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No. 2 South Carolina faces No. 3 UConn in the NCAA Tournament National Championship.
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Connecticut was the unanimous No. 1 pick in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll to close out the 2024-25 season.
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Latson was the fastest player to reach 2,000 points as a junior.
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The Huskies cruised through the Final Four and national title game in what could be the beginning of a dynastic run
South Carolina women's basketball was blown out by UConn in the second half, preventing Dawn Staley from winning back-to-back national titles.
S.C. State University is now the only South Carolina college or university with an R2 research designation as it works to grow back from a financial crash.
The standard for South Carolina women's basketball is almost impossibly high. Dawn Staley has turned the Gamecocks into a perennial powerhouse where anything short of a national title leaves fans wondering what went wrong.
TAMPA, Fla. — Dawn Staley stood still with her arms crossed and her eyes fixated in front of her as the final seconds of South Carolina’s season ticked off the clock. She had already started processing what had happened in the Gamecocks’ 82-59 loss to UConn in Sunday’s national championship.
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UConn is back on top of women's basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday, ending a nine-year title drought for the team. Azzi Fudd led the Huskies with 24 points while Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds. Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game at UConn (37-3).
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The Gamecocks opened at +450 on ESPN Bet to win the 2026 women’s NCAA basketball tournament, which put them at the top of the odds board over USC (opening odds: +500) and 2025’s newly-minted champion, UConn (+600). Texas, Notre Dame and LSU opened tied for fourth at +750, while UCLA opened just behind at +850.
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There have been 16 cases of confirmed rabid animals statewide this year, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health. Two raccoons tested positive in Anderson County, exposing one pet and two people. A raccoon tested positive in Spartanburg County, exposing one pet.