Photo: Gamecocks Athletics. CLEVELAND, Ohio — With a breakout performance from freshman guard Tessa Johnson and a monster game by senior center Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina became the tenth team to finish the season undefeated (38-0) with an 87-75 win over Iowa on Sunday at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse for the national championship.The win also made
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Embed from Getty Images National Championship: Sunday, April 7, 3 p.m. (ET), TV: ABC. CLEVELAND, Ohio — The national championship game matchup is set for Sunday, after two very competitive semifinal games Friday Night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in front of a raucous crowd: South Carolina advanced after a 19-point victory 78-59 over NC State,
South Point Shootout, Day 1 Syracuse 71, Northern Iowa 54 Vanderbilt 68, Iowa State 53 LAS VEGAS – With a near triple-double from Australian junior guard Georgia Woolley, Syracuse (4-1) dominated Northern Iowa (1-3) in the first game of the South Point Shootout in Las Vegas Friday afternoon. “I expected her to play. I don’t
Martin Schwartz and Matthew Mandel are having a moment. Actually two. The lifelong friends hit the sports jackpot this month when the Miami Heat and Florida Panthers both ran the playoff gauntlet and made it to the finals, where they are now vying for N.B.A. and N.H.L. titles simultaneously. Schwartz and Mandel, lifelong South Florida
LSU and Iowa made history in reaching the Final Four as both first-timers set to play in the NCAA National Championship game. The No. 3-seeded LSU Tigers (33-2) punched its ticket with a furious fourth-quarter comeback over No. 1-seeded Virginia Tech (31-5), 79-72. No. 2-seeded Iowa stunned overall No. 1 with another jaw-dropping performance from
The South Carolina Gamecocks are right back where they were one year ago: the NCAA Tournament Final Four. Dawn Staley’s crew has been the hands-down favorite all season to win another national championship, and the Gamecocks are now just two games away from accomplishing that goal. As the reigning national champion and the only team
The 2023 NCAA Tournament is here! To view the full bracket click here. To check out our full analysis, read on. The national championship race is wide open in my opinion. I’ve seen too many of the top teams suffer too many bad losses and/or close calls. Even undefeated No. 1 overall seed South Carolina
To no one’s surprise, the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks (32-0) garnered the overall top seed of the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. The reigning champs begin their quest for another title Friday, March 17, at home, facing No. 16-seeded Norfolk State. The 68-team tournament field also features Indiana (27-3), Virginia Tech (27-4), and
After Aliyah Boston blocked an Alexis Morris fast-break layup attempt with 5:25 remaining and Boston’s No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks up 75-57 on Morris’ No. 3 LSU Tigers, Morris got up from the floor and patted Boston on the back. Morris would finish with a game-high 23 points, but previously-unbeaten LSU would fall 88-64 to
It’s been two weeks since we checked in with the SEC. Let’s take a look at two teams that are cultivating new identities: the Arkansas Razorbacks (9-0) and Georgia Lady Bulldogs (8-1). But first, it’s worth considering what we’ve learned about the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks (7-0) since our last update. Is South Carolina
“Around the NCAAW Weekly” highlights the notable events of the week. Check out the milestones, surprises, best games and outstanding performances for games played through Sunday, Nov. 20: Milestones/accomplishments 11/17/2022: South Carolina freshman forward Ashlyn Watkins became the first Gamecock to record a dunk in a game, and the ninth player in NCAA Division I
STANFORD, Calif., November 20, 2002. South Carolina at Stanford. STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer called Sunday afternoon’s matchup against the No. 1 team in the nation “a heavyweight battle.” The No. 2 Cardinal lost the overtime fight to the visiting Gamecocks 76-71, even though the home team led almost the entire contest.
