UCLA's women's basketball team advanced to its first Final Four in the NCAA Tournament with a 72-65 victory over LSU.

The third-seeded OU women's run in the NCAA Tournament came to an end on Saturday, with an 82-59 loss to two-seed UCONN in Spokane.

Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, rescuing UConn from its first-half doldrums and single-handedly turning a tight game against Oklahoma into an 82-59 rout on Saturday that sent the Huskies to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.

The UConn Huskies advanced to the Elite Eight with an 82-59 win over Oklahoma on Saturday. Paige Bueckers was the spark -- or better said, the fire -- with 40 points, a career high and a new UConn Women's NCAA Tournament single-game record.

A closer look at the early ratings numbers for the 2025 NCAA tournament suggests women’s basketball is still playing — and winning — the long game.