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South Carolina-UConn: Time, TV channel, preview for women's championship game

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How to watch: (1) South Carolina vs. (2) UConn

IT. IS. TIME. 🎉 The biggest game in women’s college basketball is here, and you won’t want to miss a second of it! Whether you’re team UConn 🐾 or riding with South Carolina 🐔, here’s everything you need to know to tune in:

WBB Title side-by-side - 2025

📍 Location: Amalie Arena — Tampa, FL
📆 Date: Sunday, April 6, 2025
Tip-off: 3 p.m. ET
📺 TV Channel: ABC 
💻 Follow live on sifoeeprocess.com

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🎊 Champ storylines and what's at stake

Dawn Staley

​ċċċċċDawn Staley has built a dynasty with South Carolina 🐔

Dawn Staley has proven time and time again that she's one of the best coaches in college basketball history. With a perfect 3-0 record in national championship games, Staley has managed to keep her Gamecocks focused on the biggest stage. After leading the Gamecocks to a national title in 2022 and a perfect 38-0 season in 2024, Staley’s squad continues to dominate. Her team blends defense, athleticism, and skill to create a championship-caliber program year after year. South Carolina’s roster is stacked with stars like Joyce Edwards, MiLaysia Fulwiley, Chloe Kitts, Te-Hina Paopao, and Sania Feagin.

  • Joyce Edwards: 15.2 PPG, 9.8 RPG
  • MiLaysia Fulwiley: 13.4 PPG, 4.1 APG, 38.7% from three
  • Chloe Kitts: 11.8 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 1.4 BPG
  • Te-Hina Paopao: 8.3 PPG, 3.1 APG
  • Sania Feagin: 12.6 PPG, 5.4 RPG

These players are hungry to become the first college women’s basketball repeat national champion in 11 years and earn Staley her third national title in four years.

Or is it Paige Bueckers’ time?

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Paige Bueckers is back and hungry for her first national title with UCONN. After falling short in the 2024 Final Four against Iowa, Bueckers is healthy and ready to lead the Huskies to glory. She’s been unstoppable this tournament, and her stats speak for themselves:

  • 26.4 PPG (Points per Game) 💥
  • 3.6 RPG (Rebounds per Game) 🏀
  • 3.4 APG (Assists per Game) 🎯
  • 4.4 STL + BLK (Steals and Blocks per Game) 🛡️
  • 65.5% TS (True Shooting Percentage) 🔥

Geno Auriemma’s Legacy 🏅

Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Geno Auriemma Head coach Geno Auriemma of the UConn Huskies reacts during the first half of the game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at First Horizon Coliseum on November 15, 2024 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

UConn’s legendary coach Geno Auriemma is a force in women’s basketball. With 11 national titles, he’s one of the most decorated coaches in history. His ability to build championship teams year after year keeps UConn at the top. With stars like Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd, the Huskies are always a threat. Will Auriemma add another title to his legendary career, or will South Carolina cement its own dynasty with another crown?

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📰 Matchup history and everything in-between

The UConn vs. South Carolina rivalry is everything you want in women’s college hoops: Star power, storylines and serious stakes. Since their first meeting in 2007 (97–39 UConn win), these two programs have gone toe-to-toe 15 times. The Huskies lead the all-time series 10–5, but the Gamecocks have been heating up lately.

  • 🐾 First ever game? UConn blew the doors off with a 97–39 dub in '07

  • 🔥 Most recent? Feb. 16, 2025 — UConn picked up a statement win, 87–58, on the road

  • Biggest stage? South Carolina took the 2022 title, 64–49, over UConn

  • 🫣 Closest clash? Feb. 8, 2021 — UConn survived in OT, 63–59

UConn dominated the series early, winning eight straight from 2007 to 2019. But then South Carolina said not so fast and responded with 4 straight wins from 2021 to 2024. 

  • 📈 UConn’s longest streak? Eight games | 📉 SC’s longest streak? Four games

  • 🆚 Last 10 meetings? 5–5 — dead even

When it comes to home-court vibes, UConn gets it done:

  • 🏠 Home record: 5–1 | ✈️ On the road: 4–2

  • 🌐 Neutral sites (tourney games): South Carolina leads 2–1

And let’s talk offense — UConn’s put up 1,117 total points over the series, averaging 74.5 points per game. Consistent buckets, period.

This rivalry has seen blowouts, buzzer-beaters, and banners — and with both teams stacked again in 2025, the next chapter has the makings of the best one yet.

  • 🏀 Next showdown: National Championship, April 6, 2025. Who takes the crown this time?