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South Carolina banking on balance and depth in title game
CLEVELAND — With 47 seconds left in the third quarter of Friday night’s national semifinal against NC State, South Carolina slings the ball around the perimeter. It ends up in transfer guard Te-Hina Paopao‘s hands. She launches a 3-point shot, and the Gamecocks’ bench players stand and cheer with their arms in the air as […]
Continue readingSouth Carolina glad for chance to avenge 2023 loss to Iowa
South Carolina guard Raven Johnson, however, said she has rewatched the Gamecocks’ only defeat last year about a hundred times. Once again, the Gamecocks (37-0) are undefeated heading into Sunday’s rematch against Iowa for the national championship (3 p.m. ET, ABC). Once again, star guard Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes stand in South Carolina’s way. […]
Continue readingThe road to the NCAA women’s title game as told by social media
After a long month of March, the stage is set for the women’s NCAA basketball championship in Cleveland. In the semifinals, the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the No. 3 seed NC State Wolfpack in double-digit fashion, while Caitlin Clark and the No. 1 seed Iowa Hawkeyes beat the No. 3 seed UConn […]
Continue readingCaitlin Clark, Dawn Staley differ on claim to GOAT status
CLEVELAND — Iowa guard Caitlin Clark said Saturday she doesn’t think it’s a “fair assessment” to say that she needs to win a national title to secure her legacy. As she and the Hawkeyes have made their march to the national championship game Sunday against South Carolina, a debate about her place in the sport’s […]
Continue readingIowa, South Carolina meet again with title, history on line
CLEVELAND — Caitlin Clark chucked the ball into the air as the buzzer sounded in the 2023 national semifinals, clinching her Iowa Hawkeyes’ 77-73 upset win over the South Carolina Gamecocks. At the time, the result was shocking: The Hawkeyes had handed the Gamecocks their first loss of the season and advanced to the program’s […]
Continue readingHow South Carolina beat Iowa in women’s 2024 NCAA title game
CLEVELAND — As the final buzzer sounded, South Carolina completed its “revenge tour,” beating Iowa 87-75 to win the national championship and denying Caitlin Clark a title of her own. The highly anticipated rematch of last year’s national semifinals delivered drama, energy, intensity and, yes, lots of points from Clark. But it was South Carolina’s […]
Continue readingSouth Carolina’s NCAA championship win over Iowa draws praise
The South Carolina Gamecocks completed their undefeated season with a 87-75 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA women’s national championship. With their win, the Gamecocks became the first team since at least 2000 to win a title after returning zero primary starters from the team that reached the Final Four in the previous […]
Continue readingCaitlin Clark reflects on Iowa career: ‘Not a regret in my mind’
CLEVELAND — There were mostly smiles from Caitlin Clark after Sunday’s national championship game, an 87-75 loss to South Carolina that ended her Iowa career. She admitted the finality of this part of her journey would hit her in the next 48 hours or so, but for the moment, still sitting in her black and […]
Continue readingWomen’s NCAA basketball’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2024-25
The landscape of women’s college basketball is going to look very different when November arrives and the 2024-25 season begins. Caitlin Clark will be gone. So will Angel Reese. The Pac-12 will be no more. USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington will be in the Big Ten. Oklahoma and Texas will be calling the SEC home. […]
Continue readingSouth Carolina opens as favorites to win 2025 NCAA title
The Gamecocks open as the favorites to take home the 2025 national championship, showing +250 odds to win it all on ESPN BET. Although South Carolina will lose 2024 most outstanding player Kamilla Cardoso to the WNBA draft, the team will return impact freshmen MiLaysia Fulwiley and Tessa Johnson and will add Joyce Edwards, the […]
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