The 6'7" junior leads the nation in blocks per game (3.0) to go along with 20.0 points and 9.6 rebounds. UConn's Jana El Alfy (6'5") and Sarah Strong (6'2") will have their hands full containing Betts.

And while that 2019 team crashed the Final Four with relentless turnover-forcing defense and ceaseless three-point shooting, this year's team is just super efficient on both ends of the floor, a seven man-rotation consisting of six grown men and one free-wheeling freshman whose permanent green light could be what wins (or loses) them a title.

The Final Four in Tampa Bay, Florida is made up of three No. 1 seeds — UCLA , South Carolina and Texas. UConn, however, is the betting favorite to cut down the nets as the sole No. 2 seed remaining.

Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were looking to resurrect their careers after being handed show-cause penalties by the NCAA for recruiting violations.

Texas, making its first Final Four appearance since 2003, will face South Carolina for the fourth time this season with a championship berth on the line.

The ACC was down bad this year and that's where Duke accumulated many of its numbers. Sure, the Blue Devils had non-conference wins, including against Auburn and Arizona, but wasn’t the Big 12 a lot better than the ACC this year? And Houston ripped through it, barring an OT loss to Texas Tech, which really should be playing this weekend.

Auburn, Duke, Florida and Houston are here along the River Walk for college basketball’s 2025 Final Four, which begins Saturday and finishes Monday. Kentucky is not here, of course. New coach Mark Pope engineered an impressive first season from scratch to reach the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16, but landed two wins short of its San Antonio goal.