The 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament will hinge on what promises to be a thrilling Final Four matchup between No. 1 seed UCLA and No. 2 seed UConn on Friday at 9 p.m. ET. The Huskies enter Friday's game at Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay on the heels of a 78-64 victory against the top-seeded USC Trojans. They take on another Big Ten contender in the Bruins, who came from behind to defeat the LSU Tigers 72-65 in the Elite Eight.

The latest UConn vs. UCLA odds list the Huskies as 8.5-point favorites, while the over/under is listed at 135.5 points.

Before making any UConn vs. UCLA picks, you NEED to see who college basketball experts Calvin Wetzel and Aaron Barzilai are backing.

Barzilai is a Ph.D. from Stanford who served as Director of Basketball Analytics for the Philadelphia 76ers. Five years ago, he founded HerHoopStats.com -- a groundbreaking website that unlocks insights about the women's game. Wetzel, the site's lead betting writer, incorporates his mathematical background and strong knowledge of women's hoops to turn the site's prediction model into picks.

Barzilai and Wetzel went 543-383 overall (+122.89 units) during the 2023-24 women's college basketball campaign and posted a 125-71-1 record (+44.33 units) so far in 2024-25. Barzilai nailed last year's win by Iowa over UConn and called three Final Four teams in that tournament! They also finished the 2024 WNBA season with a 202-111-2 mark in 2024. 

They are going Under on the total and they've found a critical X-factor that has them jumping on one side of the spread. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see these picks before locking in any women's college basketball picks of your own.

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