South Carolina-NC State live updates: Final Four predictions, bracket
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South Carolina, Iowa, UConn and NC State highlight star-studded Final Four
The Final Four is here. Tony Anderson breaks down the biggest storylines around the Women’s NCAA tournament.
The women’s NCAA tournament is into the Final Four. In the first semifinal tonight, Kamilla Cardoso and No. 1 South Carolina face off against No. 3 NC State. Dawn Staley has the undefeated Gamecocks in the Final Four for the fourth straight year, looking for their third national championship as a program and first since 2022. Aziaha James and the Wolfpack have barrelled through top-seeded Texas and second-seeded Stanford to get to their second Final Four in program history.
Women’s March Madness games tonight are airing and streaming on ESPN. USA TODAY Sports will provide the latest news, scores, analysis and more all day. Follow along.
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NC State vs. South Carolina prediction
USA TODAY Sports’ Lindsay Schnell is picking NC State to knock off undefeated South Carolina while Nancy Armour has South Carolina winning and getting back to the national championship game.
The top-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks face No. 3 NC State at 7 p.m. ESPN is airing the game.
South Carolina vs. NC State TV channel, live stream
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Here is the full women’s March Madness bracket.
Tonight, undefeated and top-seeded South Carolina plays No. 3 NC State, and Caitlin Clark and No. 1 Iowa face Paige Bueckers and No. 3 UConn at about 9:30 p.m. What to know about the Final Four games in the women’s NCAA tournament.
South Carolina has coasted into yet another Final Four, largely unnoticed because of all the attention on Iowa’s game against LSU in the Elite Eight, a rematch of last year’s national championship game. But do not take the lack of a spotlight as a sign of deficiencies on the part of the Gamecocks. South Carolina is as relentless as it is ruthless, as NC State will soon discover. — Nancy Armour
NC State coach Wes Moore knows he’s got a David-and-Goliath matchup on his hands when his third-seeded NC State Wolfpack take on overall No. 1 seed and undefeated South Carolina on Friday in the Final Four. But he also knows this: In that story, it’s David who comes out ahead.
And that type of confidence in his team is partially why the Wolfpack will stun the Gamecocks. That, and excellent guard play. Throughout NC State’s tournament run, and particularly the last two games, starting guards Aziaha James and Saniya Rivers, herself a former Gamecock, have been stellar. James in particular is on a tear, averaging 24.3 points during the NCAA Tournament, up from 15.8 before that. — Lindsay Schnell
The 2024 women’s Final Four is at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, home of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, in Cleveland, Ohio, the same location as Sunday’s national championship game.
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