TAMPA, Fla. — The game was billed as old school versus new school. The bruising, defensive-minded bigs of the Baylor Lady Bears against the spread-the-floor, pick-and-roll, 3-point-launching Oregon Ducks.

And there was Baylor’s powerhouse duo in the post — the 6-foot-7 Kalani Brown and the 6-4 Lauren Cox — versus Oregon’s state-of-the-art triple-double machine in the backcourt, Sabrina Ionescu.

In a thrilling semifinal of the N.C.A.A. tournament, full of breakneck lead changes, old school triumphed. With a 72-67 victory on Friday, the top-seeded Lady Bears advanced to Sunday’s final and will play against Notre Dame, the defending champion, for their first national title since 2012. Baylor also won the title in 2005. Oregon, seeded second, was playing in its first Final Four.

[Read about Notre Dame’s win over UConn in the other semifinal.]

Brown finished with 22 points, and Cox had 21. Ionescu, the career leader in N.C.A.A. triple-doubles for men and women, finished with 18 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds.