Much like the men's bracket, the women's tourney experienced a chalky first couple weekends, leaving the Final Four filled with three No. 1 seeds—South Carolina, Texas and UCLA—and one women's college basketball blue blood,

The tourney’s overall 1 seed, UCLA, knocked off LSU 72-65 to advance to its first women’s Final Four behind another big game by Lauren Betts. The 6-foot-7 All-American had 17 points, seven rebounds and six blocked shots despite sitting out the second quarter.