Women’s March Madness championship odds: South Carolina favored over UCLA after upsetting UConn
The women’s March Madness championship is set: The SEC versus the (new) Big Ten. After a chalky run through the bracket, the South Carolina Gamecocks and the UCLA Bruins will face off in Sunday’s championship game. It’s one team’s first visit to the NCAA final.
The Bruins are aiming for their first March Madness championship in program history, and Dawn Staley and her squad are going for their fourth in 10 years. Perhaps thanks to this history, Staley’s team is favored by 2. 5 points on DraftKings versus Cori Close’s UCLA crew.
South Carolina’s moneyline odds of -155 imply a 60 percent chance of winning. The total, at over/under 132. 5, is well over the number hit by both semifinal matchups: South Carolina’s final score was 62-48 (110 total), and UCLA beat Texas 51-44, for a total that didn’t even top 100.
Both have been dominant programs for years, and both came into this tournament as No. 1 seeds. The women’s Final Four has been a treat for anyone who loves blockbuster matchups: For the fifth time in women’s NCAA Tournament history, all four No.
1 seeds reached the Final Four. As The Athletic ’s Sabreena Merchant wrote , Goliaths in the finals is good for fans and for the sport. And yet, the two semifinal games were some of the lowest-scoring for all four teams.