The Favorites, The Champs, The Dynasty, and The Underdog

The Women's Final Four tips off tonight, and there are some mouth-watering matchups: Top-ranked South Carolina, led by national player of the year Aliyah Boston, square off against relative underdogs Louisville, led by fiery guard Haley Van Lith. Then, UConn will play in its fourteenth consecutive Final Four (yes, you read that correctly), and will hope that shooting sensation Paige Bueckers can lead them to victory over the defending champion Stanford Cardinal amd reigning Final Four MVP Haley Jones. The Athletic's Chantel Jennings joins us to break down the key matchups and storylines to follow, and to discuss how the electric slide, Barack Obama, and Jimmy Kimmel have factored into the tournament. Plus, after the uproar over inequality during last year's NCAA tournament, how much have things really changed?

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