To borrow from the recent headline about the men's Final Four participants -- "Never, never, almost never and North Carolina" -- we'll describe the women's final quartet like this: "Never, back again, whole bunch of times, ridiculous amount of times."
That would be Mississippi State, South Carolina, Stanford and UConn. They will be the participants in Dallas this week, as the women's Final Four returns to a Friday-Sunday format.
Mississippi State is making its debut; UConn will be in the Final Four for the 18th time. They'll meet in Friday's second semifinal (ESPN2/WatchESPN, 9:30 p.m. ET). The other pits Stanford, in its 13th Final Four, against South Carolina (ESPN2/WatchESPN, 7:30 p.