{"id":235950,"date":"2026-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/no-1-uconn-no-1-ucla-book-spots-in-womens-final-four-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:00:00","slug":"no-1-uconn-no-1-ucla-book-spots-in-womens-final-four-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/no-1-uconn-no-1-ucla-book-spots-in-womens-final-four-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 1 UConn, No. 1 UCLA book spots in women\u2019s Final Four | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST:<\/strong> Elite Eight\u2026more like Elite <em>Great. <\/em>So far two No. 1 seeds have punched tickets to the women\u2019s Final Four \u2014 will the other two join them tonight?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc36 No. 1 UConn ends No. 6 Notre Dame\u2019s magical run: <\/strong>The top overall seed advanced to their record 25th Final Four yesterday, defeating junior <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/notre-dame-hannah-hidalgo-march-madness-68e70612eb81f76e6b6ba0912ceccb14\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Hidalgo\u2019s Fighting Irish<\/a> 70\u201352. UConn started slowly (<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/womens-college-basketball\/breaking-news\/article\/uconn-rallies-from-slow-start-past-unc-sets-up-elite-8-showdown-vs-notre-dame-hannah-hidalgo-230723006.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">again<\/a>), but survived thanks to freshman Blanca Qui\u00f1onez, who had 20 points off the bench.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc99 Senior Lauren Betts sparks No. 1 UCLA comeback: <\/strong>Uncharacteristically shaky, the Bruins trailed No. 3 Duke by eight at halftime. But a revitalized Betts exploded after the break, finishing yesterday\u2019s 70\u201358 W with 23 points and 10 rebounds, her lucky number 13th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/glossary\/basketball\/#double-double\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">double-double<\/a> of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83e\udd18 No. 1 Texas vs. \ud83d\udc3a No. 2 Michigan \u2014 Tonight at 7 p.m. ET:<\/strong> The experienced Longhorns have dominated their tourney opponents, winning their three games by over 35 points on average. Seeking their second straight Final Four, they\u2019ll need to quiet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/breaking-down-every-womens-sweet-16-matchup\/#:~:text=%E3%80%BD%EF%B8%8F%20No.%202%20Michigan,chipped%20in%2026.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">young Wolverines<\/a> \u2014 specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7155174\/2026\/03\/29\/ncaa-tournament-womens-elite-eight-breakdown-predictions\/#:~:text=No.%201%20Texas,points%20per%20game.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">when it comes to three-pointers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2764\ufe0f No. 1 South Carolina vs. \ud83d\udc38 No. 3 TCU \u2014 Tonight at 9 p.m. ET: <\/strong>Expect a high-scoring offensive showdown: all five of South Carolina\u2019s starters average double-digit scoring, while TCU grad student Olivia Miles is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWeafryl5jk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">walking highlight reel<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWczLUNFNXZ\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shots on shots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/no-1-uconn-no-1-ucla-book-spots-in-womens-final-four\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: Elite Eight\u2026more like Elite Great. So far two No. 1 seeds have punched tickets to the women\u2019s Final Four \u2014 will the other two join them tonight? \ud83d\udc36 No. 1 UConn ends No. 6 Notre Dame\u2019s magical run: The top overall seed advanced to their record 25th Final Four yesterday, defeating junior Hannah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-235950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}