A little bit of a scuffle that actually handed out punishment in No. 17 Maryland’s favor with 3:11 remaining in the third sparked something within No. 1 South Carolina as it quit messing around with the Terps and dominated the rest of the game en route to an 81-56 victory Friday night in College Park,
We continue our conference preview series with the SEC. Here is a look at each team in order of predicted finish according to the preseason coaches poll. 2021-22 record: 35-2 (overall), 15-1 (conference) Players to watch (preseason All-SEC list): Aliyah Boston (First Team and preseason Player of the Year), Zia Cooke (First), Victaria Saxton (Second)
We begin our conference preview series with a look at the mid-major teams that are ranked or receiving votes. No. 23 South Dakota State (Summit League) Players to watch (preseason All-Summit League list): Myah Selland (First Team), Paiton Burckhard (First), Paige Meyer (First), Tori Nelson (Second) The Jackrabbits split with South Dakota last regular season,
Surrey Scorchers have announced the signing of athletic guard Padiet Wang. The South Sudan international joins Scorchers off the back of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers where the high-flying guard is averaging 5 points per game in under 20 minutes of court time. The 6’4 guard started his 2021/22 season with Portuguese side Academica in
The latest episode of the Triple Threat Podcast kicks off with some love for Aliyah Boston, who was nominated for the ESPYs’ “Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports” award, a category that was not aired on the show. While Boston ended up losing the category to Jocelyn Alo of Oklahoma softball, there has been an uproar
MINNEAPOLIS – From being the preseason top team to gaining the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, South Carolina (35-2) reigned supreme all season with outstanding play from the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player, junior forward Aliyah Boston, and senior guard Destanni Henderson. Their accomplishments came along with championship play from their teammates
With 2:55 remaining in the third Sunday night at Target Center in Minneapolis, South Carolina junior forward Laeticia Amihere saw teammate Victaria Saxton out of the corner of her eye near the sideline. She threw the ball in Saxton’s direction, but, problematically, Saxton was on the wrong side of the sideline, merely moving toward the
South Carolina’s Destanni Henderson. The top overall seed in the NCAA tournament, South Carolina, topped fellow #1 seed Louisville 72-59 in the first semifinal of the Final Four Friday night at Target Center in Minneapolis. Led by Aliyah Boston who had a monster double-double of 23 points plus 18 rebounds, the Gamecocks worked hard to
March 30, 2022 – Aliyah Boston and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley win the 2022 Naismith Awards. Photo. Hoopfeed.com. March 30, 2022 – Aliyah Boston and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley win the 2022 Naismith Awards. Photo. Hoopfeed.com. March 30, 2022 – Aliyah Boston and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley win the 2022 Naismith Awards.
Friday, April 1 TV: ESPN Audio: Westwood One (also available via the Varsity Network, TuneIn, and Alexa) #1 Louisville (29-4) vs. #1 South Carolina (33-2)7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. ET No. 1 seed Louisville took down No. 12 Michigan 62-50 in the Wichita Region final Monday night for a place in the Final Four. Sophomore guard
It’s human to overreact to sports and analyze how favorites change after each round. Here are my thoughts on the remaining single-digit seeds in the NCAA Tournament. DraftKings odds: +450 They won their first two games by 41 and 26 and just have the feel of the best team in the tournament right now. They
Full Bracket The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee selected South Carolina (29-2), Stanford (28-3), NC State (29-3), and Louisville (25-4) as the No. 1 seeds across four regions for this season’s national championship tournament. “We’ve got 12 awesome committee members that have really worked hard all day and all night since Wednesday, and we’re
Dre’una Edwards made a three with four seconds left to lift the Kentucky Wildcats, who were not even on the bubble not long ago, to a 64-62 upset of the national championship favorite South Carolina Gamecocks in the SEC Tournament title game Sunday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The Wildcats’ incredible run through the
If the season were to end today, South Carolina, Stanford, NC State and Louisville would be the top seeds in the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee’s final top-16 reveal of the season, those four teams are No. 1 seeds and have combined for 42 straight games on the cusp of
The final matchups of the regular season should offer some intrigue as teams jockey for seeding in conference tournaments and the national tournament. On Friday night, an overperforming No. 10 Indiana (19-6, 11-4) faces an underperforming Maryland at home (8 p.m. Eastern time, Big Ten Network). The Hoosiers beat Maryland in January, and now are
Thursday night’s game between the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks and the Texas A&M Aggies will be the last game in College Station for legendary A&M coach Gary Blair, who is retiring after this season. A pregame ceremony will officially name the floor at Reed Arena “Gary Blair Court” so Blair will be able to
TOP 16 Unveiled ? If the tournament started today … these are the Top 16 teams in #MarchMadness.#NCAAWBB pic.twitter.com/VA3R5p6Gfw — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) January 27, 2022 The NCAA’s Women’s Basketball Committee revealed the first of three Top 16 seed selections today. South Carolina, Stanford, NC State and Tennessee are the No. 1 seeds in
Aliyah Boston extended her double-double streak to 12, LeLe Grissett scored a team-high 14 points filling in for Zia Cooke and the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks put forth their best-ever defensive effort in an SEC game with an 85-30 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores on Monday night at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C.