After all is said and done, the women's NCAA Tournament has arguably provided us with the four best teams in the bracket. With JuJu Watkins out for USC, Paige Bueckers and the No. 2 UConn Huskies stepped up to give fans a showdown between three No. 1 seeds and Connecticut.
With so much talent on each team, picking a winner is anyone's guess. Do you go with one of the No. 1 seeds, who've proven themselves throughout the season? Or do you go with the Huskies, who have won America's hearts and are even sitting atop some odds boards heading into the Final Four? It's a tough decision, and that's why you shouldn't make it. Leave that choice up to the dozens of experts around the internet willing to put their hubris on the line for the sake of saying, "I told you so," in a week.
Here is what some of those experts are saying:
Women's Final Four Predictions:
ESPN: South Carolina to defeat Texas
All three of ESPN's experts believe the defending-champion Gamecocks will take down the Longhorns in the Final Four. While ESPN does like Texas' defense, its lack of offense, specifically 3-point shooting, could be its fatal flaw. ESPN writes, "The Longhorns might have the best midrange player in the game in (Madison) Booker and sport the nation's fourth-best offensive rebound rate. But no team in the country gets less offense from shooting 3-pointers than Texas. Against TCU, the Longhorns took two shots from behind the arc. They are 8-for-24 from downtown in the NCAA tournament."
Madison Williams, Sports Illustrated: South Carolina could be in trouble
Williams does not like South Carolina's chances of moving forward. Why? Because the Gamecocks suffered three losses during the entirety of the 2024-25 regular season and each came from the teams remaining in the NCAA ...
