Dawn Staley is heading back to a familiar place as she and the South Carolina Gamecocks punched their ticket to a fifth straight trip to the Final Four with a hard-fought, 54-50, victory over the Duke Blue Devils on Sunday.

South Carolina is headed to its fifth consecutive Final Four after narrowly escaping past Duke to secure the Birmingham Regional 2 crown! At this point, Gameco

Dawn Staley's No. 1 South Carolina has reached the Final Four of March Madness after a nail-biting victory against No. 2 Duke at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama

At least two No. 1 seeds will be in the Final Four of women’s NCAA Tournament . Two more could book trips to Tampa, Florida, on Monday. South Carolina kept its repeat championship hopes alive and reached its fifth straight Final Four with a grinding 54-50 win over Duke on Sunday.

Half of the women's Final Four is set after 1-seeds UCLA and South Carolina won in the regional finals Sunday.

The top-seeded Gamecocks, defending national champions, got all they could handle from second-seeded Duke, winning 54-50.

University of South Carolina’s Chloe Kitts (21) guards Duke’s Taina Mair (22) during the first half of action at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in the Birmingham 2 regional of the NCAA Tournament.

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South Carolina director of player development Freddy Ready has been with the program since 2002 and has a method to the celebratory net-cutting.