Madness continues Friday with the women’s Final Four. South Carolina faces Texas at 7 p.m. and UCLA meets Connecticut around 9:30 p.m.

Golden, who holds a doctoral degree in musical arts from MSU, is also assistant professor of music and assistant director of bands at MSU, and serves as associate director of MSU's Spartan Marching Band. Before that, she was at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and spent 18 years as a band director at public schools in North Carolina.

Love this from Texas @TexasWBB! Rori Harmon, Madison Booker and Vic Schaefer are helping 25 students come to Tampa to watch the Longhorns in the Final Four. The students are taking a 17hr bus ride and will be here Friday. pic.twitter.com/S5ZU46qKiC

South Carolina trailed UCLA as the No. 2 team in the ranking, with head coach Dawn Staley leading the defending champions. Joyce Edwards, MiLaysia Fulwiley and Chloe Kitts are the team's top three scorers, with guard Te-Hina Paopao a potential top pick in the upcoming WNBA draft, a key component.