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Brendan Dougherty


Preview: South Carolina women's basketball prepares for NCAA Tournament with fifth consecutive regional No. 1 seed

The No. 1 seed South Carolina women's basketball team will take on the No. 16 seed Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles on Friday night at Colonial Life Arena to kick off the NCAA Women's Tournament. A year after the National Championship, the Gamecocks will potentially see familiar foes in No. 2 seed Duke and No. 5 seed Alabama in the Birmingham 2 regional.

'This is what she promised and she delivered': Dawn Staley receives contract extension, continues to push for the growth of women's sports

The University of South Carolina board of trustees rewarded women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley with an extension through the 2029-30 season to make her the highest-paid coach in the history of women's college basketball. Staley has won three national championships, made six Final Fours and has seven seasons of at least 30 wins.

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