Women's March Madness 2024: Elite Eight tournament takeaways - ESPN

We have our Final Four.

A blockbuster Monday gave us a rematch of the 2023 women's NCAA national title game between LSU and Iowa — except this time Caitlin Clark & Co. came out ahead in Albany, New York. Meanwhile in Portland, Oregon, Paige Bueckers and the limited roster of UConn outlasted freshman JuJu Watkins and top-seeded USC, to return to the national semifinals a year after the Huskies' NCAA-record streak of 14 consecutive Final Four appearances was snapped.

The record-breaking night began with LSU-Iowa, a back-and-forth affair in the first half before the No. 1 seed Hawkeyes pulled away in the third quarter. On the back of a 41-point, 12-assist night from Clark, the Hawkeyes defeated the 3-seed Tigers 94-87 and are in their second straight Final Four after a 30-year drought.

Then, Watkins passed Tina Hutchinson for the most points scored by a freshman in Division I history — though that wasn't enough to hold off Geno Auriemma's squad.

Iowa and UConn, who play each other Friday in Cleveland, join the nation's only undefeated college basketball team, men's or women's, in the Final Four. No. 1 seed South Carolina (36-0) fended off No. 3 seed Oregon State on Sunday to earn its fourth consecutive trip to the national semifinals with a 70-58 win in Region 1 in Albany.

The Gamecocks will face NC State after the No. 3 seed Wolfpack upset No. 1 seed Texas in Portland 76-66. It will be NC State's first trip to the Final Four in 26 years (1998).

Here's what we learned in each Elite Eight game — and how we reseeded the field ahead of the regional finals.

Caitlin Clark tallies 41 points and nine 3-pointers as Iowa topples LSU and heads to the Final Four.

If Caitlin Clark plays this well, is a national title in Iowa's future?