Women’s NCAA Tournament 2022 final: UConn 49-64 South Carolina – as it happened

LIVE – Updated at 03:40

Minute-by-minute report: The Gamecocks led wire-to-wire as they dominated the Huskies to win their second national title.

Final thoughts

Well, Dawn Staley is being handed her trophy that’s as fine of a moment to wrap up on as any. The women’s tournament is over, but we still have the finale for the NCAA men’s tournament tomorrow between Kansas and North Carolina.

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I’ll be back bringing you all the in-game action tomorrow, but this will end today’s liveblogging, however. Thanks to all who followed along with today’s coverage of South Carolina’s win over UConn in the women’s national championship game! Ciao!

Aliyah Boston is named the Final Four Outstanding Player, but only after being accidentally called “Aaliyah Edwards” by Holly Rowe.

And with that, the joke I made way at the beginning of this blog somehow ends up paying off. Reality plays the long game when it comes to comedy.

“Our path was divinely ordered,” says Staley, who has a flair for the dramatic.

However, it’s hard to argue with her after her tournament run.

They’re trying to collect the team for the trophy ceremony now. As tends to be the case, it’s a bit like herding cats.

Give Dawn Staley all the national championships. She seems like an unbelievable coach to play for.

As usual, we’ll keep it here for just a bit longer for the postgame celebrations. They haven’t even cut down the nets yet.

Destanni Henderson, who scored 26 points in the contest, borrows Kevin Garnett’s “anything is possible!” cheer and I’m officially declaring this as a win for Boston the city as well as a win for Aliyah Boston.

It should be noted that, despite the end, this was an