NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 2025 Odds, Predictions for Final Four Bracket

Three No. 1 seeds and women's basketball's perennial power are headed to Tampa for the Women's Final Four.

The South Carolina Gamecocks and Texas Longhorns open the Final Four on Friday with an all-SEC clash.

Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies face off with Lauren Betts and the UCLA Bruins in the nightcap.

UCLA is the higher seed in the second matchup, but UConn is the overwhelming favorite.

At 8.5 points at DraftKings Sportsbook, UConn is the heaviest favorite by four points on Friday.

The two national semifinal winners meet in Sunday afternoon's national championship.

South Carolina and Texas will battle for the third time this season in Tampa.

Texas won the regular-season meeting, while the Gamecocks triumphed in the SEC tournament final.

South Carolina was stuck in a few close games during the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. The Gamecocks beat Maryland and Duke by four points each.

Texas was a bit more dominant on the final score line with an eight-point win over Tennessee and a nine-point victory over TCU.

South Carolina is the established power in the matchup. Dawn Staley's team won two of the last three titles and three championships since 2017.

Texas has impressed with its defense, though, and it should make it tough on South Carolina, even if the Gamecocks win.

The Longhorns held all of their NCAA tournament opponents beneath 62 points and they limited eight opponents to fewer than 60 points since February 1.

Texas already proved once this season that it can compete with South Carolina, but the Gamecocks have the edge in Final Four experience, and that might be the X-factor that carries the Gamecocks into Sunday's final.

You couldn't find a bigger mismatch in terms of Final Four experience if you tried.

Geno Auriemma will participate in his 24th Final Four as head coach of UConn, while UCLA is in its first-ever Women's Final Four.

UCLA has been one of the great stories of the season behind star Lauren Betts, but this is UConn in the NCAA tournament.

Paige Bueckers scored 34, 40 and 31 points in the last three rounds to power the Huskies to Tampa. UConn won all four of its NCAA tournament games so far by double digits.

UCLA gave up 28 points to LSU's Flau'jae Johnson in the Elite Eight. That's a concern going into Friday because Bueckers could produce an even better offensive showing against the Bruins defense.

The Bruins need Betts, who averages 20 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, to come close to matching Bueckers' scoring output to have a chance of pulling off the upset.

UCLA can certainly hang within the 8.5-point spread, but beating UConn at this stage is so difficult.

If UConn wins, we could see a showdown of women's college basketball powers between the Huskies and South Carolina on Sunday.

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