Decorated former player Dawn Staley had never won an NCAA championship, but she brought a title to South Carolina as a coach.

With UConn out of the way, South Carolina and Mississippi State will play Sunday night to crown a new NCAA champion for the first time in five years.

Mississippi State will be the first to try to knock off four-time defending champion UConn. Plus: South Carolina's and Stanford's coaches have history.

The No. 7 seed Gamecocks will try to get past the top-seeded Bulldogs to advance to Monday's title game.

The Gamecocks knocked off SEC rival Florida to earn their first trip to the Final Four.

Conference foes Florida and South Carolina face off Sunday in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament in New York City.

In Friday's Sweet 16 matchups at Madison Square Garden, Baylor will take on South Carolina, and Wisconsin will play Florida.