The women's Final Four bracket is set. UCLA shines without Lauren Betts' help. TCU's storybook season ends. Here are Elite Eight winners and losers.

The 2025 women's NCAA basketball tournament is underway, and the field is down to eight teams looking to make their mark on history. The UCLA Bruins clinched the overall No. 1 seed after a resounding Big 10 tournament win,

The No. 2 seed Huskies are back in the Final Four for the 24th time as Paige Bueckers scores 31 and and Sarah Strong puts up 22 points and 17 rebounds to lead the way. USC put up an impressive showing despite missing star JuJu Watkins to a season-ending injury, but the Trojans didn't have the firepower to keep up.

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.