorites. Who will win the title? The Associated Press takes you inside the matchups.

The key theme in this ranking comes down to entertainment factor. The best finals feature the sports' most in-form stars. UCLA gets the short end of the stick with UConn fielding Bueckers. If Betts can dominate both ends of the paint to get past Bueckers and Co.