The No. 1 USC Trojans are facing the No. 2 UConn Huskies in the Elite 8 of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. Live score updates for the matchup at Spokane Arena. Can the USC Trojans stop Paige Bueckers and the Huskies?

“From my point of view....I wanted to help them so bad,” Adams, a Manasquan, N.J. native who is one of three UConn commits in Tuesday’s McDonald’s All-American Game (9 p.m., ESPN2), said Monday in Brooklyn. “I wanted to be in that spot. And so I kind of felt the pain, too.”

One of the great NCAA Tournament runs of the modern era came to a close on Sunday with UConn's 77-75 loss to Florida in the second round of the West Region. The Huskies went down not with a whimper but throwing punches,

Three of the four No. 1 seeds made it to the final weekend of the NCAA Tournament, with UCLA, South Carolina and Texas still dancing. The odd one out is No. 2 seed UConn, a team that should by no means be considered an underdog.

The women’s Final Four is full of star players, top seeds and historic programs. There will be no Cinderellas in Tampa, Florida, with No. 1 seeds South Carolina, UCLA and Texas in the national semifinals.