April 3, 2026, 7:43 p.m. ET
USA TODAY Sports is providing live coverage of the Women’s Final Four match between the No. 1 UConn Huskies and No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks at the Mortgage Matchup Center. Follow along here.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Flavor Flav is sitting courtside at the Mortgage Matchup Center for the Final Four matchup in the Women’s NCAA Tournament between South Carolina and UConn on Friday night.
The 67-year-old rapper was wearing his signature clock around his neck along with two other chains, and also rocking a New York Yankees hat and Air Jordans that featured UCLA blue. The No. 1 Bruins play against No. 1 Texas Longhorns in the second semifinal game on Friday.
It’s easy to assume who Flavor Flav was rooting for in the first game as he was seated next to former South Carolina All-American star Aliyah Boston. Before becoming a three-time WNBA All-Star with the Indiana Fever, Boston was the college National Player of the Year in 2022 and powered Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks to its second national title. Boston and Flavor Flav posed for a photo for USA TODAY Sports, but declined an interview request.
Boston isn’t the only South Carolina and UConn alumni in the building. UConn champions Diana Taurasi, Paige Bueckers and Kaitlyn Chen sat together during the matchup. Bueckers participated in the Team USA training camp in Phoenix earlier Friday.
Here are the other celebrities who were spotted in Phoenix on Friday:
Diana Taurasi, Paige Bueckers
Lisa Leslie
Ilona Maher
Deebo Samuels
Studbudz
Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman are hosting a Final Four alt-at on ESPN2.
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