How each women's Final Four team can win the 2023 NCAA title

The 2023 women's NCAA tournament is the gift that keeps on giving. So often the potential dream matchups so many envision on Selection Sunday never materialize.

This year, the bracket delivered. The Iowa-South Carolina national semifinal is the ultimate contrast in styles and gets its stage Friday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN) in the Final Four in Dallas.

Offense vs. defense. Caitlin Clark vs. Aliyah Boston. One team realizing a dream vs. another looking to make history.

Iowa is the highest-scoring team in the country. South Carolina allows the fewest points. And while Boston, the Gamecocks' 6-foot-5 All-American forward, and Clark, the Hawkeyes' point guard fresh off a 41-point triple-double, won't be matched up against one another, having the presumptive national player of the year front-runner this season (Clark) on the same floor with last year's winner (Boston) seems a fitting way to conclude a two-year debate about who is the better player.

The Gamecocks aren't just trying to beat Iowa, Virginia Tech or LSU at the Final Four. They are vying to become the 10th team to complete a perfect season and fourth program to win back-to-back championships. Staley's super-hyped recruiting class of 2019 has lived up to the billing in every way. Boston, Zia Cooke, Brea Beal and Laeticia Amihere are in their third consecutive Final Four and were part of the No. 1 team in the country before the 2020 tournament was canceled. Will this be their perfect send-off?

On the other side of the bracket, the Tigers and Hokies bring plenty of star power to Dallas, too. Angel Reese substantiated her transfer from Maryland to LSU by leading the Tigers to their first Final Four since 2008. Her decision to go to Baton Rouge accelerated Kim Mulkey's