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Message: [QUOTE="Kaizen, post: 5248057, member: 6183"] In a showdown of modern women's college basketball dynasties, the [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies']UConn Huskies[/URL] are favored to end their nine-year title drought, while the [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401746075/uconn-south-carolina']South Carolina Gamecocks[/URL] are underdogs to earn the program's first back-to-back championships. Following Friday night's Final Four games, UConn opened up as a 5.5-point favorite over South Carolina for Sunday's NCAA women's basketball championship, while the over-under opened at 132.5, according to ESPN BET odds. The Huskies were 6.5-point underdogs to the Gamecocks before going on to dominate a [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401713514/uconn-south-carolina']29-point road win[/URL] in February. That contest briefly vaulted UConn to championship-favorite status over South Carolina, before heavy action on the Gamecocks allowed them to regain it at +240 heading into March Madness. However, the Huskies became favorites during the NCAA tournament following the season-ending injury to [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5175946/juju-watkins']JuJu Watkins[/URL] of [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/30/usc-trojans']USC[/URL], which was in UConn's region of the bracket. UConn eventually entered the Final Four as a -150 favorite to win it all. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/44540523/uconn-opens-55-point-favorite-south-carolina-ncaa-title-game[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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