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South Carolina celebrates its third national championship and first perfect season in program history (Photo credit: Dominic Allegra, The Next Hoops)

South Carolina finishes perfect season with a flourish

By Rob Knox / April 7, 2024

A year after falling to Iowa in the Final Four, South Carolina beat them to secure both the NCAA championship and a perfect season

Dawn Staley celebrates a national title with players as confetti falls

With third national title, Dawn Staley breathes rarified air

By Tee Baker / April 7, 2024

Staley led South Carolina to an undefeated season that ended with a trophy

South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso stands with her hands on her hips and looks up and to her right. The loose ball is visible in the foreground.

Kamilla Cardoso brings lightness and empathy to South Carolina’s championship quest

By Rob Knox / April 6, 2024

Bree Hall: Cardoso ‘brings all of us to life’

South Carolina guard Bree Hall yells and clenches her fists in celebration.

South Carolina’s sparkling defense fuels Final Four triumph over NC State

By Rob Knox / April 6, 2024

The Gamecocks broke open a tight game with a near-perfect third quarter

NC State senior Mimi Collins yells in celebration at teammate Aziaha James, who pushes herself up from the court.

NC State’s party-crashing run ends in Final Four loss to South Carolina

By Talia Goodman / April 6, 2024

The self-proclaimed ‘party crashers’ won’t get to eat any cake this weekend

South Carolina guard Te-hina Paopao signals up the court during a Final Four game against NC State. NC State's Aziaha James (10) runs beside her.

Te-Hina Paopao is living every transfer’s dream

By Michelle Smith / April 6, 2024

From the transfer portal to the NCAA Championship Game in one year

South Carolina's MiLaysia Fulwiley stands on a ladder and holds up her piece of the net after winning the 2024 SEC Tournament.

MiLaysia Fulwiley is South Carolina’s bounce-back ‘generational talent’

By Gabriella Lewis / April 5, 2024

‘When you have a player like Lay, you have to let her go be who she is’

Getting defensive has made all the difference for South Carolina freshman Tessa Johnson

By Rob Knox / April 5, 2024

The freshman guard is elevating her game, and finding her place with the Gamecocks in the process

The SEC rests its laurels on defense, but is also a battleground for bias

By Gabriella Lewis / April 4, 2024

Dawn Staley: ‘That’s the way I coach. I’m not changing’

Tennessee center Tamari Key shoots a left-handed face-up shot over an Alabama defender's outstretched arms.

After a season of fighting back, Tamari Key retires on her own terms

By Gabriella Lewis / April 3, 2024

Key finishes her career with a season full of patience and grit