Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks face the No. 1 seed Stanford Cardinal in the first of two Final Four matchups on ESPN at 6 p.m. ET on Friday. The two programs have not met since the 2017 Final Four when South Carolina got the win en route to a national championship. Both teams have won their tournament games by double-digits but it was Stanford that needed a second-half turnaround against Louisville to advance to this stage. Despite a shaky first half by Stanford in the regional final, both teams have been dominant all year long. Stanford boasts the second-best field goal percentage defense in the nation (32.9 percent), while South Carolina ranks 27th in the country (36.2 percent). Scoring defense is, again, in favor of Stanford at 53.4 points, with South Carolina allowing 57.9 points per contest.