This matchup marks a rematch of last year's Sweet 16, when LSU defeated UCLA 78-69. The Bruins are in search of their first Final Four appearance, while LSU looks to return to the Final Four for the first time since their title run in 2023.

Despite growing parity in women's basketball, all No. 1 seeds — UCLA, South Carolina, USC and Texas —advanced to the Elite Eight. Here's what to know.

Heading into Sunday’s women’s Elite Eight games, there was one bracket remaining in the ESPN Tournament Challenge (out of 3.4 million) that had correctly picked the previous 57 games, but it had the No.

2025 NCAA Tournament favorites went a perfect 12-0 in both rounds. Favorites are also 50-13 straight-up in the 2025 tournament. The Final Four doesn't contain any surprising teams, as all four No. 1 seeds are still alive.

And in the late game, No. 1 USC is as an underdog against No. 2 UConn, led by star guard Paige Bueckers. The Trojans, despite losing star JuJu Watkins to a season-ending injury earlier in the tournament, managed to survive their Sweet 16 matchup against Kansas State. But UConn will provide a much stiffer test.

The 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is getting close to the end and on Monday, March 31 the Elite Eight wraps up, starting with the Regional 3 Birmingham bracket where the 2 seed TCU Horned Frogs take on the 1 seed Texas Longhorns at Legacy Arena at BJCC in Birmingham, Ala.

Want to stream the Elite 8 March Madness games? Here's the schedule and how to watch the NCAA tournament games live.

Two tickets to the final weekend of the Big Dance in San Antonio for the 2025 Final Four will be punched on Saturday and nets will be cut down as the focus will be on the West Regional and the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament bracket.