NCAA Women’s Final Four 2026 Breakdown + WNBA Expansion Draft

The 2026 NCAA Women’s Final Four is officially set and history is being made.

For just the second time ever, the same four teams have all returned to the Final Four from the previous year: UConn, UCLA, South Carolina, and Texas. It’s also only the fifth time in NCAA history that all No. 1 seeds have advanced this far.

So how did we get here?

In this episode of The Women’s Hoops Show, we break down the biggest moments from the NCAA Women’s Tournament with our Court Queens Superlatives, including:

🔥Hannah Hidalgo’s near quadruple-double performance

🔥 Ashlon Jackson’s game-winning buzzer-beater vs LSU

🔥 The defining players, plays, and storylines of March Madness

Then, we preview the Final Four matchups:

🏀 UConn vs South Carolina

🏀 UCLA vs Texas

Who has the edge? Can anyone stop UConn?

PLUS: WNBA Expansion Draft + Houston Comets Return 🚨

The WNBA is entering a new era:

❗The Houston Comets are officially returning

❗The WNBA Expansion Draft is set for April 3

❗Major changes are coming following the new CBA

We explain how the WNBA expansion draft works, what “protected players” means, and which teams could be most impacted.

📢 Don’t miss our special announcement at the end of the episode!

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