NCAA Womens Final Four

Azzi Fudd was named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player and Paige Bueckers capped her stellar career with the Huskies’ first championship since 2016 at Tampa's Amalie Arena.

Tampa's fourth time hosting the championship attracted a crowd of 19,777 that watched the Huskies rout South Carolina. Many of the fans were thrilled by the action and growth of women's basketball.

Defending national champions South Carolina and Connecticut will face off Sunday at 3 p.m. at Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa.

The subplots include South Carolina looking to repeat as champions, and likely No. 1 WNBA pick Paige Bueckers' last attempt at a national title.

The Huskies and Longhorns won their regional finals to earn trips to Amalie Arena. The national semifinals are slated for Friday, with the national championship game on Sunday.

The basketball will be championship caliber, of course, but don't forget the week's fan festival, concert in the park, pregame parties, and speakers brought in to help empower and equip women in sports and business.

The national semifinals are scheduled for 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday at Amalie Arena, with the national championship at 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Bulls trailed by one after the first quarter, but the Volunteers took control with a 29-9 run before halftime to easily advance in the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

The Bulls will travel to Columbus, Ohio, as a No. 12 seed to face the fifth-seeded Volunteers on Friday as part of the Birmingham 1 region. The NCAA Women's Final Four is slated for April 4-6 in Tampa.

USF received a ninth seed in the Greensboro region and will play the eighth seed University of Miami in Columbia, SC, Friday.

When female athletes saw the workout room NCAA provided for the basketball tournament bubble - and compared it to the men's - they cried foul. NCAA officials belatedly acknowledge they blew it.

The Bulls take on Washington State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.