Dawn Staley on if she thinks a woman will be hired as an NBA coach in her lifetime:
"No. But I hope I'm wrong."
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Sports Reporter for @thestate covering South Carolina women's basketball and more | Fmr: @virginianpilot | Alum: @thegamecock | USBWA & FWAA | Opinions are mine
- Ok here’s the video from the altercation between Norfolk State and Illinois State. Broadcast said “one or two” Illinois State fans made comments of the “racial nature” towards NSU’s Jamarii Thomas. Fans were ejected and both head coaches got technical fouls.
00:00 - Asked Dawn Staley who she thinks should be the next Gamecock to have their jersey retired and hung in the rafters of Colonial Life Arena. As expected, she said Aliyah Boston.
- Dawn Staley asked fans here in Colonial Life Arena for the Selection Sunday party who all went to Greenville for the SEC Tournament and lots of fan cheered saying yes. She then joked: "I need y'all to stop because these coaches are trying to get it moved from Greenville."
- Dawn Staley on where she thinks South Carolina will be seeded: "We're gonna be the number one overall seed...it's really simple. "Nobody has the body of work we have."
- Dawn Staley on A'ja Wilson's upcoming jersey retirement: "A'ja Wilson is by far the best player in the world...I think it should've happened a long time ago."
- Sania Feagin asked who her favorite WNBA player was growing up. Her answer: A'ja Wilson.
- Dawn Staley on Sania Feagin: "Early in the season I wanted to take her out of the starting lineup...she texted me and asked for another chance...she hasn't let any of us down."
- A’ja Wilson giving South Carolina WBB some words of wisdom post practice
- Dawn Staley on the loss: "Any time we lose, it elevates everybody else. When we win, it's par for the course. That's part of it. Like, I think there is some South Carolina fatigue around, around women's basketball. But I mean, I'm okay with it."
- Some of the former Gamecocks in attendance today, per USC: Laeticia Amihere, Aliyah Boston, Ashley Bruner, Kamilla Cardoso, Kaela Davis, Asia Dozier, Olivia Gaines, Markeshia Grant, Ty Harris, CJ Pace, Tina Roy, Lindsay Spann, Olivia Thompson and former staffer Cynthia Jordan
