The defending champion South Carolina women’s basketball team has kept its March Madness repeat dream alive by edging out Duke 54-50 to make it to the Final Four. But that’s not the only goal that victory achieved for head coach Dawn Staley.

MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 23 points in the Gamecocks 71-67 Sweet 16 victory over Maryland on Friday. After Joyce Edwards and Bree Hall served as leading scorers earlier in the tournament, Fulwiley became the latest weapon for Duke to deal with ahead of today's showdown.

Chloe Kitts scored 14 points and defending national champion South Carolina reached the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament for a fifth straight year, beating Duke 54-50 on Sunday. The top-seede

The Michigan State Spartans pulled off a win against No. 6 seed Ole Miss on March 28, and doing so, they earned themselves a spot in the Elite Eight. It was a tight, 73-70 win victory, but a win is a win.

At least two No. 1 seeds will be in the Final Four of women’s NCAA Tournament . Two more could book trips to Tampa, Florida, on Monday. South Carolina kept its repeat championship hopes alive and reached its fifth straight Final Four with a grinding 54-50 win over Duke on Sunday.

UCLA eclipsed 30 wins for the first time in program history, and the Bruins were rewarded with the No. 1 overall seed.

Half of the women's Final Four is set after 1-seeds UCLA and South Carolina won in the regional finals Sunday.

South Carolina director of player development Freddy Ready has been with the program since 2002 and has a method to the celebratory net-cutting.

When South Carolina’s season was on the line Sunday, Dawn Staley went to Chloe Kitts. Duke had just air-balled a go-ahead 3-point attempt, and the Gamecocks had a 52-50 lead and the ball with seven seconds left in their NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game.