The conversation around a joint men's and women's Final Four has resurfaced. Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman sees a world where both premier events happen in the same place.

South Carolina has opened at +450 to win next season's NCAA women's basketball tournament, the shortest of any team on the odds board, according to ESPN BET lines. USC came in next at +500, followed by national champion UConn at +600.

Celebrate Florida basketball's epic run to winning the 2025 NCAA championship with commemorative book and page prints from The Gainesville Sun.

For some, competing on this NCAA stage is not new. UConn has advanced to the Final Four in 16 of the last 17 years and coach Geno Auriemma has led the Huskies to 24 total Final Fours in his career.

The 2025 men's NCAA tournament came to a close on Monday night, with the Florida Gators earning a hard-fought 65-63 victory over the Houston Cougars for their first national championship since they won back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007.

Like many players, coaches and fans of college basketball of his generation, when Walter Clayton Jr. thought of March Madness, he thought of Kemba Walker. After all, his 2011 heroics are the stuff of legend at UConn: five wins in five days to win the Big East Tournament and then six more wins across the three weeks of the NCAA Tournament to lead the No.

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma did not shy away from criticizing the NCAA over the tournament. Here's what he said following Final Four win:

While plenty of programs have lost big-time talent, the Robert Morris Colonials lost their entire starting lineup despite making the NCAA Tournament. Now, another NCAA Tournament team has lost its entire starting lineup and its head coach,