NCAA women's tournament Final Four: What you need to know for UConn-South Carolina, UCLA-Texas on Friday

Geno Auriemma and Dawn Staley, two of the best coaches in women’s basketball history, will be back on the same court Friday in Phoenix. In a rematch of last year’s national title game, Auriemma’s UConn and Staley’s South Carolina are meeting in this year’s Final Four. The NCAA tournament national semifinal will headline a doubleheader that also includes two more No.

1 seeds, UCLA and Texas. This is the second time the same four teams have reached the Final Four back-to-back seasons. That last happened in 1995-96 , and it’s the fifth time all four top seeds have advanced to the Final Four.

Here’s what you need to know heading into Friday’s games. No. 1 UConn vs.

No. 1 South Carolina (7 p. m.