Then came Sunday’s resounding 87-58 win over South Carolina. The Huskies’ first top-five road win since 2018. College GameDay in attendance. An ABC broadcast. The biggest stage with the brightest lights that this season’s team has seen yet.

Madness is just around the corner, but all season long, women's basketball teams nationwide have proven that this season is wide open. And parity may be the name of the game come tournament time. For so long Geno Auriemma and UConn dominated the sport,

ESPN PR revealed South Carolina-UConn was the third most-viewed women's college basketball game of all time across ESPN platforms.

After Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd came out of the game, they sat on the bench, towels draped around their shoulders, with wide smiles.

February 16 was undoubtedly the best day of the 2024-25 NCAA women's college basketball regular season calendar. This is because the UConn Huskies faced the defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks in a clash between two national powerhouses.

Here's what to know about the series history between South Carolina and UConn, including all-time meetings, head-to-head records and more:

UConn has emerged as the national title favorite after beating defending champion South Carolina by 29 on the road.