South Carolina Gamecocks

SEATTLE – The Seahawks began day two of the NFL draft with a splash Friday, pulling off a trade with the Tennessee Titans to move up to 35 spots and take South Carolina safety Nick Emmanwori.

TAMPA, Fla. – The drought is over.

TAMPA, Fla. – Each of the past two seasons, an iconic women’s basketball player has entered the final weekend of the NCAA Tournament in search of a national championship.

TAMPA, Fla. – Paige Bueckers came to UConn to win a national championship. The star senior guard has made it clear that is her goal.

By The Athletic

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – It’s never about if, but how for Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks.

Over the course of two years, South Carolina women’s basketball fans grew accustomed to unmitigated dominance. A national title in 2022 begot a nearly perfect record the following season, when Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks lost just once, in the Final Four, to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes. They atoned for that blip in 2024, beating Clark and Iowa in the national title game to complete an undefeated season and cement themselves as a dynasty.

Years from now, I will probably forget Clark’s career points total, how many games South Carolina won and which players were involved in the moving screen at the end of the UConn-Iowa national semifinal. But I will never forget the sense of satisfaction derived from seeing the sport come of age.

A historic season in women’s college basketball ended with one more record-breaking telecast. Sunday’s victory by South Carolina over Iowa for the national championship set a viewership record for women’s basketball with 18.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched women’s basketball game ever.