MINNEAPOLIS -- One year after a heartbreaking loss in the Final Four to eventual champion Stanford, No. 1 seed South Carolina found redemption, earning the program's second national championship with a 64-49 victory over 2-seed UConn on Sunday at Minneapolis' Target Center.
The Gamecocks, who went 14-0 against teams ranked in the Associated Press top 25 this season, became the eighth program to win multiple national titles in NCAA women's basketball history, joining UConn (11), Tennessee (8), Stanford (3), Baylor (3), Notre Dame (2), USC (2) and Louisiana Tech (2).
South Carolina is also the 12th team to go wire-to-wire as No.