Iowa was defeated by South Carolina to win the NCAA women's basketball title

South Carolina, led by Kamilla Cardoso, defeats Iowa to win the NCAA women's basketball championship without losing. South Carolina overcame Iowa to finish the season undefeated and to win the NCAA women's basketball championship.The record-breaking guard Caitlin Clark led Hawkeyes to victory in Cleveland on Sunday, where the 38-0 Gamecocks won their third national championship and made history by being the 10th team to win the tournament without losing. Kamilla Cardoso grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds, while Tessa Johnson led the Gamecocks with 19 points off the bench. March Madness was relatively easy for South Carolina, which had the top overall seed going into the women's NCAA Tournament. The Gamecocks were winning by almost thirty points a game, and Dawn Staley's team had not dropped a game since the Hawkeyes defeated them in the previous year's Final Four. The team's offensive and defensive leader, Kamilla Cardoso, is slated to be selected in the top five spots of the WNBA Draft on April 15. Thanks to a 30-point effort by Clark in her final collegiate game, Iowa's season ended in the national championship game for the second consecutive year. The men's competition will conclude on Monday night with one more heavyweight championship match. The No. 1 seed Purdue, which has dominated the tournament the last two years, will face the reigning champion Connecticut in an attempt to capture a national title.