LSU vs. Rutgers

TV: 6 p.m., ESPN.

LSU (30-7) has overcome the turmoil since its coach, Pokey Chatman, resigned after the Southeastern Conference tournament amid allegations of improper relationships with players. Interim coach Bob Starkey, a former assistant, has said he does not want the head-coaching job on a permanent basis. The Tigers are in the Final Four for the fourth straight year, but they never have reached the championship game. No. 3 seed LSU lost four of its final eight regular-season games and also lost the SEC tourney final. Center Sylvia Fowles averages 17.2 ppg and 12.7 rpg.

A team with no seniors that immediately relied heavily on four freshman, No. 4 seed Rutgers (26-8) lost four of its first six games, but coach C. Vivian Stringer felt her team's lack of defensive intensity was as big a culprit as its inexperience. The group that lost to Duke by 42 points Dec. 4 would beat the top-ranked Blue Devils in the regional semis and go on to give Stringer her second Final Four team in 12 years as Rutgers' coach. Rutgers has four players averaging between 12.0 and 12.8 ppg, with touted freshman guard Epiphanny Prince (12.6) the No. 2 scorer.

Tennessee vs. N. Carolina

TV: 8:30 p.m., ESPN.

No. 1 seed Tennessee (32-3) is in the NCAA Final Four for the 17th time in the last 26 seasons, all under coach Pat Summitt. In that time the Vols have won six national titles, none since 1998. Two of the Vols' three losses this season were to Final Four teams-North Carolina (70-57) in December and LSU (63-54) in the SEC tournament. Candace Parker, the only Chicago-area product in the Final Four, has taken her remarkable game up a notch in the NCAA tourney, never more so than in the regional final against Mississippi. In 25 minutes she had 24 points, 14 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 steals and 3 assists. Sidney Spencer and Shannon Bobbitt can take the pressure off Parker with three-point shooting.

A year after three Atlantic Coast Conference teams made the Final Four, North Carolina (34-3) is the ACC's lone team at the big dance. The No. 1 seed Tar Heels lost three of their final six regular-season games (two to Duke) as guard Ivory Latta, the 2006 national player of the year, struggled offensively. UNC rebounded to win the ACC tourney. This is the third team -and second straight - coach Sylvia Hatchell has taken to the Final Four in her 21 years as Tar Heels coach. She won a national title in 1994.