{"id":117254,"date":"2026-04-06T05:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/ucla-routs-south-carolina-to-win-first-ncaa-title\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:02:00","slug":"ucla-routs-south-carolina-to-win-first-ncaa-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/ucla-routs-south-carolina-to-win-first-ncaa-title\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA routs South Carolina to win first NCAA title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"blogPost\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\">\n<meta content=\"3294024409625186001\" itemprop=\"blogId\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"8116320209583353890\" itemprop=\"postId\"\/><br \/>\n<a name=\"8116320209583353890\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\">\nUCLA routs South Carolina to win first NCAA title<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\" id=\"post-body-8116320209583353890\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/48406646\/ucla-blows-south-carolina-first-women-ncaa-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCLA crushed South Carolina, 79-51, to claim their first NCAA championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/48408286\/staley-lauds-ucla-close-title-game-loss-auriemma-spat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gamecock coach Dawn Staley praised Bruin coach Cori Close<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>More:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/colleges\/2026\/04\/05\/march-madness-ucla-betts-south-carolina\/7243f86c-313e-11f1-b85b-2cd751275c1d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Betts used lessons learned to lead her team to its first title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/ucla\/story\/2026-04-05\/gabriela-jaquez-achieves-ucla-championship-dream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabriela Jaquez won the UCLA championship that she dreamed of<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/colleges\/2026\/04\/05\/march-madness-ucla-south-carolina-ann-meyers\/71e23178-3147-11f1-b85b-2cd751275c1d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCLA great Ann Meyers Drysdale was filled with pride watching her team win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>College coach news:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/48405616\/georgia-hires-mcneese-ayla-guzzardo-new-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ayla Guzzardo is the new head coach at Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>WNBA:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a 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