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South Carolina seeks a return to the NCAA championship game when facing Louisville in the women’s basketball Final Four in Minneapolis on Friday.
The game (7 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on ESPN. But if you don’t have cable, here are some different ways you can watch a live stream of South Carolina vs Louisville online:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of ESPN and 100-plus other live TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch South Carolina vs Louisville live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but if you don’t have that, you can use your Fubo credentials to log in and watch.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” ESPN is included in every one, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free five-day trial:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch South Carolina vs Louisville live on the DirecTV Stream app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the DirecTV Stream website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but if you don’t have that, you can use your DirecTV Stream credentials (may still be listed as AT&T on the list of cable providers) to log in and watch.
Vidgo
You can watch a live stream of ESPN and 90+ other TV channels on Vidgo, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Vidgo, you can watch South Carolina vs Louisville live on the Vidgo app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Vidgo website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but if you don’t have that, you can use your Vidgo credentials to log in and watch.
Sling TV
You can watch a live stream of ESPN and 30-plus other live TV channels via Sling TV’s “Sling Orange” package, which you can include with your free three-day trial:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch South Carolina vs Louisville live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but if you don’t have that, you can use your Sling credentials to log in and watch.
South Carolina vs Louisville Preview
Top seeds South Carolina (33-2) and Louisville (29-4) meet for the national semifinals at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
South Carolina looks to get back to the title game amid a dominant season. Louisville will look to slow down Gamecocks star forward Aliyah Boston, the James Naismith and Associated Press women’s Player of the Year. Boston leads her team in scoring with 16.8 points per game, rebounds with 12.2 boards per night, blocks with 2.5 per contest.
“It’s exciting, but we just said in the locker room we still have unfinished business and we still have two more games to play,” Boston said about returning to the Final Four according to ESPN’s Andrea Adelson.
The Gamecocks have lots of talent beyond Boston, too, with guard Destanni Henderson, who posts 11.1 points, 3.9 assists, and 1.3 steals per game. Fellow guard Zia Cooke also gives opponents trouble with 10.7 points and 1.8 assists per night.
South Carolina’s dominance showed for most of the NCAA tournament and throughout the season. Only North Carolina lost by less than 16 points to the Gamecocks in the tournament. In South Carolina’s two losses this season, the Gamecocks lost by a combined three points.
That doesn’t mean Louisville will balk at the opportunity to pull a big upset. The Cardinals reached the Final Four by beating Michigan 62-50 on Monday, March 28, led by Hailey Van Lith’s 22 points.
“When someone [Tony Kornheiser of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption show] comes out and just flat-out says the winner of the UConn-Stanford [second semifinal game] is going to play South Carolina, yeah, that’s …,” Louisville head coach Jeff Walz said per WDRB’s Rich Bozich.
“At least let’s roll the balls out and let’s see what happens,” Walz added per Bozich. “That might end up being true, but I’d give us a fighting chance at it. When you do hear things like that, and it’s blatant about it, yeah, I would say we’re the underdog.”
Walz, who began coaching a Louisville in 2007, has been there before. His Cardinals in 2009 knocked out No. 1-ranked Baylor and now-WNBA star Brittney Griner.
“… I’m sure they thought that the winner of that Tennessee-Oklahoma game was going to play Baylor in 2013, too. But unfortunately, that’s not what took place,” Walz said per Bozich.
Van Lith leads the Cardinals in scoring with 14.5 points per game, and Emily Engstler leads in rebounding with 9.4 boards per game. Engstler and Kianna Smith boost the offense with 11.8 points and 11.9 points per game respectively.
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How to Watch South Carolina vs Louisville Final Four Live Online