The standard for South Carolina women's basketball is almost impossibly high. Dawn Staley has turned the Gamecocks into a perennial powerhouse where anything short of a national title leaves fans wondering what went wrong.

The 2025 women's NCAA Final Four is set for Friday in Tampa, where No. 1 seeds Texas and South Carolina — the defending national champion — will face off before No. 1 seed UCLA takes on No. 2 seed UConn for a spot in Sunday's national title game.

The defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks face the Texas Longhorns in the Final Four of the 2025 Women’s NCAA Division I tournament on Friday, April 4 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.