With 33 seconds left in Sunday night's NCAA tournament game between South Carolina and Virginia, A'ja Wilson came off the floor at Colonial Life Arena one last time, as fans chanted her name and gave her a loud and raucous ovation.
After four years and 62 games, almost all of them wins, Wilson's time playing in Columbia, South Carolina, was over. Her final season will continue in Albany, New York, next weekend thanks to the Gamecocks' 66-56 win, and then, maybe, Columbus, Ohio.
But while Wilson said she spent most of Sunday thinking about helping her team survive against a feisty UVA squad that closed to within three points in the fourth quarter, she said that moment leaving the hardwood of CLA late Sunday was a big one.