South Carolina battling against 'bright lights' at Final Four
Despite this being the sixth consecutive Women's Final Four for South Carolina and coach Dawn Staley, this is a team without a ton of experience.
As South Carolina coach Dawn Staley got to the main dais for the opening news conference on April 2 ahead of the Final Four at Mortage Matchup Center in Phoenix, she had to re-adjust her name plate to get it just right. It was tilted a little bit, with Staley straightening it out. On the surface, the moment was a small one.
Not much to it. But digging deeper, it also could be seen as symbolic of the South Carolina program under Staley: striving for perfection. The quest for excellence takes its next step on April 3, when South Carolina (35-3), the No.
1 seed out of the Sacramento 4 Regional, faces No. 1 overall seed UConn (38-0) in a rematch of last year’s national championship game. The game airs at 4 p.
m. MST on ESPN on Friday, April 3. UConn won last year's title game decisively, 82-59.