As the UCLA starters congregated before tip-off against UConn, joy radiated from the Bruins. The players had emphasized in the days leading up to the national semifinal that they expected to be at the Final Four – they were the No.

UConn (35-3) can clinch its first national title in nine years — and 12th overall — in Sunday’s final against reigning champ South Carolina. The Huskies embarrassed the Gamecocks, 87-58 in Columbia in mid-February,

UConn rolled into the national title game with an 85-51 rout of No. 1 overall seed UCLA, recording the largest margin of victory in women's Final Four history.