CLEVELAND — The South Carolina Gamecocks arrived in Cleveland on Tuesday ahead of their 2024 Women's Final Four matchup against North Carolina State.
A lot of attention will be on Iowa and their star, Caitlin Clark, which South Carolina Head Coach Dawn Staley doesn't mind, because it means her unbeaten team is flying a bit under the radar. It's the second consecutive year that South Carolina has reached the Final Four undefeated and the fourth in a row the team has advanced at least this far.
Most of the talk this season has focused on star players across the country like Clark, USC's JuJu Watkins, UConn's Paige Bueckers and Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo.
The Gamecocks, who have an entire new starting five this year, aren't built around just one player. They have taken a back seat as far as attention goes.
“I like it. I really do. Like go ahead, take the spotlight, put it somewhere else,” Staley said. “Let this team continue to thrive in the space that they’re given. Hopefully at the end of the day, next week this time, I’m hoping that we give a lot of people a lot to talk about.”
South Carolina arrived in Cleveland on Tuesday afternoon. Watch their arrival in the video below: