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Meghan L. Hall

Dawn Staley used an elaborately amusing education metaphor to reflect on South Carolina’s undefeated season

During the regular season, the South Carolina women’s basketball team was undefeated — AGAIN — and not enough people are talking about it.

When the 2023-2024 women’s basketball season started, South Carolina beat Notre Dame with five brand new starters after losing their previous starting lineup to the WNBA following a 36-1 season. That was amazing, but what is absolutely mind-bending is that South Carolina hasn’t missed a beat since.

They won the SEC this season and finished a perfect 29-0, the only team to go undefeated in Division I men’s or women’s basketball. Let’s be honest: Dawn Staley is putting on a masterclass in coaching. Yet, she attributes South Carolina’s success to letting her team be themselves.

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