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The Women's Final 4 is tonight (Friday) at 7pm and 9:30pm on
ESPN.
All four teams are No. 1 seeds:
(1) UConn vs. (1) South Carolina, 7:00 PM
(1) UCLA vs. (1) Texas ,
9:30 PM
With 12 national titles, UConn holds the record for the most
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships, which includes a record 4
consecutive championships from 2013 through 2016. The
team had also made the Final 4 for a record 14 consecutive tournaments from
2008 through 2022. Tennessee is the only team to
make an appearance in every tournament since its founding in 1982.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma was born in southern Italy and
emigrated to Norristown, PA, with his family when he was 7 years old. Although Geno grew up rather poor, he managed to attend
Montgomery County Community College before graduating from West Chester
University in 1977.
Although it does seem that the No. 1 seeds in the women's game
always advance to the Final 4, only five times has the Women's Final Four
consisted of all No. 1 seeds:
1989 Tennessee champs (Maryland
Final 4; Louisiana Tech Final 4 with assistant coach Kim Mulkey))
 2012 Baylor
champs (UConn Final 4)
2015 UConn champs (Maryland
Final 4)
2018 Notre Dame (UConn Final 4)
2026
Any of these teams are deserving of being a National Champion.
You should watch.
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