Women’s Final Four: No.1 sweep
For the first time since 2018, all four No. 1 seeds—UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina—advanced to the Women’s Final Four. Texas punched their ticket with a 77–41 rout of Michigan; Madison Booker scored 19 points in 29 minutes and Texas extended its win streak to 12 games. (espn.com) (espn.com)
Only four No. 1 seeds reaching the women’s Final Four has happened just five times in DI history — 1989, 2012, 2015, 2018 and now 2026. (espn.com) The Final Four will be played in downtown Phoenix at the Footprint Center (branded in NCAA materials as the Mortgage Matchup Center) with national semifinals Friday, April 3 and the championship on Sunday, April 5. (ncaa.org 1) (ncaa.org 2) Semifinal pairings pit UConn against South Carolina in a rematch of the April 6, 2025 national title game and UCLA against Texas in a rematch of the teams’ regular-season meeting on Nov. 26, 2025. (espn.com) Texas freshman-to-senior distribution showed up in the Elite Eight: guard Rori Harmon recorded 13 assists in the regional final and Madison Booker added seven rebounds in the win that sent Texas to Phoenix. (espn.com 1) (espn.com 2) The Longhorns dominated the glass and the scoreboard efficiency in the regional final, out-rebounding Michigan 49–32 while Michigan shot 13-for-57 (23%) from the field compared with Texas’s 30-for-64 (47%). (espn.com 1) (espn.com 2) UConn entered the tournament as the No. 1 overall seed after an unbeaten regular season, and that top-seed designation set up the potential UConn–South Carolina title rematch that fans and bracket-watchers have anticipated since the 2025 final. (espn.com)
