Notre Dame and USC women’s basketball are 2025 Final Four favorites

TW: Would you agree that UConn, Notre Dame, South Carolina, and USC are the clear-cut Final Four favorites?

SHEPKOWSKI: I think the great thing about women’s basketball right now is that for so long it was UConn or Tennessee. Yes, South Carolina has lost once in two years and Dawn Staley is as good of coach as you’ll find in any sport, but look at how many teams could win it all next year. I think you hit the nail on the head with the four favorites, but Texas is still loaded, UCLA should be very good, and I have trouble thinking the rest of the Big Ten is suddenly just going to fall off.