The UConn Huskies and the South Carolina Gamecocks are the last two NCAA women's basketball champions — and according to the odds, both teams are right back in the thick of it this season. With the Huskies' win over the Gamecocks in last season's title ...

USC has yet to come even a bit close to recreating its electric, buzzer-beating 72-70 win against the Huskies last December — a feat that was only possible with the help of Watkins and her leadership of the Trojans’ second-half comeback, which clearly was not possible today.

A fierce breakdown of the NCAA women’s NET rankings, analyzing UConn, LSU, Michigan, UCLA, and South Carolina from No. 5 to No. 1 with records, quad performance, star players, and momentum heading toward March.

That run ended in a blowout, of course. With the national semifinal loss against – yep – UConn, who beat the Bruins 85-51, including holding them to a nine-point second quarter to match the Trojans’ nine-point first quarter Saturday.

Kayleigh Heckel called the Galen Center home a season ago. But it's quite likely the UConn women's basketball team's sophomore guard will not get a warm welcome back on Saturday when the top-ranked Huskies visit USC's Galen Center for the first time to take on the No.