After the first three tickets were punched for this week's Final Four on Saturday, the final spot in the national semifinals will be filled Sunday with the last Elite Eight game between Auburn and Michigan State.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- As Lauren Betts was trapped in the post, she passed the ball out to an open Gabriel Jaquez, who knocked down the dagger 3-pointer to send UCLA to its first NCAA tournament Final Four in program history, beating LSU 72-65.

The 6-foot-7 Betts added six blocks for the Bruins, who will face the winner of Monday’s game between Southern California and UConn.

Often, by the time the NCAA Tournament reaches its fourth round - the Elite Eight - a few of the bracket's titans and blue-blood programs have already fallen in surprising upsets. While No. 1 seeds are given their spot in the bracket for a reason,

After defeating No. 16 SIU Edwardsville, the Cougars beat No. 8 Gonzaga. Then, they upended No. 4 Purdue and No. 2 Tennessee to reach the Final Four. Houston became the first program since 2017 North Carolina to navigate the most difficult seed path possible for a No. 1 team.

The Blue Devils’ trip to San Antonio, after Saturday’s 85-65 win over Alabama, was the product of years of planning to build around Cooper Flagg, and hard-learned lessons.

The top-seeded Bruins showed off their depth in a 72-65 victory over the third-seeded Tigers that secured a spot in Tampa.

Houston’s relentless defense confused and harassed Tennessee and carried the Cougars into their seventh Final Four and first since 2021.