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Andrea Adelson
ESPN Senior Writer
- ACC reporter.
- Joined ESPN.com in 2010.
- Graduate of the University of Florida.
Two of the most dominant programs in women’s college basketball over the past decade will decide the 2025 NCAA title. South Carolina, the defending national champion, has won three titles in that stretch: 2017, 2022 and last year while going undefeated.
UConn won its most recent NCAA title — and 11th overall — in 2016. The Huskies have reached the Final Four 24 times. That includes every year since 2008 except for 2023, when star guard Paige Bueckers missed the season with an ACL injury.
The Gamecocks and Huskies have met before in the national championship game, in 2022 in Bueckers’ hometown of Minneapolis. South Carolina won 64-49; the Gamecocks have taken five of their past seven matchups with UConn.
But in their most recent meeting on Feb. 16 at South Carolina, UConn dominated 87-58. Both teams won their national semifinals handily Friday here at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
Which…
